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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 ...
The Government Contracting Report is Here!

The Government Contracting Report is Here!

Results from our statewide survey are ready! As increased government funding flows into the state for pandemic recovery efforts, longstanding challenges with the contracting process are ...
Nonprofit Jobs & Wages Update

Nonprofit Jobs & Wages Update

How are nonprofits faring currently? Collectively, we are still struggling with a labor crisis and slow job recovery. Washington Nonprofits recently received nonprofit jobs and wages data for ...
Policy Update: Data on Labor Shortage, Government Contracting, ARPA Funding, Small Employer Emergency Safety Grant Program

Policy Update: Data on Labor Shortage, Government Contracting, ARPA Funding, Small Employer Emergency Safety Grant Program

Action Alert: take the Nonprofit Finance Fund Survey. A national report and Washington state-level results are available from the National Council of Nonprofits Nonprofit Labor Shortage Survey. We are analyzing the results of our survey regarding government contracting. We continue to work to monitor American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending in Washington State. Good news! The guidelines for Washington State’s new Small Employer Emergency Safety Grant Program are inclusive of nonprofits in their eligibility definition for "small employer."
Voices of Pacific Island Nations (VOPIN) – CARES Act Funding Helps Nonprofit Address Achievement Gap among Kitsap County Pacific Islander Students

Voices of Pacific Island Nations (VOPIN) – CARES Act Funding Helps Nonprofit Address Achievement Gap among Kitsap County Pacific Islander Students

When Patrick Woo-Ching founded Voices of Pacific Island Nations in 2015, he did so by asking himself the question, “If not me, who else?” What Patrick felt he had an obligation to address was ...
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF): CARES Act Grant Administration Uses a Humanistic Approach, Paving the Way for Trust-based Philanthropy

United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF): CARES Act Grant Administration Uses a Humanistic Approach, Paving the Way for Trust-based Philanthropy

United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF), an organization with its origins in activism, has a 51-year history of providing a variety of culturally responsive services and programming to ...

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