Our Members
Thank you to all of Global Washington’s Members!
GIVING CIRCLE
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft is committed to serving the public good through innovative technologies and partnerships that contribute to economic growth and social opportunity and by delivering on our business responsibilities of growth and value to customers, shareholders, and employees. www.microsoft.com
CHAMPION MEMBERS
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, the Foundation focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, they seek to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. www.gatesfoundation.org
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
JPMorgan Chase’s philanthropic goal is to be the catalyst to meaningful, positive, and sustainable change within our highest need neighborhoods and communities across the globe. http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/corporate-philanthropy.htm
Trilogy International Partners
Trilogy’s strategy is to build or acquire wireless enterprises where it perceives unmet demand for telecommunication services and which, under proper capitalization and management, present opportunities for significant growth. http://www.trilogy-international.com/
LEADERSHIP MEMBERS
buildOn
At buildOn we run afterschool youth service programs that mobilize urban teens to lift up their communities and change the world through intensive local community service and by building schools in some of the poorest countries on the planet. We are a movement of students, educators and communities. www.buildon.org
Clark Nuber
An award-winning CPA and consulting firm that has been serving the Northwest from Bellevue, Washington, for over five decades. https://www.clarknuber.com/nfp/i-international.php
Global Impact
Global Impact provides organizations and donors with effective ways to give to causes, regions and crises throughout the world. We deliver a wide range of giving solutions through an alliance of globally focused charities, management of two of the world’s largest workplace giving campaigns and partnerships to meet the needs of organizations and donors. http://www.charity.org
Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI)
IDRI is a Seattle-based not-for-profit committed to applying innovative science to the research and development of products to prevent, detect and treat infectious diseases of poverty. By integrating capabilities, we strive to create an efficient pathway to bring scientific innovation from the lab to the people who need it most. http://www.idri.org/
The Institute for Self-Reliant Agriculture
The Institute for Self-Reliant Agriculture (SRA) implements a progressive approach to self-sufficiency in agriculturally-fertile developing nations. SRA works in cooperation with international organizations, local governments, universities, NGOs, and others throughout the developing world to disseminate the Small-Scale Agriculture Family Self-Reliance Program. This program has been tested in many developing nations where village farmer families struggle with nutritional self-sufficiency and economic stability. We encourage farmers to grow what they eat to provide family nutrition first. www.tifsra.org
Landesa
Landesa is an international nonprofit organization working to secure land rights for the world’s poorest people, those 3-4 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than $2 a day. http://www.landesa.org/
Marine Stewardship Council
Our mission is to use our ecolabel and fishery certification programme to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practices, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood, and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis. http://www.msc.org
PATH
PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. www.path.org
Save the Children
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. www.savethechildren.org
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle Pacific University seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. www.spu.edu
Seattle University
Seattle University is a premier educational institution that offers students unique global opportunities in higher learning, including international academic and service programs that challenge students to test the theories and analytical approaches to understanding humanity in a dynamic intercultural setting. www.seattleu.edu/studyabroad/
SightLife
Founded in 1969, SightLife is the only non-profit global health organization and eye bank solely focused on eliminating corneal blindness in the U.S. and around the world. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit as an eye bank, the organization leverages innovative technologies and best business practices to transform lives and unlock life’s possibilities for the corneal blind. SightLife works in partnership with surgeons and health organizations in more than 30 countries and SightLife and its partners combined provided more than 10,000 corneas for transplant in 2011. www.sightlife.org
Viva North America
Viva is an international Christian development charity based in UK, US, Africa, Asia, & Latin America, with a focus on children at risk. Viva’s mission is enabling people to work together to keep children at risk safe and healthy, giving them opportunities to learn and allowing them to play an active part in shaping their own futures. Viva’s work strengthens the grassroots response to children at risk by seeking to help them: improve quality, increase action and influence decision makers. www.viva.org
