Emerging Leaders 365
Start Your Year of Impact
Become an Emerging Leaders 365 donor—for just a dollar a day—to start your year of impact. Emerging Leaders 365 donors make a difference through donating, volunteering, and attending one-of-a-kind networking and social justice events. Give $365 all at once or $30 a month to get started!
Stay updated on our awesome virtual volunteer and event offerings that support our local BIPOC community!
What Do We Do?

Make an Impact
Give $365 or $30 a month to fight homelessness and poverty in your community.

Network
Connect with like-minded young professionals at issue-based events.

Volunteer
Help local nonprofits through group projects and multi-day opportunities via Connect For Good.

Access Leaders
Hear from local business and community leaders at our various events.
Connect for Good
Looking for a chance to deep dive into a subject area, develop your racial equity lens, volunteer and build community? Join us for a Connect for Good volunteer opportunity!
What Have We Helped Accomplish?

$429,500+ raised to ensure people have homes, students graduate and families are financially stable
2,272 people transitioned out of homelessness

561,218 meals served to children in our community
2,700 volunteer hours served at over 100 events in 2019
2,000+ people gathering at networking events and hearing from local leaders in 2019
Ready to Join?
Racial Equity Matters
Because of institutional and systemic racism, people of color disproportionately experience inequities in our community. It is imperative that we recognize, acknowledge and address racism in order to make progress towards a community with equal opportunity for all.
Through Emerging Leaders 365 your dollars are going directly to programs that address racial inequities head on. In addition to this, we actively choose speakers and POC businesses that reflect our community and center voices of color.
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FAQ
What are the different breakdowns of how I can donate?
There are four ways you can join Emerging Leaders 365:
- One-time gift of $365
- Monthly gift of $30
- Start a fundraiser and raise $365
- Pledge $365 during your workplace giving campaign. Email emergingleaders@uwkc.org for more details.
Can I fundraise the $365 instead of giving it all myself?
You bet! It’s easy to create a personal fundraising page and then ask your network to support United Way of King County in your name. Get started today.
What do I get to access once I join?
Besides the great feeling of helping others and ending injustices here in the Seattle area, you’ll enjoy a full year of benefits such as:
- Networking and connections with other young professionals
- An email twice a month to keep you updated Emerging Leaders 365 happenings.
- Free entry to tons of events, from speakers panels and happy hours to exclusive in-restaurant multi-course dinners and swanky cocktail events.
- First access to our ever-popular volunteer projects all across Seattle and King County.
- Opportunities to stand up for what you believe in and make a difference in people’s lives.
Who can join?
Any young professionals who want to make a difference, stand up for what they believe in and meet leaders and friends while doing so.
Where do my donated dollars go?
All Emerging Leaders 365 perks and events are covered by our generous corporate sponsors so that every dollar you give goes directly to building a community where people have homes, students graduate and families are financially stable.
Once I join, for how long am I an Emerging Leaders 365 donor?
You are part of Emerging Leaders 365 for one full year (or 365 days) from the date that you make your gift. For example, if you make a gift of $365 to United Way on Dec. 1 2019, you are part of Emerging Leaders 365 until Dec. 1 2020.
My company matches my donations. How does that work?
We’re not currently set up to recognize workplace matches towards Emerging Leaders 365. However, we love that your company matches donations and encourage you to request a match for your $365. Double the $ = Double the impact!
I made a $365 gift and haven’t heard anything from you. What should I do?
Oh no! We’re so sorry. Sometimes our data processing lags behind. But fear not, we’ll get it straightened out as soon as we can. In the meantime, please contact EmergingLeaders@uwkc.org so that we can get you all taken care of.