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ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Reflecting on 2016

A letter from Ben

Seattle. Is. Poppin’ The innovative energy is palpable, and so is the desire of our community to be the change we wish to see. Still, outside Seattle Works' Pioneer Square office, we are reminded that Seattle’s rising tide is not lifting all boats. The state of emergency on homelessness and housing is real. Our environment faces serious threats, and a history of racial discrimination continues to threaten Seattle's oppressed communities. And in the wake of the presidential election there is a groundswell of need to act locally. Seattle Works is important now, more than ever, as a gateway for people and companies to connect with one another and the nonprofit sector. To get the skin in the game we need to build a stronger, more resilient region. Reflecting on 2016 I am proud of the strides Seattle Works has made toward advancing our mission. We settled into our new home at the Impact Hub Seattle - home to one of the largest concentrations of social entrepreneurs in the country. We are leading by example and implemented a groundbreaking paid family leave policy. We welcomed many new corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners to the fold. And we spearheaded an exciting new partnership with Leadership Tomorrow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Way of King County, and ArtsFund that culminated in an epic board speed dating event. What does all this actually mean? It means... schools in the Seattle community received much-needed face-lifts, painting, furniture, and technology. Public parks were upgraded with custom-built infrastructure, revitalized trails, and protected from invasive wildlife. Alumni from the College Success Foundation and Rainier Scholars now have access to board training. Local affordable housing organizations received unexpected donations from Seattle Works partner companies and in-kind donations for residents. A senior living center had its community garden revitalized. It means, that because of your support, transplants saw the Seattle Freeze melted through service. In 2016 we helped thousands of Seattleites become better connected to one another and their community, inspired to do more and give more. Seattle Works serves as a salient testimonial to the impact of volunteerism and human relationships and I am so, so proud of the role we are playing. While this past year was a big year, our organization has high aspirations to orchestrate more excellent programs and change in the community. We are on a mission and we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you,

BEN REULER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Seattle Works Day 815 volunteers

45 teams

2,400 hrs combined service

45 nonprofits served

1,200 hrs combined service

30 nonprofits served

Team Works 300 volunteers

30 teams

Corporate Citizenship 405 employees engaged

10 companies served

40,000 donated to nonprofits

15 nonprofits served

The Bride: Board Training Volunteer Calendar 150 hrs of training

1,600 individual sign ups

130 individuals trained

380 projects listed

A Career Stemming From Volunteerism

Seattle Works' Volunteer Spotlight: Andie Almeida

Once settled in at work and her new apartment, Andie started craving a deeper connection to Seattle. All it took was a simple Google search, “Volunteer in Seattle” and she found her way to Seattle Works. Sound familiar? That’s probably how many of you reading this found us too! A few clicks around the website and Andie found herself signing up for projects at Girlvolution and Raven Rock Ranch. Two nonprofits Andie still volunteers with to this day. “I always saw Seattle Works as a connector to all the causes I really care about,” says Andie about her growing relationship with Seattle Works.

Andrea (far right) volunteers at Seattle Work's Swank!

“My experience with Seattle Works is always so organic and instantly gratifying for everyone involved,” Andie reflected on how her relationship with Seattle Works has grown since she first got involved. She is looking forward to becoming a certified Bridge: Board Training faculty member this Spring.

As a faculty member she will be able to share her passion and knowledge for the nonprofit sector with those who are also interested in meeting their nonprofit leadership goals. Andrea is a graduate of Florida State University, where she earned her Bachelors in Business Administration and Finance, as well as Loyola Marymount University, where she completed her Master's in Urban Education Policy and Legislation. After completing General Electric’s Finance Management program and serving for two years with Teach for America, Andrea found her dream job at Casey Family Programs as a Financial Analyst based in Seattle. In her words, “I want to give back to Seattle Works, because it helped me so much this past year to help me get connected to Seattle and give back in a way that truly fits me.” Thank you to all of Seattle Works’ amazing donors and volunteers who continue to make stories like Andie's come true. Without your support we wouldn’t be able to serve volunteers like Andie.

IN THE NEWS As Seattle Works' mission impacts our local community, we've been humbled by the attention we have received from local media. We've been proud to be featured in many articles in 2016 as thought partners on social responsibility and volunteerism in Seattle. Click on the following articles to see how Seattle Works has been featured! Amazon toots its charitable horn for the holidays with gifts to nonprofits Lisa Stiffler, GeekWire What gives? Tech giant Amazon finally boosts its philanthropic rep in its hometown Lisa Stiffler, GeekWire How altruism can help employers attract millennials Monica Nickelsburg, GeekWire

SWANK GALA & AUCTION BENEFITING SEATTLE WORKS OCTOBER 8 Jennifer Liu, Seattleite DO GOOD: VOLUNTEER WITH SEATTLE WORKS FOR FALL SESSION Jennifer Liu, Seattleite Team Works Registration for Volunteer Groups Sarah Lemmon, Seattle Greenlaker How to give back with Seattle Works King5 DO GOOD: SEATTLE WORKS IS MELTING THE ‘SEATTLE FREEZE’ THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM Jennifer Liu, Seattleite Can volunteerism mend the growing rift between Seattle’s thriving tech community and those in need? Lisa Stiffler, GeekWire

