Nicole Neroulias Gupte, Communications Manager | Seattle-based retailer REI made national news this fall by announcing it would remain closed on Black Friday — one of the biggest shopping days of the year — while paying the co-op's 12,000 employees and encouraging its 5.5 million members to spend...
Jeff Clarke's reflection on our recent conferences, The River Gathering: A Confluence of People, Places and Spirit (April 30 - May 2) and Mission Investor's Exchange, Sparking Change (May 13-15).
A coalition of 17 companies, including Philanthropy Northwest members Alaska Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and Starbucks, have pledged to train and hire 100,000 16- to 24-year-old Americans who face systemic barriers to jobs and education.
Dawn is a Midwesterner who moved out west twice – first for law school in Palo Alto and then to join the philanthropic sector in Seattle after a career as an attorney and in banking. Dawn finds energy in supporting foundations and other nonprofits to serve their ultimate beneficiaries – communities...
Community foundations network for impact. Community foundation leaders across the region in partnership with Philanthropy Northwest, launched the Regional Community Foundation Network to address and advance issues of particular concern to community foundations. To do this, the governance committee...
The Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I'M HOME) conference brings together audiences interested in applying manufactured housing solutions to affordable housing challenges to network, learn and share best practices with one another. Registration is open to the general public this year, creating...