Family Resource Center reduced lease rates at 18 health and human services organizations providing services from the Eastside’s human services campus by 15%. Lease rates were dropped from $11.37/square foot to $9.66/square foot for most of the Center’s leased spaces.

These reductions come as a result of the cash donations made to the Center’s Fulfilling Our Vision capital campaign, which are used to pay  the Center’s mortgage. They are also the result a unique amortization schedule designed with US Bank and Washington Health Care Facilities Authority in 2003 that allows the Center to share the benefits of the campaign with agencies before completing the mortgage pay-off.

For the two largest of the Center’s agencies, this will amount to significant savings: Hopelink will save more than $16,000 per year while Community Health Centers of King County will retain more than $12,000. For one of the Center’s smaller programs, such as disAbility Resource Network at 600 square feet, the savings will amount to just over  $1,000/year.  Even those leasing the smallest of spaces will benefit: Child Care Resources (100 square feet) will pay $419 less in 2005.

The impact of this pay-down is that the Center is able to reduce or eliminate payments on the mortgage and pass those benefits to the 18 health, housing and human services organizations that share the Eastside’s human services campus.  Those retained dollars are then available to support the cost of providing services. 

More than 35,000 people from throughout the Eastside use services at the Family Resource Center, half of them children. The need for long-term sustainable and predictable funding remains the number one issue for health and human services organizations. The financial stresses on agencies continue to mount.

The response from agency leaders to the lease cost reduction is one of great appreciation. Many agencies have told us in the past they would not be able to serve the Eastside if not for Family Resource Center.  Including pledges, the Center has raised $780,000 to date.  The mortgage balance has dropped from $1.5 million to $750,000 as a result of the effort.

The campaign will continue in a new annual fund phase in order to match this amount and complete the campaign. Capital Campaign Chair Karen Bates noted, “We continue to seek donations both large and small. We continue to offer the purchase of inscribed bricks for the courtyard.  The need for sustainable funding for health and human services continues, and we remain committed to this effort.”

We've begun "Fulfilling Our Vision" thanks to you!
(Donations listed through December 15, 2004)

$150,000 - $200,000
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation

$50,000 - $75,000
Medina Foundation
Family Resource Center agencies

$25,000 - $49,999
Microsoft
The Seattle Foundation
Norcliffe Foundation
DV & Ida McEachern Trust
Harvest Foundation

$20,000 - $24,999
FRC Board of Directors & staff:
John Spangenberg, Pat Vache,
Janice LeRoy, Elizabeth Marx,
Rich Baker, Jeannette Bliss,
W.J. (Bill) Finnegan, Pat Hamman,
Bruce Henderson, Holly Plackett,
Dave Ramsay, Patti Skelton-
McGougan, Tom Trompeter, Pam
Mauk & Mark Cross, Larry Lium,
and also these past Directors:
Howard & Deborah Finck
Scott LaChute
Doreen Marchione
Dan Krah
Ticon, Inc. (In-kind)
The Foster Foundation

$15,000 - $19,999
Joshua Green Foundation
Puget Sound Energy

$10,000 - $14,000
City of Kirkland
City of Redmond
City of Bellevue
City of Issaquah
City of Sammamish

$5,000 - $9,999
Judy Pigott
US Bank
Washington Mutual
Holt Family Advised Fund
of The Seattle Foundation
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999
Nintendo

$1,000 - $2,499
Charter Bank
Safeco/Roger Harbin
R.O.S.E.
Barbara de Michele in tribute to
 JoAnne Jennifer de Michele
McEachern Family Foundation
Creekside Covenant Church
Timberlake Christian Fellowship
Redmond National Bank
St. Jude Parish
Fred Meyer Foundation
Anonymous

$500 - $999
Olympian Precast
Tenhulzen Corporation
Clark Nuber
The City Church
Shelley & Robert Flores
Karen & Lee Bates
Rob Forenza
Redmond Medical Center
Judy & Henry Klein
Keith and Nancy Brooks

$250 - $499
Bob & Shirley Ferguson
Verizon
Kurt & Marie Geisel
Church of the Resurrection
Douglas K. Wyatt
Redmond General Insurance
Fred Shanafelt
Watson Asphalt & Paving, Inc.

$100 - $249
Alex Laskos
Redmond Town Center
Nancy Ashley
Rev. John Shaw
Joan McBride
Judy Herrmann
Randy & Diane Mertens
Ed Mills & Irene Pasternak
Bellevue Sunrisers Kiwanis
AEA Accounting & Management
Ray Borga
Gerri Douglass
Matt & Nancy Bernard
Kim McDermott
Steve Engstrom
Gwendolyn Walsh
Gretchen Brown
Gordon Christey
George M. Tronsue III
Rev. Mark G. Webster
Richard Taylor
Meredith Muller
Will & Gloria Breuninger
Moshe & Bunny Alexandroni
Rodney & Margaret Johnson
Richard & Sue Wuhrman in
honor of NAMI Eastside
Charles F. Caldwell in memory of
Eula Mae Caldwell
Bonnie McEachern in memory of
Bob & Margaret McEachern
Tom & Janet Cathcart
Fritz & Marion Mauk
Cheryl Kuhn
Richard Cole
Kristin Pitt
Amtest Laboratories staff
Samantha Smith PTSA 2.8.57
McDonald's Book Exchange
Janet Carter
Guy & Shannon Vieira in memory
of Patrick J. O'Reilly
Patsy Kano
American Engineering Corp.
Marymoor Press, Inc.
Howard L. Kuhl, MD in
memory of Karen Lee Kuhl
Autosys, Inc.
Daphne Schneider
Jeff Cobb
Geotech Consultants Inc.
Prototron Circuits, Inc.
Overlake Christian Church
Student Ministries
Tom & Jackie Pendergrass
Evergreen Speech & Hearing
Magnuson Lowell P.S.
Vicky Nolette
Franciso & Susan Grijalva
The Overake School
Mike & Sue Rynas
Barbara Leen
Medtronic
US Bank employee match
Anonymous

up to $99
Pat Hebner
Anne & Rex Allen
Chris Heaton
Jack & Janet Barry
Linda Hussey
David & Glenna Johnson
Ralph Gorin
Brad Best Realty
Jeffrey A. Forrey, OD
Claim Jumper Restaurants
Seattle Art Museum
Jan & Jonathan Bromberg
Maureen Keirnes
Henriet Schapelhouman
Lynn Fleshman
Nancy Lou Bauer
Mary Martin
Donna Minahan
Sally Jo Holmes
Lynne Ellis
Ferrin Lauve
Judy Jewell
15 anonymous donors

Thank you,
Pat Hamman, City Chaplain
Chuck Goodwin, City Chaplain
for your volunteer support.

Thank you for new brick purchases in support of the campaign:
Liz Marx
Bill and Mickey Finnegan, for
   Karissa Willhite
   Brennan Willhite
   Makenna Willhite
   Moira Finnegan

In memory of Nick Behrens from
   Paula Matthysse
   Troi Coram
   Marci Curtin
   Dalene Connor
   Ruth Mitsuda

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