World Vision
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian charity organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. www.worldvision.org
SUPPORTING MEMBERS
Committee for Children: Committee for Children seeks to foster the social and emotional development, safety, and well-being of children through education and advocacy. www.cfchildren.org
Global Partnerships: Global Partnerships is dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty.www.globalpartnerships.org
Global Visionaries: Global Visionaries’ mission is to educate and empower youth to become active leaders and global citizens who promote social and environmental justice through community service at home and abroad. www.global-visionaries.org
Grameen Foundation: Grameen Foundation’s mission is to enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without poverty. www.grameenfoundation.org
Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County: Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Established in 1986 as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County works in partnership with God and people from all walks of life to build decent, affordable homes for families in need. www.seattle-habitat.org
Laird Norton Family Foundation: The Laird Norton Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Seattle, Washington. The Foundation works to honor, support and reflect the values of the Laird Norton family through philanthropic giving. After decades of giving together, our family’s commitment to our communities has never been stronger. http://www.lairdnorton.org/
The Northwest School: Set in an urban campus that is housed in a historic landmark cared for by our students, we provide a curriculum for grades 6–12 that offers an international perspective and encourages independent and creative thinking in every class. We educate and shape our students into global citizens who will one day shape our community, nation, and world. www.northwestschool.org
PeaceTrees Vietnam: PeaceTrees Vietnam is a humanitarian organization dedicated to healing communities affected by war. It sponsors landmine removal and education, survivor assistance, and citizen diplomacy in order to renew relations with the Vietnamese people. www.peacetreesvietnam.org
Oxfam America: Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. www.oxfamamerica.org
Richter International Consulting: Dave Richter has been living and working in the international arena most of his life. He has lived as an expat in Africa and in Asia (on three occasions). He has managed 24-hour medical assistance operations in Asia and the Americas, and is fluent in Mandarin. This experience provides Richter International Consulting with the practical hands-on knowledge needed to solve the complex problems which are inherent to international assignments. http://www.richterintl.com/
Splash: Splash intervenes in the global water crisis, on behalf of children, knowing that unclean water in baby bottles, school drinking fountains, orphanage kitchens, and hospital rooms will limit a child’s potential and opportunity. Splash actively ensures safe water for over 200,000 children daily, and by 2020 aims to do so for 1 million kids. www.splash.org
Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School explores the design, use, and effects of information and communication technologies in communities facing social and economic challenges. http://tascha.uw.edu/
The Village Pig Project: The Village Pig Project supports a free and self-sufficient people in rural Cambodian villages by helping families to create self-sustaining pig farms. www.villagepigproject.org
Water 1st: People living in extreme poverty have many needs, but we believe water and toilets come first. There is a powerful and direct link between human development and convenient access to water and toilets. Through the implementation of sustainable, community-managed water supply and sanitation projects, we are addressing the most fundamental issues of poverty, childhood death, and gender equality. www.water1st.org
Women’s Enterprises International: dedicated to creating opportunities that equip women in developing countries to overcome poverty and transform their lives and communities. www.womensenterprises.org
Woodland Park Zoo: Woodland Park Zoo saves animals and their habitats through conservation leadership and engaging experiences, inspiring people to learn, care and act. www.zoo.org
World Justice Project: The World Justice Project, an independent, non-profit organization, develops communities of opportunity and equity by advancing the rule of law worldwide. http://worldjusticeproject.org/
ADVOCATE MEMBERS
ACT for Congo (Formerly HEAL Africa): based in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, a region where war has claimed over 5 million lives since 1998, ACT for Congo’s medical, social, and economic initiatives foster peace and development. www.healafrica.org
African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest: Promotes an environment of direct trade and business prosperity between Africa and the Northwest United States. www.africanchamberofcommercepnw.com
