It's been a year since our team unveiled our foundation's new name. We reintroduced ourselves as Inatai Foundation, a name that better reflected the ways we wanted to show up for Washington's brilliant, vibrant, and powerful communities. To celebrate this milestone, we're sharing this reminder on how to pronounce inatai, a Chinuk Wawa word that means “across” or “other side." We hold tremendous gratitude to the Chinook Nation for granting us permission to use inatai as our name. Read the story behind the change: https://lnkd.in/gQfsV_T7
Inatai Foundation
Non-profit Organizations
Inspired by and accountable to Washington communities.
About us
Group Health Foundation is now Inatai Foundation. New name, same mission for equity and racial justice.
- Website
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https://inatai.org/
External link for Inatai Foundation
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Serving Washington State
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Specialties
- Equity, Community Engagement, Advocacy, Grantmaking, Philanthropy, and Racial Justice
Locations
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Primary
Serving Washington State, US
Employees at Inatai Foundation
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Marlon Buchanan
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Brandy Dukes
Project and Program Leadership | Portfolio Management | Governance | Strategic Planning | Executive Leadership | Change Management
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Carmen Berkley
Foundation Executive | Strategist | Bestselling Author | Creative and Facilitator
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Bárbara Guzmán
Believer in the power of youth and community
Updates
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Five years ago, Jorge Gutierrez left his post as a nonprofit executive director in Oregon and crossed the Columbia River to take on a new role as one of the first program team members at our Washington-based foundation. As a Senior Program Officer at Inatai, Jorge has been instrumental in taking our work to the next level, including with his leadership of the Emerging Opportunities Fund. To celebrate his fifth anniversary as a grantmaker at Inatai, we asked him five questions about his time here: https://lnkd.in/eXDCuCfF
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"I increasingly think Washington is the most beautiful state, though it's not a competition." -Rosa Gimson, Community Engagement Manager We don't need to ask Rosa twice about how she feels about our state! She shared with us this photo she took while making her way to Wenatchee recently. And we agree with her: Washington is an incredible place! Photo credit: Rosa Gimson #AroundWA
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Inatai's Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy (CLIP) Fund supports different types of policy and advocacy work throughout Washington. If your organization is considering litigation or seeking support for campaigns, research, polling or more, visit our website to learn about the type of activities we fund and fill out an interest form. https://loom.ly/rOLLAxM
Campaigns, Litigation, Issues, & Policy (CLIP) - Inatai Foundation
https://inatai.org
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We took a listen to this episode of Community to Community Development's radio show, Community Voz, featuring Northwest Youth Services. While the team that hosts and produces the show is currently taking time away from the series to rest and reflect, we've been finding lots of keen insights with this and with other episodes. https://lnkd.in/gh2ZAsAz
CV S13 Ep 15: Becoming a Whole Self in the Movement - Community Voz
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Inatai is hiring! We are looking for someone who is dedicated to advancing racial justice to join our team as an Administrative Associate. This role is a full-time position that will provide executive-level support to the Vice President of Operations and Administration. We're prioritizing the following areas to ensure we're living up to our commitments to geographic equity: • The Olympic Peninsula, with special attention to Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor counties • North Central Washington, with special attention to Douglas, Chelan, Okanogan, and Kittitas counties • North Eastern Washington, with special attention to Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry and Lincoln counties In addition to these regions, we would like to give priority to candidates based in Adams, Asotin, Cowlitz, Lewis, Mason, Skagit, Skamania, and Whitman counties. Please submit your application for this position on or before July 22, 2024!
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Meet Joel Moffett—Tribal leader, philanthropy expert, a director at Native Americans in Philanthropy and a new member of Inatai Foundation’s board of directors! Joel is a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe and the Director of Environmental and Special Projects at Native Americans in Philanthropy, where he leads funding efforts to support Tribal communities across the United States. This includes extensive experience advancing equity through 501(c)(4) activities. Joel was the youngest person ever to be elected to the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, on which he served for eight years. During that time, he acted as Vice Chair and Treasurer, as well as Chair of its Finance Investment Committee, which manages hundreds of millions in assets. “As a philanthropy professional, I am inspired by the way Inatai lives its values every day,” Joel shared. “I’m deeply committed to real change that transforms the balance of power and am honored to be joining an organization that does this by centering Washington’s communities.” We’re excited to be working with Joel, who will also join the Inatai board’s Audit and Risk Management Committee. Learn more about him here: https://lnkd.in/gRteBcJz
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You've probably heard the saying, "great minds think alike." But over at #TeamInatai, great leaders also dress alike! #TwinTuesday
Hey Inatai Foundation! Our VP of Operations and administration Brandy Dukes and I decided to be twins at work today! We are so fortunate to benefit from her vision, technical expertise, care for the culture and team and dare I say style!
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Latinos en Spokane is debuting it's first documentary film, The Immigration Resident, with a series of statewide screenings this summer! The title refers to the people who come to the US undocumented from other countries. But it carries a double-meaning in that it also implies immigrants are present and positively impacting communities. Here are the details on the first three screenings: 6 p.m., July 3 – Garland Theater, Spokane 6 p.m., July 8 - SIFF Film Center, Seattle 6 p.m., July 10 – Magic Lantern, Spokane Visit https://lnkd.in/gQpdJAeC for more details!
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Exactly five years ago in 2019, Vice President of Grantmaking Steven Cole-Schwartz joined our foundation, excited to pull from his deep experience building organizations. Since then, he has done just that. As one of the first executive leaders, Steven led the development of our grantmaking work. We asked Steven to reflect on his five years with us through five questions. https://lnkd.in/gzUHD-bX
Five years with Steven Cole-Schwartz: Our queer family is stitched into the fabric of every single community - Inatai Foundation
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