H.R.9495 and the Impact on Nonprofits
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
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.
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
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 ...
Letter from Laura – January 2023
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to 2023. I’ve been thinking about what we as a sector need this year, and I have concluded that this is the year for nonprofits to speak up and demand change.
I’m riled ...
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!
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
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
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
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 ...
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