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Non Profit Partners

SEATTLE WORKS IS HONORED TO SERVE MANY LOCAL NONPROFITS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR LETTING US GROW YOUR MISSION BY FULFILLING OURS. Accelerator YMCA AIESEC Seattle AIGA Seattle Design for Good Alleycat Acres Alliance for Pioneer Square ALSAC/St Jude Children's Research Hospital Amara American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific Angel Morgan P-Patch Architects Without Borders Bailey Boushay House Beacon Hill Merchant's Association Beacon Hill School Bellevue Boys & Girls Club Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bloodworks Northwest Bothell Public Service Boys and Girls Clubs Washington State Association Brazil Center of Greater Seattle Camelot Society Camp Fire USA Central Puget Sound Council Capitol Hill Housing Capitol Hill Tool Library Cares of Washington Cascade People's Center YMCA Cascade Ridge Racers Special Olympics Ski Program Catholic Community Services Center for Ethical Leadership Chick Tech Childhaven Children's Home Society of Washington Chinese Alliance Church CHOICES Education Group City of Seattle Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement Compass Housing Alliance

Congolese Health Board ConnecT1D Crooked Trails Downtown Emergency Service Center Downtown Food Bank Duwamish River Cleanup Coaliton Early Music Guild EarthCorps Easter Seals Washington Eastside Baby Corner Education Foundation of the Philippines EKARI Foundation El Centro de la Raza Elizabeth Gregory Home Emerald City Music Encompass NW Etheopian Community in Seattle Evergreen Health and Hospice Evergreen Treatment Services Families for Effective Autism Treatment Families of Color Seattle Feet First Fisherman's Terminal Tenants Association FnS Food Lifeline Forterra Foundation Fighting Blindness Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Freeway Estates Community Orchard Fremont Abbey Arts Center Fremont Chamber of Commerce Fremont Neighborhood Council Friends of Asian Art Friends of Deadhorse Canyon/Taylor Creek Friends of Mt Baker Ridge Viewpoint Friends of North Creek Forest Friends of North Lake Union Friends of South Portage Bay Reclamation Friends of the Children Seattle

Friends of the East Duwamish Greenbelt Friends Of The Jungle & Dr. Jose Rizal Park Friends of the Seattle Public Library Futurewise Gorilla FC Greater Bothel Chamber of Commerce Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas Green Seattle Partnership Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King County Harborview Medical Center Heron Habitat Helpers Highland Park Elementary HomeSight Hunger Intervention Program Imagine Housing Interbay P-Patch InterIm Community Development Association Jet City Improv Jewish Family Service Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association Kids Company King County Conservation District King County Library Foundation King County Parks Kirkland Uncorked Launch Learning Lawton Elementary Leadership Tomorrow Leschi Elementary School Lettuce Link Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Lifelong AIDS Alliance Literacy Source Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center Low Income Housing Institute Madrone School Magnuson Children's Garden Magnuson Community Garden Maple Leaf P-Patch

Non Profit Partners

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Mary's Place The Hope Heart Institute Ronald McDonald House Charities of Multiple Myeloma Opportunities for The Salvation Army-WA-Seattle Western Washington Research & Education The Seattle Globalist Room Circus Music Center Northwest The Service Board Salvation Army, NW Division Nathan Hale High School Theatre Off Jackson Save A Forgotten Equine National Alliance on Mental Illness Three Dollar Bill Cinema School's Out Washington National MS Society TINFA Seattle Against Slavery Neighborhood House Tiny Trees Seattle Arts & Lectures New Beginnings Transitional Resources Seattle Central College North Helpline Food Bank U District Partnership Seattle CityClub Northwest Art Alliance Umoja PEACE Center Seattle Clean Street Collective Northwest Chamber Chorus University Heights Center Seattle Folklore Society Northwest Consumer Law Center Urban Family Seattle Goodwill Northwest Folklife Festival Vegetarians of Washington Seattle Parks & Recreation Northwest Harvest Ventures Seattle Public Schools Northwest SEED Vibrant Palette Seattle Public Utilities Obliteride Vietnamese Friendship Association Seattle ReCreative Operation Nightwatch Viewlands Elementary Seattle Repertory Theatre Othello Park Alliance Volunteer Park Trust Seattle Shakespeare Company Outdoors for All Foundation Volunteers of America Western Seattle Summer Parkways Pacific Bonsai Museum Washington Seattle Tilth Association Pacific Science Center Washington Ensemble Theatre Seattle's Union Gospel Mission Page Ahead Washington Middle School See Jane Run Races Para Los Ninos Washington State Coalition Against Seward Park Audubon Center Parent Trust for Washington Children Domestic Violence Skate Like a Girl Path With Art Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Skully Serves Pawsitive Alliance Small Faces Child Development Center WeCount Peak 7 Adventures West African Community Council Crown Hill Center Phinney Neighborhood Association WestSide Baby Solid Ground Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank Sound Generations YMCA of Greater Seattle Pioneer Human Services YNPN Greater Seattle Southeast Seattle Senior Foundation Plymouth Housing Yoga Behind Bars Southeast Seattle Tool Library Powerful Voices Zeno Squire Park P-Patch P-Patch Community Gardens STAR Center of Seattle Program for Early Parent Support Stone Soup Theatre Project LEAD Sustainable Capitol Hill Puget Sound Goat Rescue Swedish SummeRun Rainier Valley Corps TeenTix Rainier Valley Food Bank Tenant's Union of Washington State Reading Partners The ALS Association Evergreen Chapter Redeeming Soles The Arboretum Foundation Renton Little League The Goodtimes Project

