At Inatai Foundation, we know that our grant-funded organizations have big goals for their work but don’t always have the resources or capacity to act. Inatai has supported grantee organizations through funding to gain skills, knowledge, and to build infrastructure to fulfill their aspirations for greater impact and to meet their communities’ urgent needs.
Through this work, I have learned how much our grantee organizations can achieve with just an extra boost of support. I have also seen how strenuous grant application processes can be, especially for smaller, people of color run organizations with limited staff and resources. That is why we launched a new process for making additional funding available for organizations to take their work to the next level.
Three funding streams, one application.
This new process is an open invitation for organizations to submit one application to be considered for a grant from three specific funding areas:
- Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy
- Emerging Opportunities
- Transformational Capacity Building
Together, they are our Targeted Support Funds. Each of these areas were designed to support organizations in growing their capacity to build community power, so we’ve consolidated the application process. Now, organizations interested in any of the three funding areas only need to submit a single application.
Emerging Opportunities and Transformational Capacity Building are for current Inatai grant-funded organizations only. Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy is open to all organizations who think they might be a good fit.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage organizations to apply as early as possible. Applicants should articulate their range of needs across their organization, which will help us when developing resources should their organization be selected.
Interested? Learn more!
Join us Tuesday, May 13 at 9:30-11:30 a.m. for drop-in virtual office hours to ask questions about the three funds and the application process. The session will be conducted with English and Spanish language interpretation, as well as closed captioning in English and Spanish.
Watch theses videos to get more details about the type of campaigns, capacity-building, and power-building activities we fund, including past examples of work we’ve supported, eligibility requirements, and how to submit an interest form.
We look forward to hearing from you
Capacity building work fills my cup. Seeing organizations reach their goals to build community power in every corner of Washington is what motivates me. We love to hear what your organizations are working on, what new goals you have, and how you’re ensuring equity and racial justice in our state. We look forward to receiving your application.
Karen Cunningham is the Portfolio Director of Strategy and Impact. Karen develops and nurtures relationships with community members and organizations across Washington state, connecting those doing important work in their communities to the foundation’s resources. She arrives to the organization by way of the Yakama Nation, of which she’s an enrolled member and previously served as economic development director.
