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Position Title: Development Director Position Type: Part-time (0.70 FTE), Exempt Position Pay Range: $85,000 – $115,000 ($59,500 – $80,500 Prorated to 0.70 FTE) Work Schedule: 0.70 FTE in a 32-hour work week environment (approx. 22.4 hrs/week) Location: Flexible Hybrid. Must be a Washington State Resident. Frequent in-person activity in or around King County required. Reports […]
Introducing our 2024 Women & Girls Grantees At WA Women’s Foundation, one of our cherished values is to elevate and amplify the power of all who identify as women. Supported by the WFA Fund for Women, we offer the Women & Girls Grant to organizations focused on women and girls within the year’s chosen priorities. […]
By Karen Jones Time flies when you are having fun, and the GET had lots of fun this year building and deepening our relationships with each other and with our grantees. The GET’s work begins where grant-making leaves off: for three years after grants are awarded, members of the GET partner with WaWF grantees to […]
By Catherine Gelband, Chair I had the pleasure of leading the Collective Grants Committee this year. Our three grant priority areas were Expanding Access to Arts in Schools, Mental Health and Housing and Re-Entry Support. We had forty members participating in Collective Grants, which included many of our newer WaWF (Washington Women’s Foundation) members. Their […]
Happy summer, WaWF members- Hello from Kris Kaminishi, current board chair, longtime member and all-around WaWF enthusiast! If you’ve participated in any of the grant committees in the past 16 years, I might have served alongside you. If you’ve attended any of the Let’s Talk Membership or New Member Orientation Sessions since early 2023, I likely met you […]
Washington Women’s Foundation is proud to announce our 2024 Collective Grants, totaling $454,500 to 30 Washington organizations! We’re especially thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s three unrestricted $100,000 Collective Grants and three $25,000 Merit Finalist Grant Awards. These amazing organizations work to increase equity in Washington State in our 2024 priorities: Increasing Access […]
Are you looking for a new or deeper way to engage with the Foundation? Consider serving on the Washington Women’s Foundation Board of Directors! We have several openings on the board beginning January 1, 2025, for three-year terms (which may be renewed twice). The director recruitment process is an open call: We welcome all interested […]
In 2018, amidst strategic planning sessions and deep reflections on our purpose, the Board of Directors of Washington Women’s Foundation crafted a Theory of Change, a theory that evolved into our 2020 Transforming Together Statement illustrating how we believed Washington Women’s Foundation moved through the world: Our Members – a growing, inclusive collective of powerful […]
We’re delighted to share another update from the 2024 Collective Grants Committee! Since our last update, the committee has been conducting conversations with 15 organizations in our three priorities: Expanding Access to Arts in Schools, Mental Health & Housing, and Re-Entry Support. This is the third year of our re-imagined grants process, and we continue […]