2024-25
Tuition ~$27,311
Rent ~150K; Staff~658K; Tuition Access ~119K
2024-25
Collaborative Sustainability Goal
$200,000
pscs vision
Founded in 1994, Puget Sound Community School (PSCS) is committed to centering intentionally excluded perspectives in curriculum and programming. With Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, and collaboration framing our approach, community-centered education also prioritizes the lived experience of our Global Majority students and staff, while offering young people opportunities to take increasing responsibility for your own education.
what that means
PSCS centers the experiences of our students, families, staff, AND our surrounding communities.
This effort creates a collaborative, responsive, compassionate environment for us all—one which allows young people to be immersed in an educational experience with highly engaged, multi-skilled teachers and administrators, each of whom are, in turn, holistically supported in creating actual work/life balance, and in creating systemic change in our local communities and partner organizations.
why we fundraise
Contributions allow us allocate Tuition Access to families we need in our community and to re-grow a sustainable reserve for unforeseen environmental impact, like say, a global pandemic.
In order to offer Access to the 30% of families we desire to join us in our mission, we fundraise.
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pscs fiscal year
july 1 - june 30
you can help
For many families, independent education is a hardship or at least a not-easy-ship. In order to equitably support students and families, we seek participation from those who can afford it, at levels that are not a difficulty.
30% of families received more than $110,000 in aid for the 2024-25 school year. We believe everyone benefits from Tuition Access.
tuition
Tuition to PSCS mostly pays for three things: rent, parking, and operating expenses in the the C-ID; equitable collaborative staff pay; and program costs (books for classes, Intensive opportunities, etc). Tuition does not cover unforeseen expenses, full Tuition Access and program costs, or building reserves throughout a school year.
annual giving
PSCS budgets 10% of our projected revenue toward Tuition Access, but we raise Annual Giving funds in addition to tuition—in order to maintain affordability, knowing for many tuition is still a limiting factor, as well as nonprofit status and donor tax incentives.
Pledges (to be paid later in the school year) and recurring monthly gifts are counted toward our final budget.
Ways to Give:
Online/Credit Card:
Make a one-time gift via our secure donation page. All gifts made via our online donation site will include a small fee. There is an option for donors to incur that fee.
PayPal:
Donate securely via Pay Pal.
PSCS incurs a fee when you pay using your connected bank account. If you pay directly from your personal PayPal account, there are no fees.
Recurring Gifts:
Donate monthly via our secure donation page.
All gifts made via our online donation site will include a small fee. There is an option for donors to incur that fee.
Cash/Check:
Personal checks can be made out to PSCS and dropped off or mailed to 660 S. Dearborn Street, Seattle, WA 98134.
Stock/Securities:
When utilizing this option, please download our Broker's Instructions and forward to your preferred representative.
Please also alert our Director of School Operations that a gift of stock is being transferred. Include the name of the stock owner, the full name(s) to be recognized for the gift, today's date, and the intended donation amount.
Matching Gifts:
Many businesses offer matching gift programs to encourage employee giving (sometimes even retired employees). Matching gifts can double the impact of your gift. Please check to see if your employer offers a matching gift (Bc3, Microsoft, Google, F5Networks, Starbucks, CDKGlobal, Honeywell, Adobe, Symetra, Boeing, Costco, GE, Pfizer...).
Leadership Gifts:
At PSCS a leadership gift is defined as a gift of $1,000 or more by a particular constituency (Alumni, Current Parents, Grandparent, etc) and is meant to inspire others to donate as well.
Leadership gifts can be made in the form of cash, check, or EFT. If you are interested in making a leadership gift, please contact our Director of Community Engagement.
In Honor Of:
Consider supporting PSCS, while also honoring an alum, a facilitator, or a particularly meaningful member of your community, by making a contribution in their name.
When an In Honor Of... gift is received (online or by check), the Development Office credits the gift accordingly—most often in the donor's official acknowledgement and in our yearly Gratitude Report.