Everfree Northwest 2025 Charity Auction

Everfree Northwest is a production of Pegasi Northwest, a registered 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization. We are an organization focusing on education about and promotion of the art of animation and related artistic works created by their respective fans. We host an annual, volunteer-staffed event to promote and educate the public on various aspects of the foregoing.

EIN: 82-1256888

Tax-deductible direct donations to Pegasi Northwest are always accepted at everfreenw.com/donate.

Our largest fundraising event each year is the annual Charity Auction. All proceeds from fundraising activities are used solely for charitable purposes in pursuit of our mission. These include:

Program services which directly relate to the operation of the convention.
Small donations to various charitable organizations and individuals in need throughout the year.
A large grant to a primary beneficiary selected as our charity partner each year.

When selecting charity partners, we seek out small, local, reputable 501(c)(3) organizations with a narrow focus to ensure the greatest impact from the generosity of our fandom community. We have traditionally partnered with organizations primarily supporting children in need.

This year, we are proud to partner with Backpack Brigade as our primary beneficiary!

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Founded in 2014, Backpack Brigade is on a mission to END weekend hunger for homeless and food insecure school children in King County, Washington. Thousands of our community’s most vulnerable kids rely on school meal programs as their primary source of food, leaving them hungry on weekends. Backpack Brigade’s weekend hunger bags, delivered every Friday via partnerships with local schools, are filled with 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners, and 3 snacks – enough food to fill one hungry belly from Friday lunch to Monday breakfast. Kids who receive our bags show up to school on Mondays well fed and ready to learn.

Our program is powered by over 200 dedicated volunteers, who prepare, pack, and deliver weekend hunger bags to over 100 schools in 5 King County school districts. More than 90% of our program funding comes from individual donors, caring people who understand that hungry kids can’t learn and are determined to give every child in our community a fair chance to thrive. One hundred percent of donations are used to buy food for the kids. We are currently serving 5,300 kids per week, and we expect that number to increase as we begin the 2025-2026 school year.

To learn more about our program, our menus, our mission, and the crisis of weekend hunger, visit www.backpackbrigade.org.

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Our annual Charity Auction is among the most cherished events of the entire weekend at Everfree Northwest. Items are donated to Pegasi Northwest and then auctioned to the highest bidder as part of our fundraising efforts benefitting our charity partner and other charitable purposes as outlined above.

Commonly donated items include:

Artisan handmade crafts
Traditional fan-made artwork
Official Hasbro MLP merchandise
Items signed by VIP Guests
IDW comic books
Other rare items with collector’s value
Etc.

If you would like to donate an item to our Charity Auction this year, please bring your item(s) to the convention. Donation forms will be provided.

Item drop-off hours and locations will be updated closer to the convention.

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In the interest of greater transparency regarding the use of funds raised at our convention for charity over the course of many years, Pegasi Northwest is voluntarily electing to disclose the following information.

Everfree Northwest has proudly partnered with many charitable organizations over the last 10+ years. While each year our event’s primary beneficiary receives a large lump sum donation, Pegasi Northwest retains a portion of charity funds to use throughout the year to support causes that align with our organization’s mission. These have included but are not limited to:

Aid for United States Armed Forces veterans and their families
Arts and education programs supporting underprivileged communities in the Puget Sound region
Local, national, and international disaster relief funds
Emergency medical expense coverage for members of our fandom community
Travel and lodging assistance for community members in need

We only grant large sums to fellow reputable 501(c)(3) nonprofits, with lesser amounts appropriated judiciously through well-established fundraising platforms—such as GoFundMe—in support of individuals in need on a limited basis. Organizations with primarily politically-oriented missions or which support individual political campaigns for elected office are never considered for our support, and no funds raised by Pegasi Northwest are ever used to support such activities, as is required by law.

Prior charity partners since Everfree Northwest’s first year have included:

Since 2012, our convention has grossed more than $320,000 for charity and facilitated funding of over $217,000 for our primary beneficiaries alone, of which more than $47,500 was donated to a named annual primary beneficiary since our 2017 event.

While Pegasi Northwest has been the convention’s sole corporate governing entity, charitable funds raised through the Everfree Northwest Charity Auction, as well as funds raised through other related means—after expenses and deductions—have roughly been allocated according to the following proportions:

Pie chart of distribution of charity funds

Important to note is that this chart only reflects the allocation of funds available to us as a net total after expenses and legally-required deductions are accounted for. Due to various expenses as well as peculiarities regarding IRS requirements for nonprofit tax filing, the total funds raised as shown on-screen during the Charity Auction and published afterwards—which represent only an amount grossed—are a poor indicator of funds actually available for our use.

We are grateful for the continued support of our fandom family. The community’s generosity is not something we take lightly or for granted, and we continually strive each year to ensure that all donated funds are used in a manner that is impactful, efficient, and reflective of our community’s core values.

If you have any ideas or questions relating to charity at Everfree Northwest, please contact us at charity@everfreenw.com.