2023 Giving Guide

GIVING GUIDE 2023

Table of Contents WELCOME

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CLIMATE & AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE

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EDUCATION

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HEALTHCARE

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ADVOCACY

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WOMEN & GIRLS

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*On the Cover: Communities of Rooted Brilliance (CRB), 2023 Collective Grantee in Early Childhood Education. Learn more about CRB on Page 4!

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

Based in Seattle with a statewide reach, we’ve invested over 20 million dollars in Washington nonprofits since our founding in 1995. We're a participatory, communitybased collective. This means our 310+ 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, fiscally sponsored organizations, and individuals promoting racial and gender equity in Washington State.

THE GIVING GUIDE In 2023, WaWF granted over $500,000 to over 35 nonprofits and fiscally-sponsored organizations in Washington State. We're proud of the work each of these organizations do and hope you'll be inspired to support them this holiday season.

The WaWF Giving Guide is a tool to support your own individual giving. First, invest in learning 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

2023 Priority: Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare

2024 Priority: Re-Entry Support

CLIMATE & AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE

HOUSING & HUNGER

2023 Priority: Food Sovereignty & Security

2024 Priority: Mental Health & Housing

EDUCATION

ARTS & COMMUNITY CULTURE

2023 Priority: Early Childhood Education

2024 Priority: Expanding Access to Arts in Schools

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Climate & Agricultural Justice Food Sovereignty & Security In 2023, our funding priority within the theme of Climate & Agricultural Justice was Food Sovereignty & Security. Learn more about Food Sovereignty & Security in our Priority 101 Learning series.

By funding organizations working in this space, we sought to invest in communities’ access to culturally appropriate food via sustainable food systems, and food security created through ecologically sound production lines.

GLOBAL TO LOCAL

2023 Collective Grantee

Global to Local (G2L) works to reduce health and social disparities in south King County, primarily in immigrant and refugee communities. G2L addresses systemic racism and inequity in food production and distribution and works toward food justice through its Food Innovation Network (FIN).

They run the seasonal Tukwila Village Farmer’s Market and Spice Bridge, the Food Business Incubator for BIPOC women and immigrants to start and grow thriving cultural food businesses. www.globaltolocal.org

ALIMENTANDO AL PUEBLO

2023 Merit Awardees

Alimentando al Pueblo promotes healing through comunidad, comida, and celebración. (community, food, and celebration). www.alimentandoalpueblo.org

BLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE The Black Farmers Collective builds a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy. www.blackfarmerscollective.com

FOOD EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION & SUSTAINABILITY TEAMS Food Empowerment Education & Sustainability Teams (FEEST) trains youth of color and working-class youth to build collective power and organize for transformative and systemic change in their schools. www.feestseattle.org PAGE 12 PAGE

PEACEKEEPER SOCIETY

2023 Merit Award Finalist

Peacekeeper Society (PKS) provides life changing opportunities for indigenous people, but strives to serve everyone regardless of age, ethnicity, color, enrollment, or immigration status. PKS works in rural Native communities to address geographic disparity, lack of transportation, and water issues among others by bringing the food directly to communities. They work to preserve Indigenous cultural practices and relationships with food through the Traditional Food Preservation Program and respond to urgent need for food access through their mobile Emergency Response Program. www.peacekeepersociety.com

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COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community to Community Development (C2C) reclaims humanity by redefining power in order to end white supremacy and structural racism in all of its manifestations including settler colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy in their external and internalized forms. www.foodjustice.org

LIVING WELL KENT Living Well Kent provides public spaces and initiatives that encourage healthier lifestyles and better living. www.livingwellkent.org

RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK The Rainier Valley Food Bank nourishes with good food, empowers with knowledge, and serves with compassion. www.rvfb.org

SKAGIT GLEANERS Skagit Gleaners addresses food waste and its associated impacts on the environment while building an equitable food system. www.skagitgleaners.org

WHITE CENTER FOOD BANK The White Center Food Bank minimizes hunger while nourishing community, nurturing self-reliance, and embracing our rich cultural diversity. www.whitecenterfoodbank.org PAGE 3

Education Early Childhood Education In 2023, our funding priority within the theme of Education was Early Childhood Education. Learn more about Early Childhood Education in our Priority 101 Learning series.

Through this priority, WaWF sought to invest in both formal and informal education and opportunities for early learners from birth to age 8, which may include the development of literacy skills.

