2024 Giving Guide

GIVING GUIDE 2024

Table of Contents WELCOME

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ARTS & COMMUNITY CULTURE

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HOUSING & HUNGER

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LAW, JUSTICE, & INCARCERATION

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WOMEN & GIRLS

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*On the Cover: Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement (FYRE) 2024 Collective Grantee in Mental Health & Housing. Learn more about FYRE on page 4.

Welcome ABOUT US Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF) is a women’s collective giving organization that supports community transformation through learning, listening, and grant-making in Washington State.

Based in Seattle with a statewide reach, we’ve invested over 22 million dollars in Washington nonprofits since our founding in 1995. We're a participatory, communitybased collective. This means our hundreds of members collaborate to make funding decisions and we often invite the wider community to join our grantmaking work.

Through our unrestricted grantmaking programs, we support nonprofits, fiscallysponsored organizations, and individuals promoting racial and gender equity in Washington State.

THE GIVING GUIDE In 2024, WaWF granted over $500,000 to nearly 40 nonprofits and fiscallysponsored organizations in Washington State. We're proud of the work each of these organizations do and hope you'll be inspired to support them.

The WaWF Giving Guide is a tool to support your own individual giving. First, learn about each organization's work, impact, and leadership. Then, make a gift to one or more of the organizations featured here. For a collective giving experience, grab a friend, partner, or family member to join you in the process!

This guide is organized by our annual funding themes and priorities (see below). Want to learn more about our process or how to get involved in choosing our priorities?

Head to www.wawomensfdn.org.

HEALTHCARE

LAW, JUSTICE & INCARCERATION

2025 Priority: Youth Mental Health

2024 Priority: Re-Entry Support

CLIMATE & AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE

HOUSING & HUNGER

2025 Priority: Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change

2024 Priority: Mental Health & Housing

EDUCATION

ARTS & COMMUNITY CULTURE

2025 Priority: Adult Educational Opportunites

2024 Priority: Expanding Access to Arts in Schools

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Arts and Community Culture Increasing Access to Arts in Schools In 2024, our funding priority within the theme of Arts and Community Culture was Access to Arts in Schools. WaWF’s interest was in learning more about the benefits of and barriers to arts education in Washington State.

By funding organizations working in this space, we sought to invest in the integration of arts in school settings and expanding access to arts for students in grades K-12.

SOUTH END STORIES

2024 Collective Grantee

South End Stories’ (SES) mission is to ignite joy and justice in classrooms and communities using arts-based learning, anti-racist education, and social activism.

South End Stories runs a trauma-informed and anti-racist arts education program serving students and educators throughout King County, Washington. They encourage critical thought to stimulate artistic expression and exploration of identity at the highest level of learning. https://www.southendstories-artsed.com

CARNEGIE PICTURE LAB

2024 Merit Awardees

Carnegie Picture Labs mission is to deliver dynamic art experiences for all young people through innovative and transformative programs. CPL has established partnerships with 13 schools in WA and OR, serving over 185 K-5 classrooms, and reaching over 4,000 schoolchildren. www.carnegiepicturelab.com

TIETON ARTS & HUMANITIES Tieton Arts & Humanities enriches and celebrates community through artistic and cultural programming. Tieton Arts fosters resilience in Tieton by creating environments where families, businesses, and artists can collaborate and flourish. www.tietonarts.org

YAKIMA MUSIC EN ACCION (YAMA) Yakima Music en Acción (YAMA) grows confident young leaders throughout the neighborhoods it serves by widening access to professional-level music learning, igniting www.yamamusic.org collective pride, and empowering and unifying students and families.

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INCHELIUM LANGUAGE & CULTURE ASSOCIATION

2024 Merit Award Finalist

The Inchelium Language & Culture Association, founded in 2011, is committed to the revitalization of the Nselxcin dialect. Their primary focus is on nurturing new speakers and educators of Nselxcin within their communities.

While ILCA commitment is firmly rooted in language revitalization, the Inchelium Language & Culture Association extends its efforts to breathe life back into their culture. From captivating Captikwl story nights with elders, to the revival of the Upper Columbia River Culture, ILCA’s dedication is unwavering in reclaiming and sharing Nselxcin Language & Sn̓ ʕay̓ čkstx & Sx̌ ʷy̓ ʔiɬp Culture with the world. www.ncaliwmcitxw.com

2024 Merit Awardees Continued

ARTS CORPS Arts Corps revolutionizes arts education by igniting the creative power of young people through culturally engaging learning experiences. Arts Corps works to address the race and income-based opportunity gap in access to arts education. www.artscorps.org

KEY TO CHANGE Key to Change mission is to inspire underserved youth through world-class music instruction and support their development as self-aware leaders. www.keytochangestudio.org

SEATTLE JAZZ-ED Through jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increases access in the music room, celebrates student expression and builds lasting connection rooted in community. www.seattlejazzed.org

SPARK CENTRAL Spark Central offers imaginative art programs, access to innovative technology, and an inclusive creative community for folks of all economic backgrounds. www.spark-central.org

URBAN ARTWORKS Urban Artworks engages youth, artists, and communities in the creation of public art that inspires connections and honors their voices. www.urbanartworks.org PAGE 3

Housing & Hunger Mental Health & Housing In 2024, our funding priority within the theme of Housing & Hunger was Mental Health and Housing.

