How We Work Together
Seattle Foundation and professional advisors create the perfect partnership. Your clients are seeking the most current tax-wise strategies as well as guidance on their philanthropy - and the landscape of information can be overwhelming. Our expertise helps cut through the noise and hone in directly on solutions. Working with you as their advisor, we can help connect your client's values, interests, and assets with philanthropic strategies to deliver measurable community impact.
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What makes us different?
We provide tailored solutions.We have giving vehicles that can be customized for many different impact goals, life circumstances, and available assets to contribute - both lifetime and legacy. The benefit of working with Seattle Foundation is unlike many Donor Advised Fund providers, we can offer personalized services that get to the heart of a client's philanthropic aspirations. Our offerings also go well beyond the traditional DAF.
We focus on relationships.Our expert staff are available and committed to every stage of a philanthropist's journey: from opening their first Donor Advised Fund, to establishing a charitable estate plan, to stewarding funds after they pass away. We believe the philanthropic path is as unique as the person taking it. We are here to be a thought partner and guide for each step along the way, in close partnership with you, their advisor.
We are deeply connected in our region.The challenges and opportunities we face in our community are constantly shifting, and there are so many incredible nonprofits across a range of causes to support. It can be overwhelming to navigate. From our experience, we also know that finding community and opportunities to learn with other philanthropists is inspirational and motivating. As a convener, we are connected to civic leaders, culture-makers and changemakers, and we bring those influential people to our philanthropists to deepen their knowledge and impact.
We re-invest in this place we love.As a community foundation, part of our role is to help meet our region's needs. We think strategically about the role we can plan with our own giving to build a Seattle where everyone can thrive. Our fees from administering all giving vehicles support both our operating costs but also our direct work with nonprofits who are doing transformative work. When your client chooses to give through Seattle Foundation, they are supporting their own philanthropic goals and also reinvesting directly in the Seattle community.