THANK YOU

Para Los Niños

NON PROFIT SPOTLIGHT

In 2016 Seattle Works was enlisted by Hilton Worldwide to organize a day of service for its local Seattle employees. After working closely with Hilton to determine impact areas and objectives, we knew Para Los Niños was the perfect match.

In 2003, a group of Latino parents gathered to talk about education. As a result of this meeting, Para Los Niños was born with the following priorities: to support the education of Latino children, with a focus on early childhood development; to maintain and promote their culture and language; and to teach English as a second language in order to develop leadership and civic engagement for parents in the community. Hilton Hotels and Resorts believes in Para Los Niños' mission and wanted to contribute lasting changes to help the organization and it's children prosper. Through this partnership, Para Los Niños' received the following support : - 210 hrs of service from 42 volunteers - 100 well-stocked Mentor-Packs for students - 10 new tablets to promote STEM education - 3 new tiny tables and 18 kid-sized chairs - 745 books prepared to be given to youth

"I have been thinking all this weekend about how beautiful the room is and I can't wait to see the faces of the kids when they walk in. I am really thankful for this opportunity of partnership and hope we can continue working together. I feel as happy as the room looks!" -Lupita Torrez, Executive Director, Para Los Niños

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Corporate & Foundation Support

WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE PARTNERS WE COULDN’T HAVE MADE THE STRIDES WE MADE IN 2016 TOWARDS OUR MISSION TO CONNECT VOLUNTEERS, DEVELOP LEADERS, AND BUILD COMMUNITY.

Accenture LLP Ackerley Foundation Amazon.com Baird Private Wealth Management Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Cedarmere Foundation Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Double Tree Facebook, Inc.

Flash Volunteer Foster Pepper LLC Gallatin Public Affairs GoDaddy.com Google Hands On Network Hilton Worldwide Jet Parts Engineering Inc. Live Oak Audio Visual Inc Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Microsoft Corporation Northwest Bank Northwest Harvest Pacific Continental Bank Pinnacle Living Pitchbook Data, Inc. Point B Solutions Group PopCap Games Inc. Premera Blue Cross PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Pyramid Alehouse Restaurant

ReplyYes Rubens Family Foundation The Boeing Company USI Kibble & Prentice VISA Visit Seattle Young President's Organization

& many thanks to all of our individual donors.

Seattle Works Board of Directors 2016 - 2017 Almeera Anwar, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Anna Boone, Washington Hospitality Association Thomas Buford, Department of Justice Carlo Caldirola-Davis, City of Seattle Katie D’Amato, Community Volunteer Adrienne DiCasparro, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kristin Elia, Community Volunteer Kari Dietrich, Seattle Children’s Hospital Norma-Erin Espinosa, Hunters Capital Molly Jensen Walsh, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Ryan Keyser, Dell EMC Anna Levine, board fellow from University of Washington Matthew Moersfelder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Bryan Namba, board fellow from University of Washington Nick Peyton, University of Washington Brian Reiffe, Amazon Catherine Reilly, University of Washington Ismail Robbana, The Boeing Company Vince Sison, Facebook Marlo Struve, Glowforge Dan Teimouri, Cooley LLP Jesse Uman, ConsumersAdvocate.org Aaron Van Reenen, Point B Tom Wrywich, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Kathryn Zetzer, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Stay Connected Ben Reuler, Executive Director [email protected] for questions about the bright future of volunteerism in Seattle, civic engagement, and how to get three kids dressed and ready for school by 7 a.m. Chloe DeWolf, Development & Communications [email protected] for questions about giving back and the difference you make when you do, and how to get just the right filter on your next Instagram post. Liz Jose, Corporate Volunteer and Community Partnerships [email protected] for questions about getting your company involved in giving back, finding volunteers for your organization, and how to fix that weird noise your bicycle is making. Sylvia Artiga Monreal, Leadership Development [email protected] for questions about volunteering in Seattle, learning about board service, or video game recommendations.

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