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Building for the Future: What Your Organization Should Consider Before Starting Your Capital Project
Let’s be honest: most nonprofit leaders don’t dream about building codes, HVAC tonnage, or the nuances of construction contracts. You are likely already wearing several hats, stretched thin ...
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Member Spotlight: Inspire Washington
Recently, we got the chance to virtually sit down with Manny Cawaling of Inspire Washington to find out more about how they manage to make such a large impact with a small staff, what some of ...

Innovation Summit: Overcoming Burnout and Embracing Healing
Since the pandemic, the relationship between employees and employers has been thoroughly examined across the country and the results are in… people’s way of relating to their work has changed. ...

The Connector, Special Edition – March 2023
We're Moving Boldly at this year's Washington State Nonprofit Conference - the Agenda tells all.

Letter from Lianna
Are you ready to be bold?

The Connector – February 2023
Read the February Connector to learn about the Wage Equity Study, upcoming Nonprofit Legislative Agenda, NAWA's new office, and more!

Letter from Laura – February 2023
Dear Nonprofit Colleagues, It’s been a busy month, and I’ve found myself getting cranky. There are so many challenges facing nonprofits at this present moment. At NAWA, we hear from all of you ...

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 ...

NAWA Has a New Office
Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA) is excited to announce that we have a new Seattle office, sub-leased from Girl Scouts of Western Washington (GSWW). NAWA’s new address:5601 6th Ave. S, ...

Goodbye, Twitter
If you’re not entrenched in the latest in the social media wars, you might have missed the changes in Twitter since CEO Elon Musk took over last fall. This change in leadership led to ...

Creating an Employee Handbook that Matches Our Values
In December 2022, the Nonprofit Association of Washington board approved new and improved personnel policies designed to move toward the future we would like to see for all nonprofits. We are ...

The Connector, January 2023

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 ...
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