Ashesi University Foundation: Ashesi University is a coeducational institution whose mission is to educate African leaders of exceptional integrity and professional ability. By raising the bar for higher education in Ghana we aim to make a significant contribution towards a renaissance in Africa. www.ashesi.org
Ashoka: Ashoka envisions an Everyone A Changemaker™ world: a world that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem and drive change. Ashoka strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s citizens to think and act as changemakers. www.ashoka.org
Ayni Education International: Ayni Education International creates quality educational opportunities in Afghanistan that empower and inspire children and their families to build peaceful, just and life-affirming communities. www.aynieducation.org
BOSIA (Bainbridge Ometepe Sister Island Association): The purpose of the Bainbridge-Ometepe Sister Islands Association is to encourage mutual understanding, education, friendship, cultural and peaceful exchanges between the people of Bainbridge Island and Ometepe Island, and between the peoples of the United States and Nicaragua. http://www.bosia.org/
The Bo M. Karlsson Foundation: The Bo M. Karlsson Foundation started off as a non-sectarian fund to honor the legacy of the late Bo M. Karlsson, a compassionate man deeply dedicated to his family, the natural world, and education. http://bomkarlsson.com/index.html
The Borgen Project: is the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy. Through The Borgen Project’s Regional Director Program, there are now 90 people in 70 U.S. cities advocating for the world’s poor. These volunteers build support for poverty-reduction legislation in Congress and mobilize public involvement. borgenproject.org
Breakthrough Partners: Breakthrough Partners operates in strategic regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America to identify and build indigenous leaders who will lead an “Inside-Out” change process to pursue transformational, sustainable solutions to profound ruin, devastation and brokenness. www.breakthroughpartners.org
Burkitt’s Lymphoma Kenya Fund: BLKF’s mission is to increase the long-term survival of Kenyan children diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma. The organization’s efforts focus on raising funds for an ongoing program of medical diagnosis and treatment. In addition, the program will provide for social, economic, and educational assistance so that patients and their families can complete treatment successfully. www.blkf.org
ChangeStream Media: ChangeStream Media’s mission is to educate, inspire and improve the social welfare of disadvantaged communities worldwide through digital media. The organization will seek knowledge that can unlock brighter futures, and share it with a wide audience using multimedia storytelling. www.changestreammedia.org
Clear Path International: Clear Path’s mission is to “serve landmine accident survivors, their families and their communities.” It considers itself alongside accident survivors on their path to recovery, from the moment of injury to the day they are once again proud and productive members of their community. www.cpi.org
Community Health Africa A Poverty Solution: CHAPS is dedicated to easing poverty and suffering by supporting mobile clinics and remote healthcare providers in northern Kenya. http://www.communityhealthafrica.org/
Construction for Change: We partner with rural communities to build schools, medical facilities and other critical infrastructure where it is needed most. By providing infrastructure, we empower local non-profit organizations to create opportunity and break the cycle of poverty in their communities. http://constructionforchange.org/
Days for Girls International: Days for Girls International: Washable Feminine Hygiene for women in impoverished nations. We coordinate volunteer manufacture and distribution of kits and assist communities and nations in creating programs to make sustainable kits possible. Why? Because no woman should spend days in her room without access to hygiene. www.daysforgirls.org
EarthCorps: building global community through local environmental service. www.earthcorps.org
East African Community Services: East African Community Services (EACS) was established in 2000 to provide culturally specific advocacy, information, referral and direct social services to Somali, Oromo, Ethiopian and other East African refugees living in King County. www.eastafricancs.org
Ecofiltro: One: We deliver filters to rural communities in a sustained manner that creates clean water for life. http://www.ecofiltro.org/en
EcoZoom: EcoZoom is a social venture with the mission of bringing ecological products to the world. We are starting with stoves because we see that as one of the biggest needs in the world. Cooking is literally killing people; we want to make it safe. http://www.ecozoomstove.com/
Educational Empowerment: Educational Empowerment (EE) is dedicated to providing access to an educational environment in Southeast Asia that improves children’s future economic opportunities and affords them fundamental reading skills. http://www.educationalempowerment.org
