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Making Nonprofit Voices Heard: Highlights from Nonprofit Action Day

Making Nonprofit Voices Heard: Highlights from Nonprofit Action Day

Many of you joined us last week for Nonprofit Action Day. I was heartened by the turnout, your wonderful conversations, and the connections you made with one another. Advocates attended over 30 meetings with their legislators and educated them about NAWA’s priorities.
H.R. 9495 ALERT: The Fight Isn’t Over

H.R. 9495 ALERT: The Fight Isn’t Over

H.R. 9495 just passed the House last week and heads to the Senate. Even if the Senate does not pass it, the bill is likely to return in 2025, when the makeup of Congress shifts.   According to ...
H.R.9495 and the Impact on Nonprofits

H.R.9495 and the Impact on Nonprofits

While the election is over, the fight to protect the nonprofit sector is just beginning. Please donate to support advocacy work and to keep nonprofits thriving.The Nonprofit Association of ...
From Vision to Reality: The Birth and Growth of the Nonprofit Association of Washington

From Vision to Reality: The Birth and Growth of the Nonprofit Association of Washington

Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA), formerly known as Washington Nonprofits, the state’s association for nonprofit organizations, has played a pivotal role in advocating for and ...
Elevating Community Engagement: NAWA Slack Goes Pro

Elevating Community Engagement: NAWA Slack Goes Pro

BIG news: NAWA Community Slack has switched from the “free” account to the “pro” account plan! What does this mean for current Slack users?
2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey Results

2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey Results

The 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey Results: Communities Suffer as the Nonprofit Workforce Shortage Crisis Continues was released today by the National Council of Nonprofits. This report describes the continuing shortage of workers and resulting impact to our communities: service cuts, longer wait lists for services, and stress and burnout for remaining employees. It also contains recommendations for individual organizations and policy solutions to improve our situation.
Action Alert: Government Contracting Reform

Action Alert: Government Contracting Reform

Join 100+ Washington nonprofits in calling for common sense changes to nonprofit government contracting.
What’s up with the rising overtime threshold?

What’s up with the rising overtime threshold?

Nonprofits are talking about the difficulty adjusting to the state requirement that employees under a rising salary threshold must be paid overtime for any hours work beyond 40 in any single ...
Human Services Workers are Underpaid

Human Services Workers are Underpaid

Yes, we know this is not news. But we now have new research from the UW School of Social Work and the Seattle Human Services Coalition that provides evidence that human service workers are ...
2023 Advocacy Agenda & Legislative Kick-off

2023 Advocacy Agenda & Legislative Kick-off

NAWA has worked with our nonprofit members, partner organizations, and policy committee to develop a strong legislative agenda for the 2023 session. You can see our legislative agenda here. Our ...
Policy Updates – July 2022

Policy Updates – July 2022

Important Updates Public Service Loan Forgiveness – Individual nonprofit staff with student loans should take action now to see if you qualify for forgiveness under the temporarily PSLF waiver ...
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