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We see you: TeamWrk Foundation
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: TeamWrk Foundation
Our Strategic Plan: Re-rooting in Community
We’ve developed a three-year strategic plan organized around four primary areas of impact: connecting Black communities for collective power, promoting truthful Black narratives, investing in Black generational prosperity, and shifting the philanthropic paradigm.
We see you: Black Heritage Society of Washington
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: Black Heritage Society of Washington
Honoring the Black and Brown Founders of Pride
Our queer and trans ancestors’ words are as instructive as they are inspirational.
As we celebrate Pride this June, we honor DeLarverie, Johnson, Rivera, and the other trans and gender non-conforming people of color who inspired it. Their love, audacity, rage, and yearning were integral to queer liberation, and their words remain instructive for all of ours.
We see you: Lavender Rights Project
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: Lavender Rights Project
We see you: Tri-Cities Diversity and Inclusion Council
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council.
The questions we’re asking ourselves after the ABFE Annual Conference
We invite Black philanthropic and nonprofit leaders to lean into embodying the learnings that surfaced at the recent ABFE conference by stirring on questions we're asking ourselves.
Mothering is essential work, and mothering is on all of us
As we celebrate Black motherly love this May, we call attention to their physical, social, and emotional labor in the face of structurally harmful systems fortified by narrative violence. And call for tending to all parts that influence Black mothers’ well-being.
What spring teaches us about possibility
This season of growth, gratitude, and revival reminds us to walk in and build on our ancestors' dreams to secure the prosperous and self-determined future Black Washingtonians deserve.
Lift every voice and sing, always
#BlackHistoryIsInfinite. The stories of resilience, triumph, achievement, and challenge we've kept alive and shared in community have helped preserve our history outside formal education.
A call to mourn and to love — for Tyre Nichols
Though justice is being sought, it will never be enough. For now, we say Tyre Nichols’ name as we allow ourselves to grieve and then collect ourselves for the continued work of Black liberation.
What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words tell us about our civic duty
As we reflect on the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we’re reminded that his life is our call to action. His words remain a directive for how we show up and embody our civic duty in support of our collective thriving.
Black Washingtonians identify community solutions to longstanding structural inequities
The Black Future Co-op Fund released a monumental report that aims to inform policy change, support collective organizing and direct resources into building Black generational wealth, health and well-being
Doing soul-filling work drives her commitment to place-based philanthropy
Shona Carter (she/her) has joined the Black Future Co-op Fund team as director of partner engagement & investment. In this special Q&A conversation, Shona shares how she got into philanthropy and what inspires her about the Fund and the work.
Five key takeaways from Black Philanthropy Month 2022
Black Philanthropy Month 2022 illuminated the transformative power of Black giving, telling the truth about our brilliance and commitment to community care. Here are five learnings shared by Black leaders shifting the paradigm in philanthropy of who gives and who receives in Washington state.
Through the lens of possibility: May we all be like Sandy Williams
Sandra 'Sandy' Williams was a giant and visionary who invested 40 years of care, warmth, and vision into Spokane, Washington, our communities, and us. We join many in mourning as we continue to process her sudden and tragic loss.
Lessons from her ancestors shape her commitment to community
Q&A with Administrative Associate Lanessa Cerrillo
In this special Q&A conversation, Lanessa shares how her heritage and lessons from her ancestors have shaped her passion for building a liberated future and how the youth give her hope that it’s possible.
Black Future Co-op Fund names Senator T’wina Nobles as inaugural CEO
The co-founders of the Black Future Co-op Fund today announced that they have selected Senator T’wina Nobles to serve as the organization’s first CEO. Nobles is one of the four founding architects, and currently serves as Washington state senator of the 28th Legislative District.
Hundreds of Black Washingtonians gather to discuss community solutions to manifest Black well-being statewide
The Black Well-being statewide gathering and a soon-to-be-released report were designed to support collective organizing, direct resources to Black communities, and inform equitable policy change.
Black Future Co-op Fund grants $1M to 20 Black-woman-led organizations to further Black liberation
These “We See You” grants represent the commitment the Black Future Co-op Fund has to investing in Black women who have invested in the wealth, health, and well-being of Black communities for generations.