Engineers Without Borders Puget Sound Professional Chapter: Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit organization established in 2000 to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training responsible engineering professionals and students. http://ewb-pugetsound.org/
Esperanza International Foundation: Esperanza International’s mission is to free children and their families from poverty through initiatives that generate income, education and health, restoring self-worth and dignity to those who have lost hope. www.esperanza.org
Etta Projects: Etta Projects is a grass roots relief organization, administratively based in Washington State and working on the ground to alleviate extreme poverty in Bolivia. Now in our 9th year, our focus is on attainable, sustainable results that make a lasting impact on poverty. Our organization partners with local municipalities and other international organizations, such as Engineers Without Borders. Active and completed projects include: basic nutrition and hygiene training, securing clean water supplies, designing and constructing affordable water filters, designing and installing ecological latrines, development of sustainable school gardens, and many more. www.ettaprojects.org
Facing the Future: Facing the Future creates tools for educators that equip and motivate students to develop critical thinking skills, build global awareness and engage in positive solutions for a sustainable future. http://www.facingthefuture.org/
Friends of the Orphans: Friends of the Orphans is dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children through the support of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”) network of orphanages in Latin America and the Caribbean. www.friendsoftheorphans.org
The Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas: The Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas, founded in 2009, offers dynamic public programs by specialists who provide informed perspectives and explore all facets of Asia, from history and culture to agriculture, global health and politics. www.seattleartmuseum.org/gardnercenter
Global Business Center at the Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington: The mission of the Global Business Center is to develop global business expertise by hosting and sponsoring outstanding international education initiatives. http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/Pages/globalbusiness.aspx
Global Weeks
Global Women: Partners in Philanthropy will assist women around the world to work together and become effective philanthropists in their own communities utilizing the successful model of collective giving developed by the Washington Women’s Foundation in Seattle. Collective giving enables women from all levels of wealth to pool their own funds, learn about community needs and jointly make grant decisions that can help bring about social change. www.globalwomenpartners.org
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce: The mission of the Greater Seattle Chamber of commerce is to champion our region’s future as a world leader in economic vitality and quality of life by providing collaborative leadership, business advocacy and member-driven services. http://www.seattlechamber.com/
Guatemala Village Health: We are a group of health workers, engineers, teachers, administrators, college students, kids, and more working to help improve the health of a group of villages in Rio Dulce, and Monterrico – eastern and southwestern areas of Guatemala. http://guatemalavillagehealth.org
Hands for Peacemaking: The mission of Hands For Peacemaking Foundation is to promote opportunities for self-reliance in rural Guatemala. www.handsforpeacemaking.org
Healing the Children Oregon and Western Washington: Healing the Children Oregon and Western Washington Chapter (HTC) is committed to restoring health to impoverished children of the world through donated medical services. HTC envisions a world where every child has access to good medical care. We are one of 13 chapters across the US supported by a national office. Our local chapter is proud to be celebrating 26 years of healing more than 17,600 children worldwide. To learn more about HTC visit us on the web at: www.htcorwwa.org/
Health Leadership International: A volunteer organization comprised of professionals in the fields of education, health care, social services, and technology/media. Volunteers are committed to sustainable educational solutions that address global health care disparity. http://www.healthleadershipinternational.org/
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington: The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington combines the social sciences, humanities, and professional fields to enhance our understanding of our interconnected globe. http://jsis.washington.edu/
Highline Community College: We deliver innovative education and training opportunities to foster your personal and professional success in our multicultural world and global economy. We help you build a better future. www.highline.edu
iLEAP: The Center for Critical Service: iLEAP is a nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate and inspire a new generation of global citizens who are motivated by a commitment to service and have the practical skills, rigorous critical thinking, and global community of support to create positive social and systemic change in the world. www.ileap.org
