Funding | Grantmaking Overview | Transformational Capacity Building
Learning & Leadership Grants
Range: $1,000 – $25,000 depending on location, number of team members, and registration costs.
Application due: At least 60 days and up to one year before the specified training or conference.
The Transformational Capacity Building Fund supports Inatai grantees in growing their knowledge, capacity, and capabilities for building power in their community. Conferences, workshops, and training programs can be an effective way to strengthen your team’s skills, but can be financially out of reach. Under this fund, our Learning & Leadership grants are designed to help your organization bridge this gap.
Eligibility Requirements
- This opportunity is only available to current grantee organizations.
- There is a maximum of one grant per organization per year.
- The training or conference focus should support your organization to strengthen capabilities in supporting your community to build power.
- We are a statewide foundation and we recognize the importance of investing in communities across Washington. As we continue to learn and grow, our focus on geographic equity continues to develop. At this time, we will be prioritizing grantee organizations in the following counties: Adams, Lincoln, Douglas, Klickitat, Wahkiakum, Jefferson, Columbia, Asotin, Garfield Grant, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Okanogan, Cowlitz, Whitman, Skamania, and Snohomish.
Mason County HOST Executive Director Kim Rinehardt shares her experiences with a group of community leaders. Photo: Uly Curry
Members of the community enjoying La Casa Hogar’s Día de la Mujer event in Yakima. Photo: Rebecca Waterford
How to apply
Please plan to submit at least 60 days before and up to one year before the specified training or conference.
If you meet the eligibility requirements outlined above and would like to apply, begin your application here:
Examples of Mission and Values-Aligned Opportunities
Date |
Event |
LOCATION |
Audience |
| March 24-27, 2025 | Charlotte, NC |
BIPOC organizers, campaigners, strategists, technologists, and elected officials with 3+ years of organizing experience, especially women of color and trans and gender expansive people of color. |
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| April 29 – May 1, 2025 |
Las Vegas, NV |
Road Ahead attendees come from all corners of the country and all parts of the progressive community. What unites them all is a desire to use ballot measures as a vehicle for social change. |
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| Multiple virtual options starting April 2025 | Virtual |
Organizers, campaigners, and activists who want to build successful grassroots campaigns. Organizers and campaigners who are looking to build their strategy muscle. Leaders who care deeply about their cause and are looking to build their work in proactive, not just reactive, ways. |
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August 7-9, 2025
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New Orleans, LA |
Anyone who desires a more progressive and just world is welcome. Attendees are politicians, online organizers, grassroots activists, and independent media makers. Some are professionals who work at advocacy organizations, progressive companies or labor unions; while others do activism in their spare time. |
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| November 13-15, 2025 |
St. Louis, MO |
Organizers, storytellers, policy advocates, racial equity practitioners, media makers, activists, civil servants, artists, researchers, culture bearers, journalists and narrative strategists – from across racial justice movements to go deep on narrative change for racial equity and solidarity. |
Accessibility commitment
We are committed to making the application process available in languages other than English and to people with disabilities. We are also excited to work with organizations that are new to us. To those ends, we provide:
- Interpretation and translation services (including American Sign Language and/or Computer Accessible Realtime Translation),
- Large-print formats of instructions and applications,
- Alternative application methods, including over the phone, by video or voice recording, and on paper,
- Support from professional grant writers.
Please contact us at tcap@inatai.org if you need one of these or another service, and we will do our best to provide it. We know it takes time, trust, and effort to request these services, and thank you for sharing how we can make this process work for you.