Our Members - Global Washington

Our Members - Global Washington
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Our Members
Our Members
We have two types of members:
Community Members
who join to connect, learn, and collaborate across the global development sector, and our
Leadership Circle
, made up of senior leaders, philanthropists, and organizations who invest at a higher level.
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$10,000+
Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation is dedicated to discovering and disseminating innovative approaches to addressing extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries and improving the U.S. education system.
gatesfoundation.org
Microsoft
At Microsoft, the mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
microsoft.com
The Hawk Foundation
Promote education, holistic health, and trauma healing within the African American community, across the African continent, and beyond—through the power of art, music, and cultural expression—creating a ripple effect of empowerment, resilience, and equity.
thehawkfoundation.org
The Meseck Schick Family Foundation
The Meseck Schick Family Foundation is a private independent foundation based in Washington (WA).
$5,000+
Amazon
Amazon’s disaster relief and response efforts utilize its global logistics capabilities to provide the fastest, most effective aid.
amazon.com
APCO Worldwide
APCO Impact sits within APCO Worldwide and supports clients across sectors be catalysts for progress and address the key issues of our time, including climate and sustainability, racial and gender equity, and social justice.
apcoworldwide.com
Chandler Foundation
The Chandler Foundation helps governments to build strong institutions anchored in integrity, transparency, and accountability.
chandlerfoundation.org
Opportunity International
Opportunity International provides financial solutions and training to empower people living in poverty to transform their lives, their children’s futures and their communities.
opportunity.org
Seattle Foundation
Seattle Foundation ignites powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.
seattlefoundation.org
Starbucks
With every cup, with every conversation, with every community – Starbucks nurtures the limitless possibilities of human connection.
starbucks.com
$2,500+
buildOn
Break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education.
buildon.org
Dalberg Advisors
Dalberg is a global group working to build a more inclusive and sustainable world where all people, everywhere, can reach their fullest potential.
dalberg.com
Give2Asia
Give2Asia is an international nonprofit with the goal to strengthen the work of local organizations and mobilize support through philanthropic giving from Individuals, Family Foundations, and Corporations.
give2asia.org
Global Child Nutrition Foundation
GCNF provides governments and their partners with knowledge, tools, and connections to build high-quality school meal programs that support all children and contribute to national educational, agricultural, economic, social protection, health, and nutrition goals.
gcnf.org
Global Impact
Global Impact works on charitable ventures to inspire greater giving. It serves as a trusted advisor, and an intermediary and implementing partner across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors.
charity.org
Global Impact Collective
The Global Impact Collective is an impact-focused design, advisory, and strategy firm that launched with singular purpose: To design a world that improves the lives and livelihoods of all.
globalimpactcollective.net
Heifer International
Heifer International is on a mission to end hunger and poverty, while caring for the Earth.
heifer.org
International Rescue Committee
The IRC helps people in 40+ countries whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
rescue.org/seattle
Landesa
Landesa advances inclusive, equitable, and gender-sensitive land rights reforms through law and policy tools.
landesa.org
Linksbridge
Linksbridge partners with nonprofits whose missions they think of as their own, offering superior service—more imaginative, better informed, better executed—while charging sustainable rates.
linksbridge.com
Mona Foundation
Mona partners with grassroots educational organizations across 18 countries to educate children, empower women and girls, and foster a culture of ethics and service to uplift individuals, families, and communities.
monafoundation.org
myAgro
myAgro is a dedicated to empowering smallholder farmers in West Africa.
myagro.com
PATH
PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges.
path.org
Seattle University
Seattle University is guided by a deep commitment to empowering students to improve the human condition and shape a better world for all.
seattleu.edu
Spreeha Foundation
Spreeha brings affordable and quality healthcare to low and middle-income communities of Bangladesh by building a hyper-local, tech-enabled urgent care network.
spreeha.org
The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project is an organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.
