United Way of Snohomish County

Mission:

We improve lives for families in Snohomish County by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Vision: 

Families in Snohomish County live to their fullest potential for generations to come regardless of race, place, and ability.

Values: 

Integrity: We strive to be honest and transparent with our community, partners, and each other. Change cannot happen without courageous conversations, accountability, and relationships built on trust.

Collaboration: We believe that barriers in our system cannot be removed without intentional collaboration, mutually beneficial relationships, and equitable partners working together toward common goals.

Equity: We seek to remove barriers for our families that exist within the structures that uphold racial and other forms of inequities that keep families trapped in poverty. We believe in consciously making decisions that provide fair treatment, access, and opportunity for all. We believe the family voice should be paramount and that it is our current inequitable systems that prevent all families from living to their fullest potential.

Innovation: Success is rarely achieved the first time around. We believe progress requires curiosity and a tolerance for risk, being nimble, and failing forward toward new ideas and breakthrough solutions.

Outcome-oriented: We are dedicated to measurable outcomes for children birth to age 8 and their families experiencing poverty. Our work begins with the end in mind and if the data shows that we are off track, we will course correct to reach our shared goals.

Why we are focused on children:

Our work is focused on children prenatal to age 8 because the learning, development, and stability of a child’s early years is crucial to their success in life.

We believe collaborative solutions for both children and the adults in their lives has the greatest potential to not only meet the needs of families today, but will support the success of the whole family for generations to come.

We are not only a funder, but an active partner in collaborative solutions. We places families at the center, working to create more equitable systems and long-term solutions for the whole family.