Systems, Power & Action Grant

Geographic Scope: Washington State

Award Period: Three-year grants (based on 2022 cohort)

Focus Areas:

• Building community power through systems change
• Coalition-building and collaboration
• Amplifying historically excluded voices in decision-making
• Policy and systems advocacy
• Community education and workshops
• Health equity and behavioral health
• Disability justice
• LGBTQIA2S+ equity and inclusion
• Immigrant services and advocacy
• Rural community development

Core Approach:

• Organizations lead by people of color, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ individuals
• Grassroots, community-led organizations
• Those serving historically marginalized populations
• Organizations practicing healing, relationship-building, and power-building
• Those centering lived experience of impacted communities

Example 2022 Grantees:

• Open Doors for Multicultural Families (King, Pierce, Thurston counties) - developmental/intellectual disabilities
• Quality Behavioral Health (Asotin, Garfield counties) - mental health and substance use
• Spectrum Center Spokane (Spokane County) - LGBTQIA2S+ focused
• APIC of Washington
• CAFÉ
• Native Action Network
• Rural People's Voice
• Tri-Cities LULAC Council
• Lavender Rights Project
• Nuestra Casa
• La Resistencia
• Gender Odyssey Alliance
• Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center
• Room One
• Washington Gorge Action Programs
• Central Washington Disability Resources

Grant Duration: Multi-year (3 years based on 2022 awards)