LogoSeedling
Neighborhood Preschool Office — Open Enrollment 2026

You Can See Every Dollar. Every Classroom. Every Child It Reaches.

Seedling is a neighborhood office that matches families with the right preschool classroom — and shows donors exactly where every dollar lands, line by line, child by child.

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Families Matched
94+
Classroom Partners
100%
Financial Transparency
Transparent Process

Watch Your Dollar Become a Classroom

From the moment your gift arrives to the moment it becomes a reading-corner book or a teacher training hour — every step is visible.

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Hands exchanging a donation envelope at a community table

100% of your gift is logged in our public ledger within 24 hours of receipt.

100%

Donation Received

Every dollar is time-stamped, donor-acknowledged, and assigned a public transaction ID. No pooling. No delay.

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Colorful pie chart diagram showing program fund allocation percentages

82¢ of every dollar reaches direct classroom programs. 11¢ funds family navigation. 7¢ covers operations.

82%

Program Allocation

Our board reviews allocation percentages quarterly. The full breakdown is in our annual report — linked at the bottom of this page.

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Bright preschool classroom with art supplies and children's artwork on walls

$75 → one teacher workshop hour. $25 → one week of art supplies. $150 → one child's full enrollment month.

$75

Classroom Investment

Funds are transferred directly to partner classrooms within 14 days. Each classroom receives a receipt and posts it publicly.

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Young child sitting at a small desk drawing with crayons in a sunny classroom

Each subsidized enrollment is tracked by classroom, date, and program type — never by name.

1 child

A Child Enrolls

You'll receive a quarterly update showing how many enrollment-months your cumulative giving has funded, with anonymized classroom photos.

See Our Full Financial Report (PDF)
Named Programs

Where the 82¢ Goes

The remaining 7¢ covers rent, payroll, and technology — all itemized in the annual report.

Classroom Access 48%
Teacher Growth 22%
Family Navigation 12%
Supplies 11%
Operations 7%
Diverse group of preschoolers sitting in a circle on a colorful rug
48¢ of every dollar

Classroom Access Fund

Direct subsidies that cover enrollment costs for families earning below 200% of the federal poverty line. No waitlist. No paperwork maze.

312enrollment-months funded in 2025
Teacher attending a professional development workshop with notes and laptop
22¢ of every dollar

Teacher Growth Hours

Paid professional development for lead teachers at partner classrooms — because the research is clear: teacher quality is the single biggest factor in early learning outcomes.

186training hours logged in 2025
Parent and coordinator sitting together reviewing preschool options at a desk
12¢ of every dollar

Family Navigation

One-on-one sessions with a placement coordinator who speaks your language, knows the waitlists, and has the real phone numbers.

94families navigated in 2025
Colorful art supplies including crayons, paint, and paper arranged on a table
11¢ of every dollar

Supply & Materials

Art paper, crayons, sensory bins, and books — replenished each semester for every partner classroom regardless of enrollment size.

$8,400in classroom supplies, 2025
One Enrollment Story

From Waitlist Rejection to First Day

Names and identifying details are always anonymized. Families give written permission before any story is shared.

Young child wearing a backpack walking toward a school entrance on a sunny morning
Anonymized Story
Family Type: Single parent, 2 jobs
Applied: March 2025
Enrolled: September 2025
"I had been on three waitlists for eight months. A neighbor told me about Seedling. Within two weeks, a coordinator called me back — not an automated email, a real person — and by September my son was in a classroom six blocks from our apartment."

This family's enrollment was funded by 47 individual donors, each giving between $15 and $150. The classroom partner — a licensed center in the Eastside neighborhood — received $150 directly for the first enrollment month. The family paid nothing.

The Dollar Trail

47 donors→$150 total→Eastside Learning Center→1 child enrolled

Privacy First

No child is ever identified. All stories require written family consent.

Public Ledger

Every transaction is publicly logged within 24 hours of receipt.

Quarterly Updates

Donors receive anonymized outcome reports every 3 months.