Nonprofits meet real needs in real time across Washington communities. They are there in moments of crisis—providing disaster relief during wildfires and floods, offering shelter and safety in ...
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 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.
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While the election is over, the fight to protect the nonprofit sector is just beginning.
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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 ...
Nonprofit Association of Washington hires new Executive Director
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...