Partnership Champions

This work exists because of the collective action of nearly 80 partners and the backbone support that aligns us, sustains us, and keeps us moving in the same direction. Our ability to do this work is driven by 2 key factors – strategically invested resources and strong relationship. Your advocacy and engagement as Partnership Champions drives:
      • Greater visibility → stronger donor pipeline
      • More authentic storytelling → deeper engagement
      • Community ownership → more sustained support
      • Broad-based advocacy → stronger outcomes for youth
      • Champions become long-term advocates who help shape the future of the work

       

  • Featured opportunities:

    • Event Sponsorship: Share the opportunity to invest in our Network of Care and get visibility within our partnership and community. 
    • 15 Year Anniversary: An overview of the early campaign efforts driving donor engagement and brand awareness – demonstrating the impact of our 78+ strong partnership. Including our Impact Showcases May 4: Early Learning | May 11: High School & Beyond | May 18: Cradle to Career.
    • Talk to Action Series: 5-part meeting series moving the needle in our 4 strategic outcome areas for the 2026-2027 school year.
    • Ep101: Drop-in style meeting offered the 1st Friday of each month, providing a high-level overview of Collective Impact. Great for donors, new partners of all types.

 

Key Collective Impact Messaging

You Build Community-Wide Capacity

Your investment strengthens every partner — from small grassroots groups to major institutions — by supporting:

  • Professional development
  • Leadership and equity training
  • Technical assistance and coaching
  • The EP Institute & Wisdom Series

One donation improves dozens of organizations.

You Elevate Youth & Community Voice

Your support ensures that youth and community leaders are:

  • Invited in and listened to
  • Compensated for their expertise

You’re funding equitable decision‑making — with those most impacted leading the way.

You Support Strategic Communications & Advocacy

Your gift makes it possible to:

  • Align messaging across sectors
  • Mobilize partners around shared priorities
  • Advocate from the local to the national level for policies that benefit children and families

Your investment translates community needs into policy change.

You Strengthen the Relationships That Strengthen Communities

Systems change happens at the speed of trust.

Your donation fuels the relationship-building infrastructure:

All Partner Meetings, cross-sector networks, affinity spaces, and youth engagement.

These are the gatherings where breakthrough ideas are born and moved to action.

You Fund Shared Power — Not Duplication

Your donation fuels the pooled resources, shared systems, and backbone structure that no single organization can build alone.

When you give, you’re ensuring that all sectors work together rather than in silos.

This means more efficiency, less duplication, and stronger outcomes for kids.

You Make Shared Data Possible

Most organizations can’t afford robust data systems on their own. Your gift sustains the shared data warehouse, dashboards, and local reporting that allow every partner to:

  • Identify inequities earlier
  • Target resources more strategically
  • Measure impact in real time

You’re funding decisions grounded in equity, not guesswork.

You Amplify Every Partner’s Impact Through Collaboration

We use a collective impact framework that helps 78+ partners align goals, strategies, and outcomes. Your donation powers the coaching, facilitation, convening, and coordination that are essential for collaboration — but never covered by traditional program grants.

This is the “invisible work” that creates visible results.

You Unlock Fundraising Opportunities

When donors invest they:

  • Strengthen the region’s credibility with large funders
  • Enable partners to compete for collaborative grants
  • Bring more dollars into East King County

You’re not just giving money — you’re attracting more money to the work.

Your gift makes collective impact possible.

Your investment powers the connective tissue that makes collaboration, alignment and improved outcomes for children and youth in E King County possible.

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