Image: A dark gray graphic of a map highlighting Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Okanogan, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, and Yakima counties in gold. Below the map, there is gold text that reads, “2024” and white text that reads, “Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy Fund”.
At Inatai Foundation, our commitment to equity and racial justice drives every grant we make. This year, through our Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy (CLIP) Fund, we supported nine community-led campaigns that received between $75,000 and $250,000 to build and exercise their political power.
Over this year’s election cycle, many seeds of change were planted by powerful community-led organizations throughout Washington. Despite some of November’s election results, these leaders know that the long arc of work for equity and racial justice will not be defined by a single election year or political candidate. Through the CLIP Fund, we witnessed communities shift the political landscape in meaningful ways, working tirelessly to shape policy and systems for a more just and equitable future.
The organizations we funded are not only envisioning bold futures—they are also actively building the power necessary to realize those visions. Or, as one grantee, Rural People’s Voice, aptly said: “Government works when it’s by the people, for the people, and of the people. That’s the government we deserve, and the government we’re working for.”
At Inatai, most of our funding in 2024 went to people-of-color-led advocacy organizations, including to LGBTQIA+ and immigrant rights work. While not elections-focused, many of our other grants helps organizations build political capacity and infrastructure. We created the CLIP Fund to specifically back community-led, issue-based campaigns that reshape policy and drive transformative change in communities throughout the state.
To date, CLIP has funded efforts in more than 20 Washington counties. In 2024, CLIP supported work in 15 counties with some efforts having statewide impact. This year, grantees embody the following principles:
- Harnessing transformative power—the ability to truly reshape the status quo—to ensure meaningful and equitable change for communities.
- Building and reinforcing systems and networks that drive lasting political and social change.
- Centering the leadership of communities most affected by structural inequities, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; LGBTQIA+ individuals; immigrants; people with disabilities; and those facing systemic barriers like ableism, gender inequity, and ageism.
Although each organization is unique and receives flexible support and partnership, all of the 2024 recipients are building power within racially diverse communities and demonstrating that racial justice is a core condition for achieving true equity.
2024 Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy Fund recipientS
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| Organization / Campaign name | Campaign description | Geography served |
| Skagit Legal Aid | Skagit Legal Aid is working on a campaign to develop a local ordinance that prohibits landlords from requiring Social Security Numbers or Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers on housing applications. Eliminating this practice would reduce barriers for undocumented tenants and others who may not have access to these identification numbers and therefore promote equity and fairness in housing in Mount Vernon. This collaboration is between legal aid, city council members, Indivisible Skagit, and a local union that is nearly entirely woman-led, with a majority of Hispanic or Indigenous members. | Skagit County |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center | Lopez Island Family Resource Center is working on fully funding Special Education in Washington State, specifically to eliminate the state cap on how many students can be served within a school. The Resource Center is dedicated to amplifying the voices of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disability rights advocates through their programming, ensuring they are at the heart of this campaign. They have been preparing for the pivotal 2025 state legislative session, which will determine the allocation of school funding for the next four years. | San Juan County |
| Rural People’s Voice | Rural Peoples Voice (RPV) successfully ran a campaign in North Central Washington to organize voters against I-2117 (Climate Commitment Act Repeal) and I-2109 (Capital Gains Tax Repeal). RPV leveraged these ballot initiatives to transform the rural narrative and energize community organizing through meaningful conversations, grassroots canvassing, and powerful communications. With their sights set on 2025 and beyond, RPV is committed to building collective power and achieving even greater victories. | Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, and Okanogan counties |
| ELLA Adelante | Earlier this year, ELLA Adelante led a campaign to increase Latinx voter turnout and representation in Sunnyside through litigation and organizing. With the assistance of the ACLU of Washington and Amend Law, ELLA reformed the voting system for school board elections, ensuring that Latinx families—representing 81 percent of the Sunnyside School District—have more of a say in how their district is run. Following their win, ELLA is initiating a grassroots campaign to educate the community about changes to district-based voting so that such changes can be effectively implemented. | Yakima County |
| Tri-Cities LULAC | Tri-Cities League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is continuing to challenge potential voting rights violations throughout the Tri-Cities through litigation. In partnership with UCLA Voting Rights Project, LULAC is wielding the Washington Voting Rights Act to demand more equitable voting systems to elect public utility district officials so that Latinx voters can vote for the candidates of their choice. This effort proves that the fight for voting rights isn’t just about politics; it’s about ensuring every member of the community has the vote that is owed to them. | Benton and Franklin counties |
| House Our Neighbors | Building on their successful 2023 campaign to pass I-135, which established Seattle’s Social Housing Developer, House Our Neighbors is leading a campaign to pass Seattle Initiative Prop 1A to create a permanent funding source for the Developer. Prop 1A will appear on the February 2025 special election ballot. If passed, this funding source would raise an estimated $50 million annually to assist with the purchase and maintenance of social housing properties. | King County |
| Communities for Our Colleges | Communities for our Colleges (C4C) is a program of Just Strategy, which has built a student-centered campaign in Washington that works to improve the state’s community and technical colleges by engaging students, faculty, staff, and the community to advocate for improved funding access and racial equity. C4C’s long-term goal is to make the first two years of college free for everyone, including fully funded support services and pay equity for faculty. | King, Snohomish, Thurston, and Yakima counties |
| Kent for Districts | The Kent for Districts campaign is working to get a measure placed on the ballot that, if approved, would create a more equitable system for electing Kent City Councilmembers. Under the current system, the bulk of council representation resides with the city’s wealthier East Hill communities. Changing to different and more equitable voting system would allow communities in less economically wealthy and politically influential parts of Kent’s West Hill region to elect candidates from their communities to represent them on the Council. | King County |
| Washington for Black Lives | Washington for Black Lives is a Black-led, multiracial coalition that includes community-based organizations, non-profits, and faith communities across Washington with a mission “to empower, engage, and unite Black-led organizations in the policies that shape the lives of Black Washingtonians.” Their 2025 legislative session campaign aims to establish an independent prosecutor to investigate and prosecute cases involving police use of deadly force, create policing alternatives and increased oversight, and require free lunch for K-12 students. | King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Spokane counties |
We are deeply proud of the organizations and leaders we’ve had the privilege of supporting through CLIP. Yet, we know that the journey toward equity and justice is ongoing.
As we look ahead, we remain dedicated to supporting community-led ballot measures and initiative campaigns, litigation efforts, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, and research and polling. To the communities leading this vital work to advance racial justice and equity: we look forward to deepening our relationships with you and supporting your short- and long-term strategies to help you shape the future.
