Donations

Today is the day you help someone in your community. These giving options make sure your donation reaches real families right away to make a significant impact on their future and the future of our community.

Learn more about our current donation drive and find tools to help you get organized.

Online

Why wait? We offer a secure and easy way to make an online donation right now.

By mail

Simply send your check to:

Family Services Development Office 615 2nd Avenue, #150 Seattle, WA 98104

By phone

Pick up the phone and call us at 206-826-3050 x116. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card.

Target your gift

Your gift can be directed to a support a certain part of our overall mission. On our Services page you can read about the vital services we provide to the community. Let us know if there is a particular program you would like to support with your gift.

Donate goods or services

Take a minute to find that extra car seat or those warm blankets, or start organizing a drive to help homeless families. Your donation of goods or services can mean that a homeless mother doesn't need to choose between diapers or dinner. View our wish list and drop-off locations, or find out how you can organize a drive for homeless families in the community.

Visit the Brighter Birthday Club to find out about giving the gifts from your own or your child's birthday party to a child in need.

Family Services welcomes gifts given through:

• Donated stock or annuities
• Planned giving
• United Way or other workplace campaigns
• Memorial or honor gifts
• Matching gifts from your employer

These are all options that truly benefit the families we serve. To receive information about these options, please contact our Development Office at 206-826-3050 x118.

If your donation is in memory or honor of someone, please note that on your check.

When you give to Family Services you can designate one of our specific programs, donate to our general fund to support the greatest needs, or help build our endowment for the future.

Why give to Family Services?

We've been helping families thrive in Seattle for more than a century. We address the root causes of family instability - homelessness, mental health, and domestic violence - and tackle these interrelated issues to give families a strong base so they can succeed on their own.

The results are astounding.

• In 2007

  • Our counseling services provided 2,508 individuals received 30,644 hours of mental health counseling.
  • Morningsong Early Learning Center provided 70 homeless children with 5,976 days of childcare.
  • Our housing services provided 23,172 nights of emergency and long-term housing to 236 families with 374 children. 92 families moved into stable housing and received complete services such as counseling, budgeting and parenting support.
  • Our housing services helped 121 families facing eviction maintained their housing
  • Our domestic violence program, helped 58 men stop physically and emotionally abusing their partners.
  • Baby Boutique provided $839,250.00 in donated children's clothing and supplies to 2,255 homeless children and their families.
  • Baby Boutique gave out 57,420 diapers to homeless families.
  • Baby Boutique provides $5.57 in goods to homeless children and their families for every $1 of funding.

  Donor privacy

  Your confidentiality is important to us. Family Services does not share personal donor information with other organizations.