COMMUNITIES OF ROOTED BRILLIANCE

2023 Collective Grantee

Embracing traditional customs and values, CRB provides newcomers with communityinspired educational opportunities that create pathways for self-determination as they weave into the fabric of their newfound home. CRB’s Early Learning programs provide culturally, and linguistically matched home visiting services focused on child development, school readiness, caregiver advocacy and system navigation as well as connection and referral to relevant community services matched to families’ needs.

*Featured on the cover! www.rootedbrilliance.org

2023 Merit Awardees

DENISE LOUIE EDUCATION CENTER

Denise Louie Education Center promotes school and life readiness by providing high quality multicultural early learning services through its home visiting, infant, toddler and preschool care to King County's most vulnerable children and families. www.deniselouie.org

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES East African Community Services inspires refugee and immigrant families to succeed from cradle to career and beyond. www.eastafricancs.org

FIRST FIVE YEARS & BEYOND First Five Years & Beyond provides parents with the tools, skills, and resources to support their children in early education and beyond. www.firstfivebeyond.org

LA CASA HOGAR

La Casa Hogar connects and educates Latinx families to transform lives and the Yakima Valley. www.lacasahogar.org

LAUNCH Launch leads the charge to brilliant outcomes for the children of our community by ensuring equitable access to the highest quality learning and care. www.launchlearning.org PAGE 4

VOICES OF TOMORROW

2023 Merit Award Finalist

Voices of Tomorrow (VOT) aims to reduce educational disparities for East African immigrant and refugee children statewide. VOT offers culturally and linguistically responsive early learning programs that preserve children’s culture and language while preparing them for success in U.S. schools. Programs include Somali-English Dual Language Preschool, ParentChild+ and Mind, Body, and Culture Home Visiting Program, and the HUB network. www.tomorrowvoices.org

PARA LOS NIÑOS

2023 Merit Awardees Continued

Para Los Niños fosters academic success for every Latino student through parent and community involvement. www.plnwa.org

RAZE EARLY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Raze Early Learning & Development Center provides culturally immersive, individualized curriculum, and instruction that validates and affirms Black culture. www.razethenarrative.com

ZENO

Zeno sparks joy and inspires a love of math in young children and families through racial equity, family engagement, and play, all centered in the experiences of communities of color. www.zenomath.org PAGE 5

Healthcare Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare In 2023, WaWF's funding priority within the theme of Healthcare was Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare. Learn more about Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare in our Priority 101 Learning series.

Through this priority, WaWF sought to invest in the ability to maintain personal bodily autonomy, control reproductive choices, and access healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.

TTÁWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTER

2023 Collective Grantee

The Ttáwaxt Birth Justice Center, created and led by Native women, serves families on and near the Yakama Nation Reservation.

They offer pre and postnatal care, reproductive healthcare, breastfeeding support, childbirth education, cultural classes, plant medicine, and other support for families. They center the wisdom of Indigenous life-givers and protectors, and know their cultural practices are vital to the continuance of the next generation and healing. Ttáwaxt is carrying out their mission through the revitalization of Indigenous intergenerational matriarchal practices and systems and by creating safe, Indigenous spaces where families and communities can heal and thrive. www.ttawaxt.org

2023 Merit Awardees

HUMMINGBIRD INDIGENOUS FAMILY SERVICES Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services envisions healthy Indigenous babies being born into healthy Indigenous families being supported by healthy Indigenous communities.

www.hummingbird-ifs.org

MOTHER AFRICA Mother Africa supports African women, immigrants, and refugees and their families, to help them reach their highest potential. www.motherafrica.org

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2023 Merit Award Finalist

FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH RESILIENCY & ENGAGEMENT Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement (FYRE)’s mission is to advocate for equitable opportunities that allow all youth to thrive. To meet their mission, FYRE offers services to ensure underserved Okanogan 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. This includes providing educational advocacy, supporting young parents, increasing accessibility to whole-person health services, providing referrals and resources to youth experiencing homelessness and those experiencing sexual exploitation, and more. www.okfyre.org

2023 Merit Awardees Continued

OPEN ARMS PERINATAL SERVICES Open Arms Perinatal Services provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting to nurture strong foundations that last a lifetime. www.openarmsps.org

NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH Neighborcare Health provides comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care; responds with sensitivity to the needs of culturally diverse patients; and advocates and works with others to improve the overall health status of the communities served. www.neighborcare.org

