Give Back Snohomish is a business-networking and referral group built on a simple idea: cause marketing works best when we do it together. Our members are Snohomish County business owners and the local nonprofits they care about. Instead of each of us giving back alone, we partner around shared community causes — pooling financial contributions and donated skilled labor — and we track our cumulative impact over time so everyone can see what our collective generosity adds up to.
Give Back Snohomish grew out of the everyday generosity of our founder, Bill Webster II. Bill was already doing a lot of cause marketing on his own — sponsoring local nonprofits, backing community teams, and looking for ways to help. He kept thinking the same thing: imagine what we could do if business owners organized this together, contributed as a group, and actually tracked the difference we were making. That idea became Give Back Snohomish.
Within Give Back Snohomish, our Cause Marketing Collective is where members choose the causes we rally behind, contribute funds and skilled labor toward each fund-a-need, and watch our shared impact grow. Business owners gain meaningful connections and referrals; nonprofits gain committed local partners. Everybody gives back — and gets back.
Give Back Snohomish is governed by a committee, with decisions made in the open and grounded in collective buy-in — the causes we support and the way we support them reflect our members, not any one person. We stay close to home, focused entirely on Snohomish County. Members connect year-round: we meet virtually every month and gather in person once a quarter. Membership is $100 per year, which keeps us member-funded and keeps everyone invested in what we build together.
For $100 a year, members are part of something that works on two levels — good for business, good for the community:
Referrals and genuine connections with other Snohomish County business owners and nonprofits
A seat at the table in choosing the causes we rally behind, through our Cause Marketing Collective
The chance to give through both funding and donated skilled labor, amplified by the whole group
Transparent tracking of our cumulative community impact over time
If you run a business or lead a nonprofit in Snohomish County and want to give back alongside people who feel the same way, we'd love to have you. Reach out and join us.