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Community Focus
Location
Community Focus
WA, Women
Location
Seattle, WA
We’re Washington Women’s Foundation, a women’s collective giving organization that supports community transformation 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.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a program of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. Located in Seattle, WTBBL provides library services state-wide, at the library and by mail, to any Washington resident unable to read standard print material due to blindness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, physical disability (cannot hold a book or turn pages), or reading disability.
Community Focus
WA, Austrian, German
Location
Maple Valley, WA
Happy Hans’ Music is proud to have been entertaining audiences of all ages throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond since 1976. Our unique blend of authentic "old-time" German/Austrian music mixed with popular "sing-along" classics have been a part of many special occasions.
Community Focus
East African, African, WA, Kenyan
Location
Kent, WA
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
The Northwest Accordion Society brings together people "for the love of the accordion". We publish a quarterly magazine, award scholarships and produce accordion events including Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration and Day of the Accordion.
Community Focus
WA, LGBTQ, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Pride Foundation is the only LGBTQ+ community foundation serving the Northwest region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
"The best video store in Seattle? No, the world." --Not For Tourists Seattle 2009
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
At Solid Ground, we believe poverty is solvable. We combine direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success and spread change while working to undo racism and other oppressions that create barriers to stability.
Community Focus
WA, Asian, Asian / Pacific Islander (API)
Location
Seattle, WA
International Community Health Services (ICHS) is a nonprofit community health center that offers affordable health care services to anyone in need.
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Native American
Location
Covington, WA
Community Focus
WA, Croatian
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities. Since 1996 we’ve worked to educate and empower youth, and make bicycling accessible and affordable to the Seattle community.
Community Focus
African American, WA
Location
Renton, WA
Cierra Sisters was founded by Bridgette Hempstead shortly after her own diagnosis. It is a breast cancer survivor and support organization. The name is rooted in African origins; “Cierra” meaning “knowing”, reminding us that knowledge is in fact power.

Community Focus
WA, Latina/e/o/x
Location
Olympia, WA
CIELO promotes community, self-sufficiency, and leadership of Latinxs in the South Puget Sound area with educational and mental health services, and social and cultural activities.
Community Focus
North European, WA, Women, European, Norwegian
Location
Seattle, WA
The Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle has contributed its talents and music to the Puget Sound region’s Norwegian-American community for many years.
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Scandinavian
Location
Seattle, WA
Nordiska is a group of folk dancers and musicians who perform pan-Scandinavian dancing and music. After performances we sometimes give group dance instruction, as well as costume presentations.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Oak Harbor, WA
The OH Chamber is pleased to offer networking and marketing opportunities, access to small business support, public representation, and referral services.
Community Focus
Buddhism, East Asian, WA, Asian, Tibetan
Location
Seattle, WA
Nitartha Institute’s Religious Studies Tibetan Tradition sequence of eight courses provides students with a strong, systematic foundation in the study of Buddhism based on the curriculum of a Tibetan monastic college (shedra).
Community Focus
WA, Women, Lithuanian
Location
Mountlake Terrace, WA
The Daughters of Lithuania ~ Seattle Chapter currently supports Lithuanian humanitarian efforts such as: a school and orphanage for special needs children; a soup kitchen and social services for the homeless and elderly and medical relief efforts in Lithuania. We have sponsored Lithuanian children traveling to the United States for intensive medical care.
Community Focus
WA, Women
Location
Seattle, WA
Working in the Puget Sound region since 1997, Open Arms Perinatal Services is a nonprofit focused on strong community-based support for women through pregnancy, birth, and early childhood. We currently support 17 different languages, and serve over 300 new mothers and over 200 babies each year. We carefully pair clients with trained doulas who are a cultural and/or language match whenever possible. Open Arms has served over 2,500 clients and conducted over 18,000 home visits to help improve maternal and infant health, as well as build healthy foundations for early learning. Open Arms is the only non-profit providing doula services specifically for low-income women in Washington State.