Always Give Back

Although our everyday work is focused on solving business challenges, we always make time to give back to the communities in which we live and work. This is embedded in our company culture. RedCloud's long-standing partnerships with local organizations provide our team with a variety of opportunities to give back every year.

We’re proud to be involved with our community partners and regularly participate in local events, often lending a hand as volunteers. RedCloud provides support to local non-profits focused on education and seeks out new ways to empower the success of local youth.​

Toys for Kids 

The RedCloud team feels fortunate to be connected to Toys for Kids, a nonprofit founded by Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs and former center fielder Dave Henderson-- Over 90% of all donations received are used to directly benefit homeless or otherwise disadvantaged children through 8 different programs.

By collaborating with Toys for Kids and similar organizations, we aim to bring local youth the hope, joy, and resources needed to ensure successful, bright futures. Whether RedCloud is donating school supplies or giving away a scholarship, we're dedicated to providing both hands-on and financial support throughout each year.

Each year, RedCloud awards a high school student in the Seattle area a Dave “Hendu” Henderson Educational Scholarship helping students make dreams of college a reality.

I have built strength that others never wanted or believed in me to have. I realize that my dreams have become greatly potent. My strength and my smile give me the ability to reach my goals.”

-- Desmond, 2022 Scholarship Recipient

Broadview Shelter & Transitional Housing

RedCloud adopted Solid Ground's Broadview Shelter & Transitional Housing --a safe haven for  families experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence.

​Through our relationship as community partners, RedCloud and Toys For Kids donated new Microsoft tablets, type covers, and headsets to each household at Broadview to enable remote work and learning. We also developed a Career Support Program for Broadview to assist residents re-entering the workforce.

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UW Foster School of Business

RedCloud provides ongoing support for the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business as part of the firm’s broader community efforts focused on education and local youth. 

Volunteers from our team mentor students in the Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC) program, advising them on solving business challenges and engaging with clients. Students finished with training work on consulting projects alongside their mentors to help small businesses in under-served communities. ​

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Driving Business Growth With a Marketing Pivot

An independent insurance agency experiencing significant economic impacts due to the pandemic pivoted its marketing and sales strategies with help from a RedCloud consultant volunteer mentor and a CBDC student. 
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Aligning Values to Profits in the Public Sector

A RedCloud consultant volunteer mentor helped a student with a client who needed to redefine and invigorate their socially conscious public sector consulting practice in an impactful, scalable way.                               

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As we created a national network of business schools working with small business, RedCloud helped us develop a brand and a communications strategy in a way that no one else has ever helped us do."
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-- Michael Verchot, Director
   UW Foster School CBDC

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement - or “JA” as it’s known - is the largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. RedCloud has been a proud partner of JA for years, providing volunteer support for these important, face-to-face opportunities with today’s youth.

​RedCloud’s consultants enjoy hands-on mentoring opportunities through two key JA programs: JA Day, an in-classroom teaching held several times throughout the school year at local elementary schools, and JA BizTown, a simulated town in which students connect what they learned in the classroom about work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy to real life.

When volunteering for JA Day, members of the RedCloud team takeover an elementary school classroom and present curriculum from a Junior Achievement program to students for part of the day. ​​

JA BizTown is a full-on micro economy brought to life for young students. Through this hands-on learning experience, each student performs a job for the day ​in the town's offices, retail shops and restaurants, complete with realistic responsibilities and pay. ​       

I loved how serious the kids were about their jobs, their reactions to being 'grownups' were priceless!"
 
-- Mel Nevala, RedCloud Volunteer

Big Brothers Big Sisters

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound (BBBS) is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. BBBS of Puget Sound believes that all youth should have the opportunity to reach their potential and achieve success in life.
 
Rooted in the Puget Sound region for more than 60 years, BBBS of Puget Sound is the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network. The organization serves youth in King and Pierce counties, creating meaningful relationships between adult volunteer mentors and kids ages 6 through post high school. 

Having a partnership with RedCloud has been a great fit from the beginning. It’s so important to be connected to a business like RedCloud because they bring an expertise in a field that we need help with and need to get better at."

-- Louis Garcia, CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound​