26-27 BUDGET SNAPSHOT
2026/27 summary:
Cash at start of year: $160,888
Budgeted Expenses: $355,541 ($163,288k for staffing; of which $44k is carryover for 25/26 positions)
Budgeted Fundraising (gross): $200,00
ASE Revenue (gross): $36,000
Estimated reserves by 6/30/27: $41,347
The Approved Friends of Hawthorne Budget for the 2026/2027 school year can be viewed in full here
2026/2027 Budget Development Process
The Friends of Hawthorne (FOH) budget for 2026-2027 was primarily developed by a budget committee, comprised of the FOH Treasurer’s (Cedric Walker, Dana Troy), Principal Flavors, FOH President Brooks Thompson, FOH Fundraising Chair Molly Judge and FOH Volunteers.
The first step was receiving requests from school administration on their needs. For the upcoming academic year the highest priority was identified as additional support staffing, to help replace positions that were lost through Seattle Public Schools (SPS) reductions. Per SPS rules, FOH had to confirm these positions by the end of March 2026. At the FOH community meeting in March 2026 the officers and adminstration presented a proposed budget and all all staffing support requests were approved by the membership.
Treasurer Reports and Budget updates :
2026
2025