There are many ways to support the Lake Washington Schools Foundation and make a meaningful difference for students across our district. Whether you choose to give online, through your workplace, with a legacy gift, or by partnering as a business, every contribution helps remove barriers, support wellness, build connections, and enhance learning. Explore the giving options below to find the one that’s right for you.
If you have any questions about any of the methods of giving listed here, please email [email protected] or call us at 425-936-1414.
Lake Washington School Foundation is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Online Giving
Make a secure online donation using any major credit card. Choose a one-time gift or become a monthly donor to sustain students and families throughout the year.
Online Donation
You can make a secure online donation using all major credit cards.
You’ll receive an immediate emailed receipt.
Monthly Giving
Sustaining donors provide the Foundation with a consistent and reliable source of funding, ensuring we can respond to emerging needs and support students and families throughout the district all year long.
Stock, DAF, and IRA
Give in a way that maximizes your impact—and your tax benefits. Whether you recommend a gift through your Donor-Advised Fund, donate appreciated stock, or make a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA, these options offer meaningful and efficient ways to support local students.
Donor-Advised Funds
Give Through My Donor-Advised Fund
Donor-Advised funds (DAFs) are an excellent way to simplify your charitable giving and facilitate your strategic philanthropic goals.
Use the DAF Direct form below for an easy way to make your DAF recommendation!
Donor information is often not included with DAF gifts. Please email Janine Sorenson at [email protected] with the sponsoring organization name and amount so we can be sure to thank you.
How to Use the DAF Direct Form
- Select the sponsoring organization from the “Donate now from” field (ex. Fidelity Charitable, DAF Giving 360). If your organization is not listed, you can contact your DAF sponsoring organization directly please email [email protected].
- Enter the amount (in dollars) you would like to recommend in the “Amount” field.
- Click on the “NEXT” button to proceed to the sponsoring organization’s website to complete your donor advised fund transaction. Please note, you will be directed to an external website to complete your transaction.
- If you have a DAF with a sponsoring organization not represented on this list, you can still recommend grants by contacting your DAF organization directly.
Stock Donations
Stock Transfer
A gift of stock can provide significant tax benefits, including a charitable deduction for the full market value of the stock and avoidance of capital gains taxes that would normally be due upon sale. For details on your specific tax situation, contact your tax advisor.
How to Give Stock
Request your broker to transfer shares to Lake Washington Schools Foundation.
- Transfer to LWSF Broker: D. A. Davidson & Co.
- DTCC Clearing #/ DPC: 0361
- For the Benefit of (FBO): Lake Washington Schools Foundation
- LWSF Receiving Account: 5511-0680
Donor information is often not included when stock gifts are received. Please contact us so that we can thank you and send your tax receipt. Email [email protected] with provide the following information:
- Name of stock & ticker symbol
- Number of shares being donated
- Intended date of transfer
Qualified Charitable Contributions
This popular giving option is commonly called a IRA Charitable Rollover, but you may also see it referred to as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD for short. If you are 70½ years old or older, you can gift from your IRA directly to the Foundation and it will count toward your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).
To make a gift from your IRA to Lake Washington Schools Foundation, contact your IRA administrator to arrange a direct transfer from your account. Your IRA administrator can send the funds by a check made payable to Lake Washington Schools Foundation and mail to:
Lake Washington Schools Foundation
PO Box 83
Redmond, WA 90873
Donation checks sometimes arrive without identification, so please contact Janine Sorenson at [email protected] and indicate your name, the name of your IRA administrator, and the amount of your distribution. Thank you!
Workplace Giving
Amplify your generosity through your employer. Many companies match donations, facilitate workplace giving campaigns, or offer special giving opportunities that turn everyday actions into powerful support for students across our district.
Matching Gifts
Many companies have employee giving programs that generously match an employee’s monetary contributions to qualified nonprofits. Your employer may even donate money for every hours that you volunteer your time with us.
Corporate Workplace
If you work for one of many corporations that include Lake Washington Schools Foundation in your workplace giving campaign, such as Lake Washington School District, find Lake Washington Schools Foundation on your payroll pledge form.