Imaging the World: Imaging the World is changing the face of global medicine through a revolutionary new concept integrating technology, volunteers and education to bring medical expertise and high quality health care to remote and under-served areas worldwide. http://imagingtheworld.org/
Imago Organizational Design, LLC: Imago Organizational Design supports people and the organizations they create to live and work with full voice, deep authenticity and lasting impact. http://www.imagodesign.net/index.php
InterConnection: provides computers to underserved people and communities around the world. www.interconnection.org
International Development Exchange: IDEX identifies, evaluates, and grows the best ideas from local leaders and organizations to alleviate poverty and injustice around the world. IDEX connects a passionate and engaged network of supporters to the visionary leaders and organizations creating lasting solutions to their communities’ most pressing challenges. www.idex.org
International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia (ILAE): is working to equip Ethiopia’s most academically gifted students with the essential tools they need to effect real change for future generations http://www.ilacademy.org/
International Programs, Washington State University: International Programs serves as the Washington State University advocate for interaction between faculty, students, and citizens of nations and cultures worldwide. www.ip.wsu.edu
Jet City Stove Works: Jet City Stove Works goal is to create an affordable, non-carbon burning stove that uses the seed of the Jatrophe plant, which is found throughout Africa and other areas in the Southern hemisphere. Moving cooking from an unhealthy daily experience to a healthy, inexpensive alternative. http://www.jetcitystoveworks.com/
Kids4Peace International: Kids4Peace is an interfaith peace education program dedicated to encouraging children of different cultures and faith traditions to explore their differences and similarities, and to learn understanding, tolerance and respect, while fostering sustainable friendships across the lines of conflict. www.k4p.org
Kids Without Borders: Kids Without Borders was launched as a school service projects for students to sort clothes and donated items for children in the community. Today, the organization supports and works with children in more than 30 countries, attracting volunteers worldwide, providing opportunities for youth, benefiting and changing thousands of lives around the world.
Kirlin Charitable Foundation: Our mission is to serve as a catalyst and innovative partner in positive social change, helping children and their families become lifelong learners and thoughtfully active, compassionate members of our global community. www.kirlinfoundation.org
Lift Up Africa: Lift Up Africa is a US nonprofit with an extensive network of partners and projects in East Africa. We support sustainable, community led projects that address poverty, malnutrition, lack of education and health care, and the impact of climate change on people, crops, animals and the environment. http://liftupafrica.org/
LINGOs: works to improve the performance, lower the cost and increase the effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations. www.lingos.org
Literacy Bridge: At Literacy Bridge, our mission is to empower children and adults with tools for knowledge sharing and literacy learning, as an effective means towards advancing education, health, economic development, democracy, and human rights. www.literacybridge.org
Living Earth Institute: Empowering communities to protect their health and environment through the sustainable use of water resources. http://www.living-earth.org/
Lumana: Lumana’s mission is to alleviate poverty in rural communities through education and entrepreneurship. www.lumana.org
Maasai Children’s Initiative: Our mission is to inspire and empower Maasai girls with an excellent education that emphasizes sustainability, science, and cultural awareness. We work from the grassroots to build a culture of giving back, encouraging our students to use their knowledge to improve social, economic and political strength for Maasai people. http://maasaichildrensinitiative.org/
Mangrove Action Project: Partnering with mangrove forest communities, grassroots NGOs, researchers and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based, sustainable management of coastal resources. http://mangroveactionproject.org/
MED25 International: Med25 International is a nonprofit organization that provides individuals in rural African communities with quality, culturally appropriate, and affordable health care. http://www.med25.org/
MEDRIX: Medrix is saving lives and improving the quality of life in Southeast Asia by providing medical resources, international health education, child heart surgeries and safe water development. www.medrix.org
Mercy Corps: exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. www.mercycorps.org
Mission Africa: Mission Africa aims to empower children and families in the remote villages of Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya by providing support in three core arrears education, healthcare and poverty alleviation. http://www.missionafrica.us/
