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Nonprofit Organizations with Board Openings
Nonprofits identified their primary impact area using the seven elements of a
healthy community framework.
Arts and Culture
Medieval Women’s Choir
The mission of the Medieval Women’s Choir is to share, teach, preserve, and promote the transcendent music of the Middle Ages. We sing in many languages, with dialect variations from the era. We provide an opportunity for women of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds to sing and perform these masterworks. Learn about this board opportunity. For questions, contact Carol Martin at f5mandolin@gmail.com.
NFFTY
NFFTY advances and connects talented young filmmakers worldwide. Founded to address discrimination against young film professionals, we celebrate and elevate work by women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other young persons from traditionally marginalized communities at a crucial stage in their emergence as an artist and storyteller. Learn about this board opportunity.
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Our mission is to foster a creative, inclusive art-making community, providing access to quality education and professionally equipped studios for everyone. We promote the joy and transformative power of art and actively support the development of visual artists. Learn about this board opportunity.
Seattle Pro Musica
Seattle Pro Musica is one of the city's most highly regarded choirs, striving to make choral music an ever more vital and relevant art form for all. Building on our 50-year history, we are especially looking to recruit board members who reflect the diversity of our city and will help steer our organization to be as inclusive as possible. Learn about this board opportunity.
Basic Needs
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children protects the interests and safety of youth in Washington by advancing their legal rights. We accomplish our mission through direct legal representation, strong community partnerships, and systemic advocacy. Learn about this board opportunity.
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter partners with young adults experiencing homelessness on their journey to stability. Our vision is that everyone has a safe place to call home. Learn about this board opportunity.
Wellspring Family Services
Wellspring Family Services works to end family homelessness for good by preventing homelessness before it occurs and intervening early when it does. Wellspring puts families first to break the cycle of homelessness and ensure it is as easy as possible for families to access the support they need to regain stability and build a brighter future. Learn about this board opportunity.
WestSide Baby
WestSide Baby, in partnership with our community, provides essential items to local children in need by collecting and distributing diapers, clothing, car seats, and other essential items. We believe all children should be warm, safe and dry. Learn about this board opportunity.
Education
BELONG Partners
BELONG Partners is an education equity nonprofit that believes in a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive because they know they matter and belong. We partner with schools and organizations to build equitable communities where young people have dignity, voice, and agency by transforming the ways adults teach, parent, and care for youth. Learn about this board opportunity.
BrightSpark Early Learning Services
BrightSpark Early Learning Services’ (formally Child Care Resources) mission is to nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities. We work with childcare providers, community organizations and advocacy groups to improve the quality of early childhood care in our region. Learn about this board opportunity.
OneWorld Now!
OneWorld Now's mission is to develop the next generation of global leaders. Through a combination of world language learning, leadership workshops, and study abroad opportunities, OWN works to expand international education opportunities to low-income students and students of color. Learn about this board opportunity.
Team Read
Team Read works to close education opportunity gaps through a unique cross-age, year-round one-to-one tutoring program pairing young students with paid teen tutors. Our dual impact model enables young students to become confident readers with the necessary reading skills for academic success, and teen tutors to grow as leaders while developing professional work skills that support their transition into college and future employment. Learn about this board opportunity.
Health and Wellbeing
New Beginnings
New Beginnings’ mission is to empower survivors and mobilize community awareness and action to end domestic violence. Our services include a 24-hour DV Hopeline, individual housing units for families, support groups, individual and legal advocacy, family law and protection order legal clinics, mental health therapy, financial assistance, prevention and healthy relationship classes for youth, and more. Learn about this board opportunity.
RISE
Rooted in Black resilience, RISE serves as a sanctuary for those bereaved by gun violence, offering healing, support, and empowerment, while promoting positive growth and identity for impacted families. A world where healing and empowerment echo louder than gun violence. Learn about this board opportunity.
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility engages the community to create a healthy, peaceful, just and sustainable world. We envision a world where all live healthy lives free from the threats of nuclear war, global climate catastrophe, and economic and racial injustice. Learn about this board opportunity.
the Service Board (tSB)
tSB's mission is to build community through the power of youth. Our ultimate vision is a world where all youth have the tools, confidence and community support to advocate effectively for a more just future for all. Learn about this board opportunity.
Neighborhoods and Communities
Eastside Pride PNW
Eastside Pride PNW is a community-based LGBTQIA+ education and advocacy organization comprised of LGBTQIA+ community members, students, parents, and allies who are committed to enhancing the lives of the Eastside LGBTQIA+ community. Eastside Pride was created to make sure that our LGBTQIA+ community is seen, heard, celebrated, and feel a genuine sense of belonging. Learn about this board opportunity.
Federal Way Black Collective (FWBC)
The FWBC empowers marginalized communities by addressing systemic gaps that prevent individuals from reaching their full potential for a healthy and high-quality life. We design and implement programs and initiatives that impact the community, such as reducing the school-to-prison pipeline with early childhood screenings for developmental delays, providing food to families, preventing families from becoming houseless, providing access to culturally relevant mental health counseling, and helping small businesses stay in business. Learn about this board opportunity.
Plymouth Healing Communities
Plymouth Healing Communities provides companionship, housing, and circles of support for people who live with mental illness and housing instability. Our vision is a home and healing community for every person living with mental illness. We believe healing takes place when people are shown the care, love and respect we all deserve. Learn about this board opportunity.
Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equality (RARE)
Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equality (RARE) exists to advocate for racial equity for students who are furthest from educational justice. We raise awareness among students and those who impact their lives about educational inequities through partnerships, networks and inclusion-centered practices. Learn about this board opportunity.
Seattle Neighborhood Group
Seattle Neighborhood Group educates, organizes, and collaborates with residents, businesses, government entities and other organizations to create safe communities through equitable engagement, with a focus on underserved populations. We are committed to engaging people, encouraging participation, and solving challenging problems together. Learn about this board opportunity.
Other
Children’s Alliance
Children’s Alliance is Washington’s statewide, nonpartisan child advocacy organization. Currently led by Dr. Stephan Blanford, LT'97 (and previously led by Paola Maranan, LT'97), we strive to place racial justice at the heart of Washington’s laws and budget priorities so that every child can thrive. We are driven by a vision where every child in Washington has an abundance of what they need to grow into the people they dream of becoming. Learn about this board opportunity.
Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation
Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) raises critical funds for the Seattle Animal Shelter to help enrich the lives of Seattle’s animals and empowers volunteers and the local community to become part of the effort. SASF is seeking a Development Chair. Learn about this board opportunity.
Washington's National Park Fund
We exist to fill gaps in much-needed funding for programs and projects within Washington state's three national parks (Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic) that enhance visitors’ experiences, provide research dollars, rebuild trails, bring in volunteers, and improve accessibility. Learn about this board opportunity.
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