Two young children playing with wooden blocks

Seattle, Washington • Since 1988

Advancing opportunity
for every child & family.

Havenridge® Bright Futures works to ensure that children and families have access to the resources, care, and opportunities they need to thrive.

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4,280

children and caregivers served last year.

$2.8M

granted to programs across King County.

partner schools, clinics, and community groups.

72 hrs

average time to answer a family's emergency request.

What we do

Three programs, one throughline – removing what stands between a child and their potential.

Early learning

Bright Start after-school

Tutoring, meals, and a safe place to land for 1,600 K-8 students at 22 schools – every weekday, at no cost to families.

Family stability

The Haven Fund

Emergency grants of $500-$2,500 for rent, childcare, and utilities – approved in 72 hours, no repayment, no strings.

Health access

Ridgeway Care Connect

Mobile dental, vision, and wellness clinics that reached 2,100 kids last year – parked where the buses already stop.

Give today

$65 keeps one child in Bright Start for a month.

Monthly gifts are what let us promise a family a seat in September and still have
it there in March. Give once, or join the Legacy Circle.

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"I called Havenridge on a Tuesday and we still had our apartment on Friday. My son never knew anything was wrong. That's the whole point."

Andres Tovar

Parent, Beacon Hill • Haven Fund recipient, 2026

Our partners

Seattle Public Schools

District 1 partnership

Willow Creek

Pediatric care

Ridgeway

Coalition

King County

Public Health

Cascade

Family Trust

Carrots

Food partner

Rainier Housing

Alliance

Northgate Library

Literacy program

Everly

Foundation

Our story

Thirty-eight years of showing up on the same block.

Havenridge® began in 1988 as a single after-school room in a Beacon Hill church basement, run by two teachers who kept buying groceries for their students. Today we work across King County – but the model hasn't changed. Ask families what they need.

What we believe

Poverty is not a character trait – it is a set of removable obstacles. A missed dental appointment becomes a missed week of school. A $900 rent gap becomes a new zip code and a new school mid-year. We fund the small, unglamorous interventions that keep a child's life continuous.

We do it in partnership with the schools, clinics, and neighborhood groups that were already there – and we measure whether it worked.

1988

Founded as the Havenridge Study Room – 14 students, 2 volunteers.

2004

The Haven Fund launches after a winter of eviction notices across the district.

2016

First mobile clinic rolls out with Willow Creek Pediatrics.

2026

4,280 children and caregivers served – our largest year, and the smallest overhead ratio in our history.

Leadership

Dr. Karen Whitfield

Executive Director

Ben Foster

Director of Programs

Laura Bennett

Director of Development

Marcus Hale

Board Chair

Work with us.

Volunteer a Tuesday afternoon, bring your team, or partner your clinic with Care Connect.

No minimum commitment – some volunteers come weekly, some once a year

Training and background check handled by us, at no cost to you

Corporate groups of 8-40 welcome – we'll build the day around your team

Most volunteers are placed within two weeks of reaching out

Donate

Your gift stays here,
and it moves fast.

Every dollar given to Havenridge® Bright Futures funds programs in King County.

$10

School supplies to help one student start the year ready.

$40

Two weeks of after-school meals for one student.

$65

A full month of Bright Start for one child.

$250

A mobile clinic visit – dental, vision, and wellness – for four kids.

$1k

Closes a rent gap and keeps a family in their home and school.

Advancing opportunityfor every child & family.