thp.org
UNESCO Washington
UNESCO is the United Nations organization that promotes cooperation in education, science, culture and communication to foster peace worldwide.
unesco.org
University of Washington
The UW Office of Global Affairs collaborates across the University and the world in advancing the UW’s mission of discovery and public service.
washington.edu/globalaffairs
USA for UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
unrefugees.org
VOCFINU (Voices of Children’s Faith In Northern Uganda)
VOCFINU focuses on supporting vulnerable populations, including children, youth, women, and families, with a strong emphasis on education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation.
vocfinu.org
Washington State University – Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
Paul G. Allen School for Global Health’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people and animals both locally and globally by providing innovative solutions to infectious disease challenges through research, education, global outreach, and disease control.
wsu.edu
World Concern
World Concern’s mission is to bring life, opportunity, and hope to people in extreme poverty through Christ-centered disaster response and development, focusing on sustainable change in clean water, livelihoods, education, and health so communities can thrive independently.
worldconcern.org
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A Child’s Notebook
A Child’s Notebook partners with local communities and invests in the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
achildsnotebook.org
ACT for Congo
ACT for Congo helps organizations in Democratic Republic of Congo extend their capacity and credibility through mutual respect, experience, and knowledge.
actforcongo.org
African Chamber of Commerce
Africa Chamber of Commerce promotes bilateral trade and investment relationships between Africa and the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
accpnw.com
Agros International
Working with farming families in rural Latin America, Agros International breaks the cycle of poverty through economic and social development.
agros.org
Americares
Americares helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day.
americares.org
AndHumanity
AndHumanity is an integrated inclusive marketing and communications agency with the core purpose of serving people-first brands.
andhumanity.co
Ashesi University Foundation
Ashesi is a world-class university in Ghana focused on cultivating ethical, entrepreneurial leaders who will be catalysts for systemic social and economic change in Africa.
ashesi.org
Burn Design Lab
Burn Design Lab works to improve lives and protect the environment through the research, design, and development of outstanding cookstoves.
burndesignlab.org
Carbon Direct
We are a purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to making carbon science actionable with our end-to-end platform.
carbondirect.com
Cicero Group
Cicero Group is a premier management consulting firm specializing in implementing data-driven strategies for a diverse range of private, public, and social sector organizations worldwide.
cicerogroup.com
CleanTech Alliance
The Alliance facilitates the generation and growth of cleantech companies and jobs through a variety of educational programs, research, products, and services.
cleantechalliance.org
COFIA Uganda
COFIA Uganda fosters greater health, food security and widespread economic empowerment in eastern Uganda through sustainable farming.
cofiauganda.com
Committee for Children
Committee for Children champions the well-being of children through international and domestic initiatives.
fchildren.org
CORE Group
CORE Group convenes global community health professionals to share knowledge, evidence, and best practices, and then translates these into the real world with a direct impact.
coregroup.org
Creating Opportunity Through Rural Education (CORE) Tanzania
CORE Tanzania is a Seattle-based nonprofit working to transform poor, rural Tanzanian communities through improved education.
coretanzania.org
DE Design + Environment Inc.
Design and Environment is a specialized eco-consultancy and design atelier that works with Governments, NGOs, and leading corporations world-wide.
design-environment.com
Ecologists Without Borders (EcoWB)
EcoWB partners with communities hit hardest by environmental and climate crises—connecting them with the skills, knowledge, and support to protect and restore the ecosystems their lives depend on.
ecowb.org
Equal Measures 2030
Equal Measures 2030 fuels progress towards gender equality by ensuring women and girls’ movements, advocates, and decisionmakers are equipped with relevant data and evidence.
equalmeasures2030.org
Friends of WPC Nepal
Friends of WPC Nepal seeks to prevent human trafficking, and protect and empower at-risk women and children in Nepal.
friendsofwpcnepal.org
FSC Investments and Partnerships
FSC I&P works with the global Forest Stewardship Council to promote the environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests.
