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We Can Reinvent Board Governance!
The Reinventing Boards Summit affirmed that boards can be reshaped and customized to meet the needs of an individual nonprofit organization, and we can rebuild with values like equity and power ...
Member Spotlight: Washington State CAP – The Beginning of Our Boldness
Have you recently asked a policy maker for something that would make a positive difference in your community? The Washington State Community Action Partnership (WSCAP) did just that when they ...
Opportunities for Action: July Public Policy Update
This summer is a busy one on the public policy front. Below is a brief summary of public policy developments and action opportunities for your nonprofit. Also, read on to view this month's ...
Summer Reading Picks
Get to know the Washington Nonprofits Board and Staff members by hearing what we're reading this Summer. Maybe your next favorite book is on this list!
From the Washington Nonprofits ...
WA Plans Changes to Overtime Pay Rules: Share Your Nonprofit’s Perspective
Washington State’s Department of Labor and Industries is currently engaged in rulemaking to update our state’s overtime pay exemption threshold. The likely effect of this process is that more ...
Connector June 2018
Read the June 2018 Connector here.
Member Spotlight: The Wishing Star Foundation – Mission Meets World (and baby goats)
How did baby goats get involved with the oldest wish granting organization in Washington State? Dan Curley, Executive Director of the Wishing Star Foundation, tells the story of how baby goats ...
New Insurance Option for Nonprofits
A New Benefits & HR Management Option for NonprofitsÂ
We hear from our members all the time that healthcare benefits for employees is a huge challenge. The costs are high and rising fast. ...
June Public Policy Update: What’s Happening on Capitol Hill?
Below is a brief summary of state and federal public policy issues impacting nonprofit organizations. Please share with us any thoughts you may have and keep us apprised of the advocacy that ...
Action Alert: Defend Nonpartisanship Today
One June 13th, the House Appropriations Committeewill take up a bill with the harmful anti-Johnson Amendment rider. Section 112 of the Financial Services and General Government FY2019 spending ...
Heard on the Hill: The Latest on Our Federal Issues
Washington Nonprofits’ Director of Public Policy and Advocacy David Streeter recently visited Capitol Hill to meet with our state’s congressional delegation about the key issues impacting ...
Nonprofits to Newhouse, Herrera Beutler, Kilmer: Stand with Nonprofits, WA Legislature Against Dark Money in Politics
Click here to download this press release as a pdf.
SEATTLE, WA- Washington Nonprofits, Washington State’s nonprofit association, called on U.S. Representatives Dan Newhouse, Jaime Herrera ...
Starting a Nonprofit: New toolkit available!
There are 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States. Washington typically sees 4,000 new nonprofits formed each year. How do we make sure people have what they need to think about the ...