About Us

Mission Statement

At Seattle Animal Foundation (SAF), we’re on a mission to make sure every animal finds the love, care, and forever home they deserve. Since 2010, we have been a not-for-profit organization raising critical funds to support the Seattle Animal Shelter’s (SAS) life-saving programs. Now, with the help of generous donors like yourself, we can continue to support not only SAS but partner with other local animal welfare organizations throughout the Greater Seattle area to promote compassion, adoption and prevention. SAF is focused on saving the most vulnerable animals and creating lasting change through community collaboration.

SAF isn’t just a fundraising organization; we’re a community of changemakers. We’re here to empower you—our donors, volunteers, and local businesses—to connect with the causes that need your support the most; bringing hope and joy to animals and the people who love them.

Click to learn more about what the foundation helped accomplish as the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation from 2010-2024. We can’t do this work without you and appreciate your continued support as we transition to helping even more shelters as the Seattle Animal Foundation.

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Development Director

Jim worked in finance for over 25 years with the last 17 at JP Morgan. Most recently he spent twelve years in their London office covering some of the bank’s largest hedge fund clients. Growing up in the Seattle area, Jim graduated from the University of Washington before moving to the Bay Area.

Jim met his wife in San Francisco where they began fostering kittens for the SFSPCA, Laura was a longtime volunteer at the Mayhew Animal Home in North London where they also adopted two rescue kittens before bringing them back to Seattle. Jim has been a volunteer dog walker at the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) since he returned to Seattle in 2023. He also conducted check in calls following SAS canine adoptions. Beyond rescue animals, his passions include purpose-driven companies, soccer, travel, cooking, bouldering and Liverpool Football Club.

‘I ultimately left banking to make a change in my life and work on something more purposeful. The Foundation is the perfect intersection between helping animals and building relationships in the community and I couldn’t be happier to be part of the team.’ If you have an idea for an event or want to speak further about how the Foundation can be of assistance, Jim would love to speak with you. Please reach out to him at [email protected].