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Since 1989, the Windermere Foundation has raised over $50 million for low-income and homeless children and families. Learn more about our philanthropy, partnerships, and how we support the communities we serve.

More May Perspective The camaraderie is everywhere you look: on the banks of the Montlake Cut, where Seattle residents welcome visitors from around the world to the beautiful University of Washington campus; on the water, where great athletes join together to do what none of them could do individually. Thousands of people coming together for a common cause. That, in and of itself, is powerful stuff.
More Foundation Quarterly Report: Announcing the Building Better Communities Campaign Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed nearly $350,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Our amazing agents, brokers, staff and owners, along with public supporters, continue to contribute generously […]
More March Perspective Late one evening at the office, we wandered onto the topic of college applications and the sheer amount of paperwork involved. A session of family one-upmanship ensued: Who dealt with the most convoluted stack of forms? With a collective sigh, we finally agreed that all of them are tedious. But they just have to be done.
More Just a Dash of Feng Shui Feng Shui helps enhance your space and deliver positive energy by creating a more comfortable, clutter-free environment, and incorporating the influential elements found in nature.
More Read Across America Day, with a side of Green Eggs & Ham Today is a great day to share your favorite books with a child you know. What is your favorite book from childhood? What are your favorite books to share with your children or grandchildren?
More Starting the New Year Right While the past year presented challenges for many, it proved to be especially trying for anyone near the border of poverty. Thankfully, our generous agents, owners, managers and staff have continued their support of the Foundation, allowing much-needed funds to be distributed to many social service agencies committed to assisting low-income and homeless families throughout the West. As you know...
More January Perspective: Home As we start this new year, we’re looking ahead with hope and optimism. There will be challenges for sure – what they’ll be we can’t even imagine. But we are sustained by the idea that whatever’s going on, we can go home. And the emotional value of that is priceless.
More There are secret Santas amongst us… I recently read this great story about the Kansas City Secret Santa. Every year for twenty-six years, an anonymous man dressed in red or a Santa disguise would hand out $100 bills to people in need of help. His identity was disclosed in 2006, shortly before he died of cancer. People all over the world, […]
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More December Perspective: Looking ahead It is December again, and beyond all of the holiday festivities it is also prediction season. It’s that time of year when prognosticators everywhere wax eloquent on what might happen next year and beyond. Looking back, history is full of predictions from silly to bizarre, and from incredibly wrong to amazingly correct.
More What You Need To Know About Buying a Bank Owned Home Recently, news about how to purchase a real-estate owned (REO/bank owned) home, foreclosure property or short sale is everywhere. Bank owned homes are sold directly from the lender after the foreclosure process is complete, and while you may save quite a bit of money by choosing to go for this type of home, it is not without trials and tribulations.
More Inspired Gratitude Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and it is a great time to spend with friends, family, pets, or volunteering. Everyone has different traditions over the holidays, shaped by beliefs, family, location and other factors, but gratitude and thankfulness typically run through the season.
More Upcoming office events for charity and Foundation fundraising The holidays are a busy time of year for most charities supporting low-income and homeless families. If you are looking to find some good ways to give back, join our Windermere offices by adopting a family in need, attending one of these great fundraisers, or dropping off food or warm coats and blankets at a […]
More Divorce, Custody, and Employee Mobility Divorce, child custody and relocation are all difficult topics however, knowing the facts will help you make the decisions that are right for you and your family. Below you will find an excerpt from an article recently published in Mobility Magazine by Windermere’s own Peggy Scott, GRI, CRP, GMS.
More Many hands make light work: building the Garden of Hope Amazing things happen when seven Windermere offices come together to accomplish a large project. On June 18th, 2010 Spokane offices: Valley, Liberty Lake, City Group, Manito, Palouse, North-Spokane and Cornerstone all came together to create an outdoor space for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane.  More than 200 agents and additional volunteers worked together […]
More Foundation newsletter: quarterly report Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed over $836,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Our amazing agents, staff and owners, along with public supporters, continue to contribute generously to […]
More The First Decade The other day I was searching for my daughter’s cell phone number – which I haven’t memorized because I simply speed-dial it – and I realized it’s been years since I memorized anyone’s phone number.
More Bringing comfort to families in need: Tacoma Professional Partners volunteer at Multicare Tree House Windermere Tacoma- Professional Partners spent May 20th serving the families and volunteers at the Tacoma Multicare Tree house. Volunteers prepared a fully stocked Taco bar for families.
More Windermere Agents have a “get it done attitude” In June 2010 agents from the Windermere Ballard office in Seattle responded to the need for volunteer labor to move the Ballard Food Bank to a new facility.
More What is a Community? The annual Windermere Symposium takes place at the end of the month, during which hundreds of our agents gather in person. It’s a community in the very best sense of the word: people united by shared values, camaraderie and a common cause.
More Windermere Partners with Hunger Relief Organizations to Break Guinness World Record Do you want to work with your community to relieve hunger in the Northwest? Do you want to help break the Guinness World Record for collecting the most pounds of food in a single location?