Become a Partner

At Washington State Mentors we are always looking for corporate and foundations partners. As a statewide organization, WSM is in the unique position to help businesses and foundations leverage their charitable investment in mentoring. If you are interested in supporting mentoring programs on a large scale and have specific parameters around the types of mentoring programs you would like to support and where, WSM is the perfect partner.

Washington State Mentors has strong partnerships with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information on how these partnerships work click here.

Sponsor an Event

Washington State Mentors holds two fundraising events per year. Champions of Mentoring, a benefit luncheon and auction takes place in the spring and honors outstanding mentor and mentee matches from our member organizations. Thanks to our sponsor Holland America Line this luncheon has been held on board one of their elegant cruise ships.

Conversations on Mentoring takes place in the fall and in 2008 took place at beautiful Safeco Field. At this luncheon we invite luminaries from our community to reflect on who mentored them and how they you pass it on. It is always an inspiring and lively conversation. Past luminaries have included Pastor Patrinell Wright, Lorenzo Romar, Mona Locke, Jim Sinegal, Lori Matsukawa, Lenny Wilkens and Dan Wilson.

Corporate sponsorship packages are available for both events from $1,000 to $25,000 and above. For more information or to design a sponsorship package to fulfill your needs call Peggy Gray at 425.416.2033 or send an email to pgray@wamentors.org.

Offer Paid Time Off to Volunteer

Washington State Mentors encourages business owners and executives to offer their employees the benefit of paid time off to volunteer as mentors. Join companies such as Bank of America and Safeco Insurance in providing this rewarding employee benefit. Our program staff is happy to help businesses design a program tailored to suit your needs. For more information call Tom Pennella at 360-902-7797 or send an email to tpennella@wamentors.org.