Our focus was on learning more about the systemic intersections of housing instability and mental health, including addiction.

Through this priority, WaWF sought to invest in culturally relevant mental health and addiction recovery services for people who lack stable housing, including organizations with counseling staff and/or those working with a network of external providers.

FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENT

2024 Collective Grantee

FYRE’s mission is to advocate for equitable ​opportunities that allow all youth to thrive. FYRE offers services to ensure underserved youth, ages 12-24, have their needs met in four main areas: 1) education, 2) physical and mental health, 3) basic needs and 4) resiliency programming. www.okfyre.org

*Featured on the cover

2024 Merit Awardees

TRIUMPH TREATMENT SERVICES Triumph Women’s Programs offers co-occurring substance use and mental health www.triumphtx.org/inpatient-women/ treatment opportunities to women of all ages.

NEW BEGINNINGS New Beginnings’ mission is to empower survivors and mobilize community awareness and action to end domestic violence. www.newbegin.org

YWCA OF KITSAP COUNTY YWCA of Kitsap County advocates for survivors of domestic violence and provides prevention programming to halt the generational cycle of violence. Their mission is to eliminate racism and empower women by providing supportive services to survivors of domestic violence and educational opportunities. www.ywcakitsap.org

CLARK COUNTY VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM CCVLP is providing and facilitating access to justice in Clark County for low-income individuals and marginalized communities through advocacy and civil legal services. www.ccvlp.org

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DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER 2024 Merit Award Finalist DESC helps people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. www.desc.org

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ELIZABETH GREGORY HOME EGH provides a welcoming and respectful refuge where women who are experiencing homelessness, trauma, or economic insecurity have access to a caring community and critical resources. www.eghseattle.org

HOPE STREET Hope Street provides women a safe home, community, and support as they discover their most fulfilling lives in long-term recovery. www.hopestreethomes.org

NEW PHOEBE HOUSE ASSOCIATION NPH provides a safe place for women who are experiencing homelessness and looking to recover from addiction, where they can reunify with their children. For up to two years, basic daily needs are provided so each mother can focus on her recovery, education, job skills, and parenting skills. www.newphoebehouse.org

THE ARC OF KING COUNTY

The Arc helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities of all ages and their families navigate the various disability resources and systems including mental health and behavioral health care. www.arcofkingcounty.org PAGE 5

Law, Justice & Incarceration Re-Entry Support In 2024, WaWF's funding priority within the theme of Law, Justice, & Incarceration was Re-entry Support. We are interested in learning more about the unique challenges individuals leaving incarceration face, and how re-entry support can assist them holistically in this transition, in turn improving their experience and reducing recidivism.

Through this priority, WaWF sought to invest in the specific types of support that individuals leaving incarceration need to thrive.

THE WAY TO JUSTICE

2024 Collective Grantee

The Way to Justice is a community nonprofit legal aid organization led and created by women of color. Through direct representation, impact litigation, policy reform, and advocacy work, they address the barriers facing individuals who have been negatively impacted by our justice system. The Way to Justice envisions a legal and justice system that does not oppress, suffocate, and murder people of color; a system that does not see them as a threat, or view them as expendable. Their focus programs are driver’s relicensing/restoring driving privileges and post conviction relief, including restoring client rights, clearing criminal records and reducing/waiving legal fees. www.thewaytojustice.com

2024 Merit Awardees

LIVING WITH CONVICTION Living with Conviction is a collaboration between formerly incarcerated individuals and their legal allies, working together to help people advocate for relief from both courtwww.livingwithconviction.org imposed debt and unconstitutional drug possession convictions.

THE IF PROJECT The IF Project is a collaboration of currently- and formerly-incarcerated adults, community partners, and law enforcement focused on holistic intervention and the www.theifproject.org reduction and prevention of incarceration and recidivism.