PERINATAL SUPPORT WASHINGTON Perinatal Support Washington shines a light on perinatal mental health to support all families and communities. www.perinatalsupport.org

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho provides exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and fearless advocacy for all. www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-greater-washington-north-idaho

THE HEALTH CENTER

The Health Center advances the success of students by addressing their physical, emotional, and social needs. www.thehealthcenterww.org

THE TUBMAN CENTER FOR HEALTH & FREEDOM The Tubman Center for Health & Freedom addresses health and wellness from both systemic and clinical approaches. www.tubmanhealth.org

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Advocacy In 2023, WaWF launched our Advocacy Grants to support organizations who drive transformative change through advocacy work. Our 2023 Advocacy Grantees represent Washington organizations doing incredible advocacy work within the 2023 priority areas to promote racial and gender equity.

Our understanding of advocacy is work that seeks to advance an idea, argue a position, and/or enrich the debate about an issue of public concern. This could include education, research, litigation, campaigning, community organizing or nonpartisan political work. Learn more about our 2023 Advocacy Grantees.

Please note that for the 2024 grants cycle, our Advocacy Grant is on hiatus while we further explore our role in supporting advocacy.

2023 Advocacy Grantees Food Sovereignty & Security

COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community to Community Development, or De Comunidad a Comunidad, (C2C) is a farmworker women-led place-based organization in Skagit and Whatcom Counties, with statewide political and organizing influence.

C2C offers support, training, and mentoring toward the creation of Latinx and Indigenous farmworker-led, self-governing, community-based efforts, such as unions, policy task forces, cooperatives, organic farming, and land-based enterprises. www.foodjustice.org

Early Childhood Education

ARTS IMPACT Arts Impact engages educators, children, and youth from marginalized communities, especially BIPOC, Migratory and Tribal families, in culturally grounded, arts integrated learning so that each student thrives academically, artistically, socially and emotionally. www.arts-impact.org

Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare

OPEN ARMS PERINATAL SERVICES Open Arms works to provide community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting to nurture strong foundations that last a lifetime. Open Arms has always advocated for systems change efforts on issues that advance health and well-being of pregnant/parenting people, foster early learning, and promote infant mental health. www.openarmsps.org Participants discuss the finalists for the 2022 Women & Girls Grants at the 2022 PopUP! for Women & Girls.

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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.

Join us at the 2023 PopUP! for Women & Girls on December 7th, 2023 to be a part of selecting our 2023 Women & Girls Grantees from our finalists below!

2023 Women & Girls Grant Finalists

Food Sovereignty & Security

GLOBAL TO LOCAL

Global to Local (G2L) works to reduce health and social disparities in south King County, and addresses systemic racism and inequity in food production and distribution. www.globaltolocal.org

RAINIER BEACH ACTION COALITION

The Rainier Beach Action Coalition builds a connected, sustainable and equitable community within the Rainier Beach neighborhood. www.rbcoalition.org

YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) cultivates the power of diverse young women* to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers through transformative programs within a collaborative community of belonging. www.youngwomenempowered.org

Early Childhood Education

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTE

The Economic Opportunity Institute builds an economy that works for everyone by advancing public policies that promote educational opportunity, good jobs, healthy families and workplaces, and a secure and dignified retirement for all. www.opportunityinstitute.org

LA CASA HOGAR La Casa Hogar connects and educates Latina families, to transform lives and our Yakima Valley. www.lacasahogar.org

TRANSITIONS

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane. www.help4women.org

Reproductive Justice & Maternal Healthcare

HUMMINGBIRD INDIGENOUS FAMILY SERVICES

Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services envisions healthy Indigenous babies being born into healthy Indigenous families being supported by healthy Indigenous communities. www.hummingbird-ifs.org

SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW CENTER

The Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) seeks to improve the legal response to survivors of sexual violence, providing holistic legal assistance and representation exclusively to victims of sexual violence, assault, abuse, harassment and stalking. www.svlawcenter.org

SHADES OF MOTHERHOOD

Shades of Motherhood works to ensure every Black mother and mother of an infant of color in the U.S. has a high-quality, culturally relevant childbirth experience. www.theshadesofmotherhoodnetwork.org

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FRYE, the 2023 Merit Award Finalist in Reproductive Justice and Maternal Healthcare, featured on Page 7!

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