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Location
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WA, Native American, Squaxin Island
Location
Shelton, WA
We are descendants of the maritime people who lived and prospered along the shores of the southernmost inlets of the Salish Sea for untold centuries. Because of our strong cultural connection with the water, we are also known as the People of the Water.

Vision: We envision a culturally and economically strong community of self-governing, resilient people united by shared values and traditions.


Community Focus
WA, Multicultural
Location
Roslyn, WA
The museum is a reflection of Roslyn, it's tenacity, love of life and the richly seasoned ethnic mix that once represented more than 20 nationalities, and still does in the genealogy of it's inhabitants and former residents.
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Native American, Suquamish / dxʷsəq̓ʷəb
Location
Suquamish, WA
The Suquamish Museum opened at the Tribal Administration Center on Sandy Hook Road in 1983. First Chartered by the Suquamish Tribe in 1977 as the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to the reconstruction and preservation of the history of the Suquamish Tribe. Leading up to the opening of the Museum was a successful Oral History project among Suquamish elders, a research project to locate historic photographs and manuscripts for an Archives and increasing gifts of precious artifacts.
Community Focus
WA, Native American, Spokane / spoqín
Location
Wellpinit, WA
The Spokane Tribe of Indians ancestors inhabited much of northeastern Washington which consisted of approximately 3 million acres. At times they extended their hunting, fishing, and gathering grounds into Idaho and Montana. They are one of the Interior Salish speaking tribes, others include: the Coeur d’ Alene, Kalispel, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Okanagan, Lakes, the Shuswap of Canada and the Pend Oreille and Salish of the Flathead reservation.We are here to improve the lives of members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
Community Focus
African American, WA, Afro-Latina/e/o/x, Asian / Pacific Islander (API), Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), German, Hispanic, Indigenous, Italian, Latina/e/o/x, Native American, For All, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
The festival began in 2006 after Cyrus Khambatta, Executive Artistic Director for Khambatta Dance attended an Artistic Director Leadership training program with a grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation and began to realize a long, stirring desire to connect audiences with dance through the festival environment. After a decade in which his own Khambatta Dance was invited to numerous international festivals, each with its own particular take on dance, he found the excitement and fervor with which audiences digested dance works to be a stimulating environment in which to create.
Community Focus
WA, Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli, Pasifika
Location
Seattle, WA
We are a non-profit club based in Seattle, Washington and dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Hawaiian culture. Founded in 1962 and incorporated in 1963; we have been actively involved in the Pacific Northwest through various festivals, our Hui Wa'a Canoe team and our club meetings/gatherings that are held monthly. We invite you to join our facebook group to learn about opportunites to engage in Hawaiian history and culture. We have dedicated membership that have extensive knowledge and grasp of Hawaiian language, legends, customs song and history.
Community Focus
WA, Native American, Snoqualmie / sdukʷalbixʷ
Location
Snoqualmie, WA
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe consists of Native Americans from the Puget Sound region of Washington State
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Latvian
Location
Shelton, WA
Officially founded in 1982, the West Coast Latvian Education Center (WCLEC), or, as it is known in Latvian, the Rietumkrasta Latviešu Izglītības Centrs (RKLIC), is an educational and cultural nonprofit. The West Coast Latvian Education Center’s purpose, and its mission, is to foster, promote, and organize educational and cultural events for all individuals of Latvian ancestry or affinity. It is in Shelton, Washington, in our home nestled in the woods, that the West Coast Latvian Education Center strives to give voice to our rich culture and traditions.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Tacoma, WA
Using glass arts to connect young people from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds to better futures.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Renegades for Life is a Non-Profit Youth outreach organization that helps youth between the age group of 10 to 24 and serves families to get social justice.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Bainbridge Island, WA
Located a stone’s throw away from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal, BIMA is the gateway to Bainbridge Island and beyond. Home to a growing Permanent Art Collection with a focus on artists and collections from the Puget Sound region, BIMA is thrilled to welcome visitors from around the world to view its galleries.
Community Focus
WA, Women, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA) is an award-winning, nationally recognized nonprofit that provides holistic services to help refugee and immigrant women and families thrive.
Community Focus
Middle Eastern, WA
Location
Seattle, WA
The Middle East Center is a comprehensive National Resource Center (NRC) funded by the United States Department of Education. It is the oldest, continuously funded National Resource Center at the University of Washington. The Center also serves as the conduit for partnerships beyond the University that enhance and strengthen Americans’ understanding of the Middle East.
Community Focus
WA, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
WA, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
Location
, WA
Community Focus
WA, LGBTQ, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), For All
Location
Seattle, WA
A civic organization that focus on volunteerism, building community, and developing leaders with an anti-racist lens.
Community Focus
WA, Native American, Shoalwater Bay
Location
Tokeland, WA
Our tribe was formed in 1866 incorporating members of Lower Chehalis, Shoalwater Bay and Chinookan people.
Community Focus
WA, Filipino, Filipino American, Indigenous
Location
Bainbridge Island, WA
The genesis of the Indipino Community of Bainbridge Island began when thirty-six Indigenous women from nineteen different tribes in Canada, Washington State and Alaska migrated to Bainbridge Island, Washington to pick berries for Japanese American farmers in late 1930s and early 1940s. There they met and married young Filipino immigrant bachelors and settled on the Puget Sound Island located in the traditional territory of the Suquamish people.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Kids Co. creates safe spaces that inspire wonder, curiosity and play for your kids. We have 13 centers throughout Seattle and Mercer Island and offer before school care, after school care, early learning, after school clubs, and summer day camp. Come join the fun!
Community Focus
WA, Latina/e/o/x, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
El Centro de la Raza strives to use social, cultural, educational, economic and civic activities as vehicles to bring together peoples of all races and refuses to separate our nation’s economic model from the historic tragedy of racism, poverty, and war.