Program areas at Friends of the Children - Seattle
Friends-seattle's long-term, consistent mentoring relationships help youth develop and achieve individual goals that lead to thriving futures. Our mentors, who are full-time, salaried staff, support youth to be prepared for post-secondary education and/or employment. Develop positive goals for the future and develop a healthy lifestyle. Our vision is that youth have the support they need to succeed and become advocates for themselves and their communities. We provided services to 184 youth ages 5-18 enrolled in over 114 different schools and living in 60 zip codes. With 12+ years of support, our youth achieve remarkable long-term outcomes. Since 2000, 89% of friends-seattle program graduates earned a high school diploma or ged. 92% avoided the juvenile justice system and 92% avoided early parenting. Key to our model is our ability to provide young people the tools and relational support they need to overcome early childhood adversity. Long-term goals for youth are that they: - graduate from high school prepared for post-secondary education and employment - develop positive goals for the future and avoid the juvenile justice system and - develop a healthy lifestyle and avoid early parenting. of all the youth who have completed the entire friends-seattle 12-year program since being founded in 2000: - 89% have graduated high school or obtained their ged by the end of the program - 92% have avoided the juvenile justice/legal system - 92% have avoided becoming a teen parent in the 2022-23 year, youth made progress each quarter toward their individual goals, for an average of: - 93% of youth toward school success - 92% of youth toward social-emotional development - 90% of youth toward improved health - 93% of youth toward making good choices- 93% of youth toward planning for the future in june 2023, 2 youth completed the friends-seattle program after 12 years. 2 received their high school diploma and one is completing their ged this year. They officially exited our program in sept 2023, and our mentors continue to keep in touch and support them as they launch into their post-secondary lives.
Who funds Friends of the Children - Seattle
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Friends of the Children - Seattle
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Veronica Hurd | Chief Operations Officer | $107,845 | 2023-08-31 |
Lacie West | Executive Director | $150,669 | 2024-03-27 |
Michelle Hurd | Past Former Officer | $67,888 | 2022-08-31 |
Avinash Joshi | Treasurer | $0 | 2023-08-31 |
Sarah Cox | Secretary | $0 | 2023-08-31 |
...and 15 more key personnel |
Financials for Friends of the Children - Seattle
Revenues | FYE 08/2023 | FYE 08/2022 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,318,705 | $7,224,021 | -67.9% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $80,557 | $6,418 | 1155.2% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $-45,960 | $-42,349 | -8.5% |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $2,353,302 | $7,188,090 | -67.3% |
Organizations like Friends of the Children - Seattle
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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Friends of the Children - Austin | 501(c)(3) | Austin, TX | $3,698,382 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah | 501(c)(3) | Salt Lake City, UT | $2,561,024 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest | 501(c)(3) | Spokane, WA | $670,725 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island (BBBSLI) | 501(c)(3) | Islandia, NY | $2,837,627 |
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee | 501(c)(3) | Milwaukee, WI | $3,201,376 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas | 501(c)(3) | Charlotte, NC | $1,609,668 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado | 501(c)(3) | Englewood, CO | $4,801,304 |
Silver Lining Mentoring | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $3,418,288 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada | 501(c)(3) | Reno, NV | $2,004,718 |
BBBS of Erie Niagara and So Tier | 501(c)(3) | Buffalo, NY | $973,085 |
Data update history
July 20, 2024
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $60,000 from Discuren Foundation May 18, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 17, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Youth development programsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- PO Box 18886
- Seattle, WA 98118
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- County
- King County, WA
- Website URL
- friendsseattle.org/Â
- Phone
- (206) 328-3535
- Twitter profile
- @seattlefriendsÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 91-2047030
- Fiscal year end
- August
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2000
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- O30: Adult, Child Matching Programs
- NAICS code, primary
- 624110: Child and Youth Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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