Mona Foundation: dedicated to supporting grassroots educational initiatives and raising the status of women and girls in the United States and abroad. http://monafoundation.org
Office of the Superindent of Public Instruction (OSPI): The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) International Education Office seeks to integrate global perspectives in a variety of academic disciplines that include Social Studies (civics, history, geography, and economics) Environmental and Sustainability Education and World Languages. The International Education Office also coordinates multiple exchange and visiting teacher programs and provides resources and information for student exchange. http://www.k12.wa.us/InternationalEd/
Oikocredit Northwest: Oikocredit Northwest USA was established to support the work of Oikocredit UA, an international development cooperative which helps poor and marginalized people by empowering them with credit. Our mission is to inform and educate our fellow citizens about microfinance and Oikocredit. Our Board and committees are comprised of dedicated volunteers who are committed to helping spread the word about microfinance as a pathway out of poverty. http://www.oikocreditnw.org/
One by One: One by One was founded in 2005 with the singular mission of contributing to the elimination of fistula worldwide. We work to increase awareness and understanding of this deeply troubling condition that affects so many women. Additionally, we partner with in-country organizations to create programs and mobilize the resources needed to support both life-transforming treatment programs and essential prevention work. http://fightfistula.org/
One Equal Heart Foundation: One Equal Heart Foundation accompanies the poor in Chiapas, Mexico as they work to promote nonviolence, build sustainable communities, steward natural resources, and preserve the cultural identity of the Tseltal Maya People. www.oneequalheart.org
One World Now! A Project of the Tides Center: provides international learning experiences to underserved youth. www.oneworldnow.org
Organizational Research Services: Organizational Research Services (ORS) is a leader in outcome-based planning and evaluation. Founded in 1989 by Jane Reisman, PhD, ORS provides evaluation consultation for clients in the philanthropic, nonprofit and public sectors around the world. www.organizationalresearch.com
Pacific Lutheran University: PLU’s global education programs are designed to promote understanding among peoples through learning, research and outreach. www.plu.edu/wangcenter
Pangea: Pangea is an association of individuals dedicated to increasing the philanthropic resources flowing to international projects that help people in economically disadvantaged countries lead healthy, productive lives. www.pangeagiving.org
Partners Asia: At Partners Asia, we build relationships with innovative organizers in these communities and with international donors, bridging the gap between local leaders and global resources. http://partnersasia.org/
Peace Winds America: strengthens preparedness and response to natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific by coordinating the resources of U.S. and Japanese governments, NGOs, militaries, and businesses. www.peacewindsamerica.org
Pilgrim Africa: Pilgrim Africa was registered as a Ugandan NGO in 2001, and as a US 501c(3) in 2004. Pilgrim’s work reaches more than 500,000 households through a broad spectrum of community programs in north and eastern Uganda. www.pilgrimafrica.org
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest: Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW) is a not-for-profit family planning agency that provides high-quality, affordable reproductive health care for women, men and teens. Many of our patients have no other health care available to them. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ppgnw/
Port Townsend Film Institute: We want to tend the most valuable resource we have, the fertile ground of imagination right here at home. We believe that a shared cinematic experience of creating and viewing film can strengthen our community and expand our shared humanity. www.ptfilmfest.com
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation: Prosthetics Outreach Foundation creates opportunities for children and adults in developing countries who suffer from limb loss and limb deformities to lead more fulfilling lives. www.pofsea.org
Relief and Education for Afghan Children: REACH is dedicated to educating children, especially girls, in rural Afghanistan. REACH started raising money to help villagers build schools in rural areas of Afghanistan in 2002. Rural areas, in general, have been given a lower priority for school construction by the government due to limited resources. We have provided the funding for five schools in the rural area around Herat, Afghanistan. There are now over 1400 students enrolled in the schools we have financed. We are currently raising funds for a sixth school. http://www.reachafghanschools.org/
RenegAID Innovative Disaster Relief™: produces innovative relief projects and programs, and is dedicated to improving people’s ability to reestablish themselves in catastrophic disasters. www.renegaid.org
RESULTS – Seattle: creates the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. www.results.org
