Donor Proposal · Riverside Children's Fund

Donor / foundation name

Prepared for

Grace & Henry Lindqvist

* Prepared by Sasha Nguyen, Development Officer

DateFebruary 2026

OpportunityClose the Gap: Coastal Anchor Gift

Close the Gap ➽ The Campaign for Every Child’s Future

A note from our CEO

A LETTER
FROM OUR CEO

Jordan Avery

President & CEO Riverside Children's Fund

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Dear Grace and Henry,

Thank you for the time you have spent with us and for your heart for the children of Coastal Region. Right now, more than two thousand children across our chapter are on a waitlist for an after-school or summer seat, and every one of them is waiting on someone to say yes.

This proposal outlines the opportunity in front of us and the difference your partnership would make. We would be honored to have you with us.

The program works

PROGRAMS CHANGE OUTCOMES.

Riverside Children's Fund is 100% locally funded. Every dollar raised in Coastal Region stays here, funding program seats and caring adults, not overhead.

Region stats

2.4Xmore likely to read at grade level after two years in our learning centers

94%of program families say their child is more confident in school

87%of seniors in our programs graduate on time, 21 points above the district average

“You can see the moment it clicks: a kid who slipped through every crack finds a room where someone expects great things from them. Riverside built that room, and they build it well.”

Maya Ellison · Principal, Harborview Elementary

Our conversations

WHAT WE’VE HEARD.

Your story

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You have supported coastal families since the flood year, and you know the after-school gap grows widest where the commute is longest.

What matters to you

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You have asked what it would take to fund every coastal seat for a generation, not just a season.

The data

THE GAP KEEPS
GROWING.

With your help, that number shrinks. The gap doesn’t close on its own. It closes because someone decided it should.

Region pipeline

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Children Waiting

Futures Funded

With your support, the gap closes and every child’s future gets funded.

Our region’s school-age population keeps growing. The waitlist grows with it unless program capacity grows first.

How your gift works

SIMPLE, BY DESIGN.

Describe the three steps

Step 01 You say yes Your commitment is confirmed with a simple letter of intent, payable over up to three years.

Step 02 Seats open Within sixty days, your gift funds reserved seats for children at the top of the waitlist.

Step 03 You see it Twice a year you receive a progress report on the children your gift serves, with a standing invitation to visit.

The proposal

THE GAP
CLOSES WITH YOU.

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Your gift can close the gap for children in Coastal Region.

We are asking you to consider a leadership gift to the Close the Gap campaign — a commitment that opens program seats for children in Coastal Region who are waiting today, and builds the capacity to welcome every family who applies tomorrow.

Proposed gift amount

Proposed gift $2,500,000

A five-year campaign pledge, including an endowed seat fund for the Coastal Region.

Additional opportunities

Should you wish to explore other giving levels, we would be honored to discuss how any gift can be directed toward the areas of our work most meaningful to your family.

Our commitments to you

IN WRITING.

A leadership gift is a partnership, and partnerships run on trust. Here is what you can count on from us, in writing.

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✳Twice-yearly progress reports on the children your gift serves

✳Recognition in the Close the Gap honor roll, or full anonymity if you prefer

✳A standing invitation to visit a program site and meet the team

With gratitude

THANK YOU FOR
CLOSING THE GAP.

“One caring adult, one open door, one room that expects great things. That is how the direction of a childhood changes.”

Closing note

Thank you for considering this invitation. Whatever you decide, we are grateful for your friendship to the children of Coastal Region.