fsc.org
Global Communities
Global Communities brings together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives, advance equity and secure strong futures.
globalcommunities.org
Global Leadership Forum
The Global Leadership Forum strengthens globally oriented social-purpose leaders through a peer cohort program that addresses leadership, management, and organizational development topics.
glfglobal.org
Global Mentorship Initiative
Global Mentorship Initiative helps underrepresented and refugee students in 92 countries to get their first job after graduation.
globalmentorship.org
Global Partnerships
GP is an impact-first investment fund manager dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty.
globalpartnerships.org
Global Rights Advocacy
GRA provides victims with access to international human rights mechanisms through high quality legal defense and advocacy strategies.
globalrightsadvocacy.org
GoodCitizen
GoodCitizen is a B Corps that provides executive search and leadership advisory services to mission-driven organizations.
goodcitizen.com
Grow Further
Grow Further creates ways for farmers, scientists, and people around the world to work together in pursuit of global food security in the face of climate change.
growfurther.org
GSBA, Washington State’s LGBTQ & Allied Chamber of Commerce
GSBA’s mission is to combine business development, leadership, and social action to expand economic opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community and those who support equality for all.
thegsba.org
Humanitarian Tracker
Humanitarian Tracker is a global 501c3 that connects and empowers citizens using innovation in technology-crowdsourcing & artificial intelligence-for social good.
humanitariantracker.org
Humanity for Children
Improving the quality of life for children in remote areas of East Africa through community-based, sustainable initiatives that empower individuals and positively affect health, education, safety, and economic conditions.
humanityforchildren.org
Intentional Futures
Intentional Futures is a Seattle-based strategy and design consultancy that partners with visionary leaders to tackle complex challenges across sectors such as education, technology, philanthropy, global health, and climate.
intentionalfutures.com
Islandia Firm International
Islandia Firm International provides strategic, grants development and communications support and training for international nonprofits and foundations.
islandiafirm.com
Kinetic West
Kinetic West is a strategy consulting firm solving complex problems, transforming systems, and building thriving communities through research, engagement, partnership, technical assistance, and facilitation
www.kineticwest.com
LEAD Cameroon
LEAD Cameroon works in Cameroon and Central Africa to develop future leaders who will advance sustainable development.
leadcameroon.org
Life Science Washington
Life Science advocates for positive public policy and private investment, brings together research institutions, investors, and entrepreneurs to grow its economic sector, and create healthier communities.
lifesciencewa.org
Malaria Partners International
MPI was founded and is led by Rotary members committed to inspiring a broad international Rotarian campaign for global elimination of malaria.
malariapartnersinternational.org
Mifos Initiative
The Mifos Initiative provides education, training, and tools to enable charitable organizations and social enterprises to make financial inclusion more affordable, available, and accessible.
mifos.org
Mission Africa
Mission Africa aims to empower children and families in the South King County communities and in the remote villages of Africa by providing support in education, healthcare and poverty alleviation.
missionafrica.us
National Museum and Center for Service
The NMCFS elevates, honors and inspires the spirit of service, celebrating all the ways Americans serve the nation and the world.
nmcfs.org
Nonprofit Association of Washington
NAWA convenes a powerful network of nonprofit organizations across Washington State to learn, advocate, and collaborate, so that nonprofits can achieve their missions.
nonprofitwa.org
OneWorld Health
OneWorld Health operates medical facilities in East Africa and Central America using a social enterprise model to create quality and affordable healthcare solutions to communities in need.
oneworldhealth.com
Our Hope South Africa
Our Hope is a South African non-profit organization with the mission to holistically educate, encourage and empower families and the community in response to HIV, community health and gender-based violence issues.
ourhope.org.za
Our Wave
Our Wave is a survivor-centered nonprofit building trauma-informed digital spaces for healing.
