Please consider donating via our PayPal account. Thank you
Once
Upon A Time�
Founded
in 1974, United Friends Group Homes emerged from a commitment by a
group of parents that their children should have a home in the
community.
United
Friends Group Homes was incorporated as a Washington nonprofit
corporation on January 23, 1974 and was granted exempt status for
charitable purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code on October 1, 1974. Our 1st home, Crown Hill Group Home
was opened in 1978.
In
1979 the articles of incorporation were amended granting the
corporate officers authority to secure HUD financing for Beverly Park
Group Home, which opened in 1980.
Lawton
Heights Group Home was incorporated as a Washington nonprofit
corporation in 1984 and was granted exempt status for charitable
purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code on July
26, 1984. HUD required a separate corporation in order to
secure financing for this group home.
The
corporate name Lawton Heights Group Home reflects the original
Magnolia site for the project. Circumstances would not permit
building a home in Magnolia so the project was moved to West Seattle.
Unfortunately, HUD would not permit a name change after moving the
project, thereby creating some minor confusion between the corporate
name and the project name which became Lincoln Park Group Home.
The
three homes serve a total of twenty-two residents.
When customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile
Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to
United Friends Group Homes. Click the image to the left to access UFGH's
AmazonSmile account. Thank You!