The Rose International Fund for Children: helps ‘differently-abled’ and disadvantaged children and adults in Nepal and other developing countries. www.trifc.org
Russell Investments: Whether you’re an institutional investor, a financial advisor, or an individual guided by an advisor’s personalized advice. We’re a global asset manager and one of only a few firms that offer a true multi-asset approach to investing, combining asset allocation, manager selection and dynamic portfolio management. www.russell.com
Rwanda Girls Initiative: Rwanda Girls Initiative, believing education is a right and not a privilege, is dedicated to the education and success of girls. http://www.rwandagirlsinitiative.org
Schools for Salone: Schools for Salone is a non-profit organization committed to helping Sierra Leoneans rebuild the many rural schools destroyed during their country’s ten year long civil war that ended in 2002. www.schoolsforsalone.org
SE Asia Children’s Foundation: With heartfelt commitment and personal involvement we support organizations that help impoverished children help themselves to become self-sufficient members of their communities. http://www.balifund.org/, www.asiachildrensfoundation.org
SeaChar.Org: works to promote the use of Biochar as an important part of Seattle’s response to the challenge of Global Climate Change. www.seachar.org
Seattle International Foundation: The goal of Seattle International Foundation is to enhance the quality and quantity of international philanthropy and leadership from the Pacific Northwest and help donors achieve their desire to leave the world a better place. http://www.seaif.org/
Shoreline Community College: Shoreline Community College offers excellent academic, professional/technical and workforce training programs to meet the lifelong learning needs of its community. Dedicated faculty and staff are committed to the educational success of all students. www.international.shoreline.ctc.edu/home.html
Sister Schools: Sister Schools teaches compassion, service, and social responsibility by partnering students in donor schools with children in need. Sister Schools achieves this through two complimentary goals: First, providing students the life-changing and character building experience of personal giving; and second, providing supplies, hope and inspiration to children in need. http://sisterschools.org
Skagit Valley College: Since its founding in 1926, Skagit Valley College has been respected as a leader in providing access to quality higher education, economic development, and cultural enrichment, where diverse learners expand their opportunities and horizons to better themselves and their communities. www.skagit.edu
Smiles Forever: trains young indigenous women in Cochabamba, Bolivia to become dental hygienists, giving them a skill that can lead to greater self-esteem and independence. www.smilesforever.org
Snow Leopard Trust: Founded in 1981, the Snow Leopard Trust is the world’s leading authority on the study and protection of the endangered snow leopard. With programs and staff in five snow leopard range countries, and connections with researchers and conservation organizations around the world, the Snow Leopard Trust is a leader in the effort to secure the future of the snow leopard. http://www.snowleopard.org/
Society for International Development – Seattle Puget Sound Chapter: The Seattle Puget Sound chapter of the Society for International Development is an organization dedicated to changing the global conversation about international development in Seattle, in the Puget Sound region, in Washington State and the world. http://seattlesid.blogspot.com/
Solar Nexus International: Solar Nexus International is an international supplier of solar, wind and micro-hydro electric systems based on Orcas Island in Washington State, USA. Our primary business model is that of a value-adding distributor of complete solar power systems, but our mission is solar empowerment through market-based development of local solar energy resources worldwide. http://solarnexusinternational.com/index.php
Sou Digna / I Am Worthy: Mission: Sou Digna expands the rights of impoverished women and girls living in Salvador, Brazil, through job training, community development, and education. www.soudigna.org
South Puget Sound Community College: www.spscc.ctc.edu
Trade Development Alliance: The mission of the Trade Alliance is to promote Greater Seattle, including King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties, as one of North America’s premier international gateways and commercial centers. www.seattletradealliance.com
Uganda Program for Cancer & Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: studies the etiology, biology, treatment and prevention of infection-associated cancers with the goals of leading high-quality research, improving patient’s access to care, supporting infrastructure development and training the next generation. www.upcid.org
Unitus Seed Fund: is a new investment fund based in Bangalore and Seattle that provides opportunities for economic self-reliance, education, and obtaining basic necessities to millions of people living at the base of the economic pyramid. We create opportunities by accelerating the growth of early-stage “BoP startups” that serve low-income populations.
