Mission Statement

To offer encouragement, comfort and support to children enduring a time of profound emotional, physical or financial distress and provide opportunities for enhancing overall wellness, stability and quality of life.

Who We Help

The Moyer Foundation funds non-profit organizations that help children in severe distress--children with life threatening illnesses or physical limitations, children who are coping with the loss of loved one, children who are victims of abuse or neglect.

In addition to funding organizations through grants, The Moyer Foundation established and funds the following key initiatives and community partnerships:

• "Camp Erin" - A weekend bereavement camp created by The Moyer Foundation to offer comfort to children and teenagers grieving the death of a loved one. The Foundation teams up with Hospice and Home Care groups to establish and run these special bereavement camps.
• "Camp Mariposa" - An initiative created by The Moyer Foundation and Youth Eastside Services in 2007, Camp Mariposa is one of the only camps of its kind dedicated to serving children who are affected by addiction in their families.
• "The Gregory Fund" - An initiative created by The Moyer Foundation and The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, dedicated to raising funds and awareness for early cancer detection research. The Gregory Fund was inspired by Gregory Chaya, a cancer survivor Jamie Moyer met in 1993. In 2004, The Moyer Foundation made its largest commitment to date - a $1.5 million, multi-year gift in support of The Gregory Fund.
• "Children's Pediatric Palliative Care and Child Life Programs" - The Moyer Foundation has committed to provide a multi-year $1.25 million grant to Children's to establish The Moyer Foundation Endowment for Excellence in Pediatric Palliative Care and to continue the foundation's support of the Child Life program. The Children's Palliative Care program is one of the first of its kind and provides medical, psychological, social and logistical services for children with life-limiting illness. Palliative care is often provided from the time of diagnosis and continues through the course of the child's life. The Child Life program focuses on the emotional and developmental needs of hospitalized children and their families. Child Life specialists help reduce the anxiety associated with a hospital stay by providing education, preparation and support for medical treatments.
• Swedish Medical Center’s Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation - The Moyer Foundation has made a $250,000 multi-year commitment to support the Pacific Northwest’s first pediatric and perinatal simulation center specifically designed to advance the skills of already well-trained health-care teams in critical clinical situations. Once construction is completed in 2008, the center will allow highly specialized medical teams to perfect their skills efficiently, without the involvement of real – and very vulnerable – pediatric patients. 

How We Help - Our mission in action

The Moyer Foundation identifies non-profit organizations committed to helping children in physical, emotional or financial distress, and enhances those efforts through the collective support of a giving community. Grants from The Moyer Foundation provide organizations with resources to expand programs, purchase supplies, and enable children to receive much needed services and support.

The Moyer Foundation raises funds for grants and key initiatives through many special events, corporate partnerships and individual donations. Through a grants review process, the Foundation and its Board of Trustees determine which non-profit organizations receive grants.