Here are two ways you can give to Lake Washington Schools Foundation through your workplace giving campaign:
- Payroll Deduction: By far the most popular and easiest way to support Lake Washington Schools Foundation year-round, you instruct your employer to deduct a certain amount from your paycheck each pay period.
- One-time Payroll Deduction: Instruct your employer to deduct a single amount from one paycheck, or simply write a personal check to Lake Washington Schools Foundation and present it to your workplace giving campaign manager.
United Way Campaigns
If Lake Washington Schools Foundation is not listed by your employer in your workplace giving campaign, you can designate Lake Washington Schools Foundation in the “Specific Organization” or “donor option” section of your United Way pledge form. Ask your campaign coordinator how to do this if it is not clear.
Government Workplaces
If you work a government agency, such as the State of Washington, state universities, the federal government, City of Seattle, King County, as well as many other counties and cities, you can find Lake Washington Schools Foundation listed in the campaign catalog. Once you have found us, write our code number on your payroll pledge form. If your agency has no catalog, ask your campaign coordinator how you may designate your gift to Lake Washington Schools Foundation.
ATTENTION KING COUNTY EMPLOYEES: Did you know we are participating in your Annual Giving Drive? To make a pledge or gift to Lake Washington Schools Foundation, please use the KCEGP code 9731.
Legacy Giving
Honor a loved one or ensure your values live on. Legacy giving allows you to make a lasting difference by supporting students today while creating opportunities for generations to come.
Memorial Giving
A gift in memory of a loved one is a wonderful way to pay tribute to someone while supporting the Foundation’s work.
Estate Planning
Consider naming Lake Washington Schools Foundation a beneficiary of your will, insurance policy, retirement plan or trust.
Corporate and Real Estate Partnerships
Join a community of businesses committed to educational excellence. Through community partnerships and Agents of Impact, your company can strengthen local schools while demonstrating leadership and community investment.
Community Partners
Build visibility and community impact by sponsoring LWSF programs and events.
Agents of Impact
Real estate professionals can invest in our schools while connecting with local families.
Other Ways to Give
Support students in simple, everyday ways. Link your rewards accounts, redeem points for good, or donate a vehicle to make a meaningful contribution, no matter your budget or giving style.
Fred Meyer Community Rewards
Every time you shop at Fred Meyer and use your Fred Meyer rewards card (that has been linked to the “Lake Washington Schools Foundation”), a donation will be made to the Foundation. There are no charges to you, or changes to your other Fred Meyer reward benefits.
If you already have a rewards card you can link your Rewards Card here.
If not, please consider signing up for a Rewards card and linking it to the LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Microsoft Bing, Xbox and Microsoft Store
Give with Bing enables you donate to the Lake Washington Schools Foundation just by searching the web (or using Xbox or Microsoft Store). When you select LWSF to be the recipient of your Microsoft Rewards, all of your searches using Microsoft Bing earns LWSF Rewards points automatically donated as cash.
How to start:
- Click here and then click on “join now.”
- If you are not already a Microsoft Rewards member, it will prompt you to register for Microsoft Rewards.
- Once you’ve registered, on the Give with Bing page designate Lake Washington Schools Foundation as the recipient of your rewards and turn on “Give Mode.”
Vehicle Donation
CARS’ online form: Nonprofit Details
If you already have a rewards card you can link your Rewards Card here.
If not, please consider signing up for a Rewards card and linking it to the LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Donor Bill of Rights
Lake Washington Schools Foundation staff, Board Trustees and volunteers will adhere to the following Donor Bill of Rights, as adapted from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), in order to assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors full confidence in Lake Washington Schools Foundation and their relationship with it.
All Lake Washington Schools Foundation donors have these rights:
- To be informed of Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s mission, of the way Lake Washington Schools Foundation intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
- To be informed of the identity of those serving on Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
- To have access to Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s most recent financial statements.
- To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
- To receive appropriate acknowledgment and recognition.
- To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
- To expect that all relationships related to philanthropy with individuals representing Lake Washington Schools Foundation will be professional in nature.
- To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of Lake Washington Schools Foundation or hired solicitors.
- To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that Lake Washington Schools Foundation may intend to share.
- To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.
