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Since our founding in 1989, HRB has developed or acquired 164 permanently affordable homes, with 60 more on the horizon. Your gift will help HRB grow its community land trust and build a stronger, more inclusive Bainbridge Island.

Use the form below or mail a check to Housing Resources Bainbridge, PO Box 11391, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. And talk to your employer to see if it has a matching gift program so that you can double your impact.

Gifts to HRB are tax deductible.

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Talk to us

It’s a given. When you support affordable housing, you strengthen our community. But philanthropy is personal. Please contact Sophia Blamey, fund development director, at 206.842.1909, ext. 13, or [email protected] to explore the many ways to give to HRB, including donor advised funds, qualified charitable deductions, and direct deposit.

Be inspired

  • Lasting impermanence

    The memory of a lost child inspires a lifetime of giving.

  • Seeking a values match, Jake and Ed Clemens found one another, Bainbridge Island, and HRB

    From strangers on a train to husband and wife, fellow activists, and ultimately Bainbridge Island philanthropists, Jake and Ed support the work of organizations, like HRB, which are building a more equitable and inclusive community.

  • Living her mother’s dream

    Laura Marshall lives with her husband and three children in a home of their own on Bainbridge Island, something her mother, a lifelong renter, always dreamed of. This spring, she hosted a fundraiser for HRB to help make homeownership more accessible to people like her.

  • A man with an (action) plan

    Guided by the mind of an engineer and love for his community, Mike Smit has made a commitment to affordable housing and HRB. He’s now a major donor—at the age of 39.

  • The making of a 10-year-old philanthropist

    How three girls put their creativity to work and raised funds for causes that they cared about. For one girl, Ruby Sowder, it was a matter of honoring a family commitment to affordable housing.