University of Puget Sound: The Office of International Programs focuses on providing opportunities for international education and fostering an appreciation for cultural diversity at the University of Puget Sound. Our office plays an important role in the university’s study abroad and international communities by bringing international students and scholars to campus and by providing study abroad opportunities around the globe. www.pugetsound.edu
University of Washington Bothell: holds the student-faculty relationship to be paramount. We provide access to excellence in higher education through innovative and creative curricula, interdisciplinary teaching and research, and a dynamic community of multicultural learning. www.uwb.edu
University of Washington, The Ellison Center for Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies: The Ellison Center promotes in-depth interdisciplinary study of all major postcommunist subregions – Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltic region, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and Russia – in order to understand the legacies of the imperial and communist past as well as to analyze the emerging institutions and identities that will shape Eurasia’s future. http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/
Upaya Social Ventures: Upaya Social Ventures is building businesses that will create jobs and improve the quality of life for families worldwide living on less than $1.25 a day. We provide early-stage entrepreneurs with the support needed to launch and scale businesses that can create dignified employment. For more information, please visit. www.upayasv.com
Uplift International: Uplift International’s mission is to improve the well being of the world’s most vulnerable populations by promoting the universal human right to health through education, advocacy, and humanitarian efforts. Uplift International views health through a human rights lens and human rights through a health lens. http://upliftinternational.org/
Vatheuer Family Foundation
VenturScale: At VenturScale, we believe business should go beyond making a profit, to be a positive force for social progress. Our services provide value-driven business the tools they need to leverage their potential and achieve their full impact. http://www.mylanderpages.com/venturscale/venturscale
Vittana: We envision a world of opportunity, where educated minds and skillful hands work together to uplift the next generation, breaking the cycle of poverty. http://www.vittana.org
Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association: The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving the life sciences industry in the state of Washington. Our members include organizations engaged in, or supportive of, research, development and commercialization of life science technologies. http://www.washbio.org
Washington Global Health Alliance: The Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA) works to enhance and expand Washington’s global health impact and showcase our region’s role as a leading center for global health activities.www.wghalliance.org
Washington Women’s Foundation: engages women in the power of collective giving. Through informed and strategic grant-making, our members expand their knowledge, invest in the life of our community and demonstrate leadership through effective philanthropy. www.wawomensfoundation.org
West African Vocational Schools: West African Vocational Schools is a Christian, Seattle-based nonprofit that teaches job skills to people in Guinea-Bissau, one of the smallest and poorest countries in the world. www.facebook.com/africaschools
williamsworks: offers visionary thinking, subject matter expertise, a global network of local connections, and full-service support. http://www.williamsworks.com/
World Affairs Council: The World Affairs Council is a membership-based organization that creates forums for discussion of critical global issues. www.world-affairs.org
World Bicycle Relief: World Bicycle Relief is dedicated to providing access to independence and livelihood through The Power of Bicycles. Compared to walking, bicycles represent an enormous leap in productivity and access to healthcare, education and economic development opportunities. The simple, sustainable nature of bicycles empowers individuals, their families and their communities. http://worldbicyclerelief.org/
World Trade Center Seattle: World Trade Center Seattle (WTCSE) serves as a tribute to the importance of international trade in our region, providing an environment where business leaders can come together to share ideas and strengthen their connections. http://www.wtcseattle.com
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
| James Duffus | Carol Welch | Lisa Norton |
| Dr. Mark West | Michele Moore | Thomas Byers |
