About
Mission
Building strong, collaborative nonprofit sector serving Washington communities. We do this through advocacy, education, capacity building and networking.
Services of the Association
A full menu of services and products is in the planning stages:
- Policy and advocacy informs and supports local board members and volunteers about policy and advocacy work related to their work as nonprofits.
- Products and Services such as bulk purchase of insurance and office supplies as well as back office services such as bookkeeping and human resources.
- Convening for conferences, issues-related task forces, and peer learning.
- Communications with members, partners – including government, education and business, as well as with the public.
Membership
As a state association, Washington Nonprofits will continue (like our founding) to have broad representation among nonprofits across the state in terms of geography, sector, size, and capacity. Such representation is fundamental to a statewide effort when nonprofits vary from all-volunteer grassroots entities to large foundations. The scope of services and reach into communities is broad and deep.
Principles
The planning committee (which included further representation beyond the Incorporating Board) adopted a set of Guidelines for Collaboration. These include a commitment to be
- Truly state-wide in our membership, leadership, governance, and programs;
- Transparent in our planning process and our resolution of differences’
- Trustworthy in our relationships with various stakeholders of the association.
- The incorporating board will grow and change over our forming stage to even better reflect our commitment to communities.
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