The news plays a core role in people’s lives, but over time local and daily newspapers have closed their doors, leaving local residents less informed and connected to key issues that affect their communities. Recognizing this issue, funders in Central Washington created The Yakima Free Press Campaign to address the journalistic decline in the rural Yakima Valley. This Washington Bright Spot demonstrates the role philanthropy can play in preserving and improving local journalism to raise awareness on societal problems and solutions in a culturally sensitive and unbiased manner.
The news plays a core role in people’s lives, but over time local and daily newspapers have closed their doors, leaving local residents less informed and connected to key issues that affect their communities.
This report spotlights the critical role Regional Community Foundation Network members played during the initial COVID-19 pandemic response from March to November 2020. This report features striking data and collective themes from community foundations across the Northwest.
This report serves as a collection of case studies demonstrating how a trust-based funder-grantee partnership enabled four philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) to leap from aspiration to sustained leadership and action. Learn how they tackle injustices in their regions and witness major advances for their communities today, and for many years to come.
This report highlights the role of the Washington Census Equity Fund in promoting an accurate 2020 Census count in Washington. Through stakeholder interviews and data analysis, the evaluation delves into the impacts and lessons learned throughout the process of collective grantmaking, collaboration and advocacy.
This report captures the impacts and experiences of part 1 of the Building Community Philanthropy (BCP) initiative: eight years of convening, reflection, peer support, continuous learning, community engagement and challenging conventional wisdom to center community for better philanthropy across Washington state.
This report is for philanthropic foundation investment committees exploring racial, gender and social equity issues. We distilled some key process and decision points that committees encounter, based on interviews with trustees, CEOs and finance staff, along with foundation financial advisors and advocacy groups. A diverse set of experts reviewed and expanded on the ideas.
Seeing how a new governor's proposed budget in 2019 would affect vulnerable populations like children, Alaska funders and nonprofits worked together to advocate against the cuts amidst the heated legislative debate throughout the year.