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2024 Merit Award Finalist

FREEDOM EDUCATION PROJECT PUGET SOUND FEPPS provides an accredited college program for incarcerated women, transgender, and gender nonconforming people in Washington and creates pathways to higher education after students are released from prison. www.fepps.org

2024 Merit Awardees Continued

YOGA BEHIND BARS YBB yoga and meditation programs focus on restorative practices that facilitate nervous system regulation, stress management, and resilience for incarcerated adults and youth.

ARMS AROUND YOU

www.yogabehindbars.org

Arms Around You is a re-entry program that provides referrals and resources to formerly incarcerated individuals coming out of correctional facilities, the homeless community, www.armsaroundyou.org victims of domestic violence and substance abuse.

RECLAIM RECLAIM provides reintegration support that centers the mental, emotional, and relational health of individuals and families impacted by the criminal legal system to better prepare them for the return home. www.reclaimwa.org

THE BLACK ROSE COLLECTIVE BRC provides individualized care to community members returning home from incarceration and reintegrating into their families, the community, and their healing www.theblackrosecollective.org process.

TEAMCHILD TeamChild upholds the rights of youth involved in the juvenile justice system to help them secure the education, healthcare, housing and other supports they need to achieve www.teamchild.org positive outcomes in their lives.

REVIVE CENTER FOR RETURNING CITIZENS Revive’s mission is to empower those impacted by the criminal justice system, advance multi-dimensional solutions to the effects of incarceration and achieve racial justice. www.rc4rc.org

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Women & Girls Supported by the WFA Fund for Women, WaWF offers the Women & Girls Grant to organizations focused on women and girls.

We define women and girls as individuals whose gender identity, or internal, deeply held sense of their gender, is as a woman or girl. With this grant, we support organizations fostering more equitable opportunities for women and girls, and work with an intersectional lens.

2024 Women & Girls Grant Finalists

Arts & Community Culture

FIRST SIGHT PRODUCTIONS LLC

First Sight Productions created SHARE: Screenwriting for Healing, self-Actualization, Redemption, and Empathy—a transformative program for incarcerated woman/youth that uses the art of screenwriting and www.sharescreenwriting.com filmmaking as powerful tools for healing and personal growth.

SPARK CENTRAL

Girls Rock Lab is a Spark Central program that provides workshops, mentors, and a space where girls are empowered as leaders in musical creativity. Spark Central values diversity and welcomes girls, non-binary, and transgender kids of any identity and background to participate. www.spark-central.org

RAIN CITY ROCK CAMP RCRC empowers girls, women and gender nonconforming individuals to engage their creative potential through music, champion equity, and thrive in a community of allies and activists. www.raincityrockcamp.org

Housing & Hunger

HOPE STREET

Hope Street exclusively serves women, many of whom are low income, have experienced trauma, and have faced barriers to equitably accessing resources and support that could help them overcome addiction and homelessness. www.hopestreethomes.org

INNOVATIONS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COLLABORATION IHTC is a survivor-led org., deeply rooted in indigenous communities and communities of color. IHTC helps survivors escape trafficking by providing access to culturally appropriate safe shelter/housing, food, health care, mental health services, employment, and other vital support. www.innovationshtc.org

YWCA OF KITSAP COUNTY

Their mission is to eliminate racism and empower women by providing supportive services to www.ywcakitsap.org survivors of domestic violence and educational opportunities.

Law, Justice & Incarceration

ARMS AROUND YOU

Arms Around You programs are designed to address the culmination of barriers that formerly incarcerated Black women face in reintegration. www.armsaroundyou.org

FEPPS

FEPPS addresses the systemic inequities that prevent incarcerated women and gender nonconforming individuals from accessing transformative education and career development opportunities. www.fepps.org

YWCA SEATTLE/KING/SNOHOMISH YWCA’s vision is as a healthy and joy-filled community, transformed by racial and gender equity, where women and girls of color have equal access to opportunity and resources to pursue their full potential. www.ywcaworks.org PAGE PAGE 11 8

FEPPS students, FEPPS is the 2024 Merit Award Finalist in Re-Entry Support, featured on Page 7!

BECOME A WAWF MEMBER Become a WaWF member by making your annual membership contribution today! We’re delighted to offer three membership levels: Our Sustaining Membership of $5,000, Classic Membership of $2,500, and Nonprofit Professional and Under-40 Memberships of $900. As a WaWF member, you'll have access to exclusive education programming, a spot on our grantmaking committees, voting rights on our collective grantees and annual priorities, and more! www.wawomensfdn.org/join-give/

GIVE TO OUR WORK A gift to WaWF's annual fund helps us remain flexible and nimble, explore new grantmaking opportunities, build spaces for membership connections, and foster learning. We do what we do because of the generous contributions of our members and donors. By supporting us, you're supporting women's philanthropy, collective giving, and community transformation. www.wawomensfdn.org/join-give/

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