Stories and Updates

As we enter 2024, are reflecting on new beginnings. Beginnings signal possibility. They feel exciting and fresh — providing an opportunity to be present, focus, and set new paths forward.

Throughout history, we’ve used it to challenge the misconstrued and mobilize against every shade of oppression cast on us.

The Black Future Co-op Fund announces $2 million in grants to 20 Black-led organizations, focusing on arts and education, in its third round of statewide funding.

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: Mentoring Urban Students and Teens (MUST).

This Latinx Heritage Month, we name and celebrate the ways Black and Latinx-led groups have personified solidarity in Washington state, merging fights and genius to bring forth spaces and solutions that help us thrive.

To celebrate the deep roots of Black giving, we are featuring truthful conversations between Black grantees and Black funders. These conversations shed light on the relationships at the heart of philanthropy and showcase new ways of giving.

For Black Philanthropy Month, Dr. Nekya Johnson facilitated a virtual conversation with Olympia Edwards, CEO and founder of Project Girl Mentoring Program; Jesse D. Hayes IV, president of Red Tailed Hawks Flying Club; and Kristina Jorgensen, executive director of Participatory Justice about what love in action looks like and what it means for philanthropy in the future.

To celebrate the deep roots of Black giving, we are featuring truthful conversations between Black grantees and Black funders. These conversations shed light on the relationships at the heart of philanthropy and showcase new ways of giving.

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: Global Perinatal Services (GPS).

Our shared history as a people reflects the truth that love breathes bravery down our backbones and nourishes us to continue shaping, bringing forth, and sustaining solutions that make joy and shared abundance real for all of us.