ourwave.org
Outright International
Outright International works with partners around the globe to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTIQ human-rights movement, document and amplify human rights violations against LGBTIQ people, and advocate for inclusion and equality.
outrightinternational.org
Oxfam America
Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.
oxfamamerica.org
Panorama Strategy
Panorama Strategy is a consulting firm that partners with organizations and leaders to turn their vision for social impact into a reality.
panoramastrategy.com
Partners Asia
Partners Asia forges trust-based partnerships with local leaders who are tireless in serving “invisible” populations—refugees, migrants, ethnic minorities, LGBTQI—in Asia.
partnersasia.org
Path From Poverty
Path From Poverty reaches across cultures to transform lives and communities by partnering with women’s groups.
pathfrompoverty.org
PeaceTrees Vietnam
PeaceTrees Vietnam is dedicated to addressing the legacy of the US-Vietnam War through mine action, community assistance, and citizen diplomacy.
peacetreesvietnam.org
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK)
Together we advocate, educate, and provide exceptional health care
supporting sexual health, wellness, and reproductive freedom — without
judgment, without fear, without fail.
plannedparenthood.org
Philanthropy Northwest
Philanthropy NW grows philanthropy’s capacity to do transformative work toward redistributing resources and power to underinvested communities in the Northwest and beyond.
philanthropynw.org
Pygmy Survival Alliance
Pygmy Survival Alliance is a nonprofit organization that connects pygmy villages in Rwanda with information, leadership, survival and health resources to enable them to transform their health and welfare.
pygmysurvival.org
Rotary District 5030
Rotary District 5030, encompassing Seattle and surrounding communities, is committed to fellowship and creating lasting change.
rotarydistrict5030.org
Rwanda Girls Initiative
RGI’s mission is to educate and empower girls in Rwanda.
rwandagirlsinitiative.org
Sahar Education
Sahar’s mission is to create educational opportunities in Afghanistan that empower and inspire children and their families build peaceful, thriving communities.
sahareducation.org
Save Kids Trust
SKT India provides healthcare to numerous slum communities in Jaipur India.
savekidstrust.org
Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future and ensures children can fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
savethechildren.org
Schools for Salone
Schools for Salone’s mission is to advance quality education in Sierra Leone through local partnerships.
schoolsforsalone.org
SE Asia Foundation
The SE Asia Foundation’s mission is to eliminate poverty by providing for the education and wellbeing of girls and women.
seafund.org
Seattle Area Peace Corps Association
SEAPAX is a nonprofit organization that supports, connects, and engages Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in the greater Seattle area.
peacecorpsfund.net
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is a policy voice representing businesses at the city, regional, state, and federal levels; a convener around a variety of issues; and a one-stop shop for resources and tools businesses need to grow.
seattlechamber.com
SG Foundation
The SG Foundation’s mission is to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life in communities in Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti.
sgfoundation.org
Sign Fracture Care International
SIGN is a humanitarian organization that builds sustainable orthopedic capacity in developing countries.
signfractureinternational.org
Snow Leopard Trust
The Snow Leopard Trust aims to better understand the endangered snow leopard, and to protect the cat in partnership with the communities that share its habitat.
snowleopard.org
Stronger Stories
Stronger Stories supports organizations and social entrepreneurs dedicated to solving systemic issues.
strongerstories.org
The Max Foundation
The Max Foundation’s mission is to accelerate health equity.
themaxfoundation.org
The Musa Project
The Musa Project provides hope, healing, and restored dignity to Ugandan women affected by obstetric fistula, while working to prevent future cases of this devastating and preventable condition.
musa-project.org
Upaya Social Ventures
Upaya Social Ventures fights extreme poverty through dignified jobs.
upayasv.org
VillageReach
VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone.
villagereach.org
Vista Hermosa Foundation
VHF invests in safe and healthy families, mindful leadership, and sustainable livelihoods in select countries in the global south and the US.
