Our Philanthropic Mission

In 1961, a group of visionary community leaders and representatives of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ founded Horizon House, downtown Seattle’s first retirement residence. Today nearly 600 seniors living active and fulfilling lives are proud to call this vibrant community their home. 

If you ask a new resident to list reasons for moving here, chances are that one will be our “safety net”, the assurance that financial setbacks will not jeopardize their ability to stay in their home.  This is at the heart of our mission.

For over thirty years our Residents Assistance Program has been providing confidential financial aid to residents in need. No resident of Horizon House has ever had to leave due to inability to pay.  

We are justifiably proud of this tradition of caring for our neighbors, yet it requires a community-wide effort to continue to make it a reality now and into the future.