broetjefamilytrust.org/philanthropy
Washington Global Health Alliance
WGHA connects and informs Washington’s global health community, creating a culture of collaboration at home so that its members can have more impact in the world.
wghalliance.org
Water1st International
Water1st helps the world’s poorest people to implement and sustain community-managed projects that integrate clean water, toilets, and hygiene education.
water1st.org
Water.org
Water.org helps people get access to safe water and sanitation through affordable financing, such as small loans.
water.org
Welcome Ideas
Through education, support, networking, and pop-up facilities, Welcome Ideas helps members of the local Zanzibar community develop, finance, and operate their own tourism related businesses.
welcomeideas.org
Women in Global Health Seattle
WGH is a movement of professional women and their allies working in global health in the Pacific Northwest, to build professional and personal networks, accelerate career advancement, and champion inclusive leadership in global health.
womeningh.org
Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation
WCAPS is a platform devoted to women of color that cultivates a strong voice and network for its members while encouraging dialogue and strategies for engaging in policy discussions on global scale.
www.wcaps.org
Women’s Link Worldwide
Women’s Link Worldwide uses the power of the law to promote social change that advances the human rights of women and girls, especially those facing multiple inequalities.
womenslinkworldwide.org
World Affairs Council
The World Affairs Council creates programs and opportunities for local people to interact directly with leaders, educators, and professionals from around the world.
world-affairs.org
World Concern
World Concern partners to transform the lives of poor and marginalized people through disaster response and sustainable community development.
worldconcern.org
Worldreader
Worldreader is a global nonprofit whose mission is to help the world read through increased accessibility to digital books.
worldreader.org
Worldwide Fistula Fund
The Worldwide Fistula Fund’s mission is to protect and restore the health and dignity of the world’s most vulnerable women by preventing and treating devastating childbirth injuries.
worldwidefistulafund.org
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
The Foundation aims to increase awareness of the US public and policymakers vis-a-vis the humanitarian crises underway in Yemen, and support relief and reconstruction, while facilitating peace campaigns.
yemenfoundation.org
View Community Members (Individuals)
Bryan Averbuch
Consultant | Author | Educator
Cady Susswein
Director of Marketing and Communications,
Global Impact Collective
Cara S. Forster
Independent Consultant
Dai Hozumi
President,
Health Systems Insight
Daniela Borchmann
Founder,
Culturous
Deb Perry
Executive Director,
Farallon Foundation
Diane Camenisch
Managing Director,
DSC Consulting
Eman Yarrow
Ph.D.
Erin Brown
Principal,
Erndala
Ezgi Ucaner
Independent Consultant, Financial Inclusion & Impact Investment
Hannah Preisinger
Executive Director,
Somniterum Productions
Jason Gilpin
Sr. International Program Manager
Jennifer Beaston
Principal,
Azure Ascent
Julie Rajaratnam
Leadership Coach & MEAL Consultant,
Amisteed
amisteed.com
Katharine Cooley
Consultant
Mary Williams
Principal,
Williams Learning Services
williamslearning.com
Monika Aring
Senior Advisor
altfoundation.africa
Ozen Guven
Senior Research and Evaluation Specialist
Pamela Cardone
Former Finance Professional
Riva Kantowitz
Founder,
Radical Flexibility Fund
www.radicalflexibility.org
Robert Turner
Vice President – Community Reinvestment Offficer
Robyn Sneeringer
Managing Director,
EngenderHealth
Ryan Smedes
Sr. Consultant,
Orange Sky Initiatives
Sarah Horrigan
Dr. of Philosophy
Shannon Heiberg
Founder, Principle Consultant
Shawn Aebi
Community Servant
Stephen Richardson
Principal Consultant
Suresh V. Kandaswamy
Project Manager
Wendy Quesinberry
Creative Director,
Quesinberry and Associates
GlobalWA’s members represent the breadth and strength of Washington State’s global development community. Our network reflects the diversity of people and organizations driving impact locally and around the world.