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Organization Website Contact Category County Description
NAACP Bremerton
(360) 286-1788
  • Advocacy
  • Kitsap
  • Jefferson
  • Mason
NAACP Bremerton provides advocacy and civil rights support to the communities in Kitsap, Jefferson and Mason counties.
NAACP Spokane
  • Advocacy
  • Spokane
NAACP Spokane provides support and advocacy for the African American community in the Spokane area. NAACP has a number of qualified committees that work to advocate for African Americans in the following areas: criminal justice reform, education, healthcare, environmental justice, and civic engagement.
NAACP Tacoma
  • Advocacy
  • Pierce
NAACP Tacoma is an advocacy organization that provides support to individuals being subjected to discrimination in areas of education, housing, employment and other areas of life.
National Association of Minority Contractors
(877) 626-2927
  • Advocacy
  • Event
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • King
  • Pierce
  • Snohomish
The National Association of Minority Contractors of Washington provides support to minority-owned and disadvantaged businesses. NAMC hosts a monthly meeting the first Thursday of each month. The meetings provide presentations from large general contractors, government agencies and small businesses. The meetings provide a prime environment for small businesses and professionals to network and build relationships with prime contractors, agency representatives, small businesses and other potential partners.
Northwest African American Museum
(206) 518-6000
  • Artistic
  • King
Northwest African Art Museum's mission is to spread knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of the histories, arts, and cultures of people of African descent for the enrichment of all.
Northwest African American Museum
  • Artistic
  • Education
  • King
The Northwest African American Museum is an anti-racist, pro-equity, affirming gathering place of hope, help, and healing for the entire Northwest region that is building intergenerational cultural wealth. At the heart of the African American experience in the Northwest is the story of our journey to this region, the establishment of our vibrant community, and the ways in which we have survived. To tell this ever-unfolding story, the Museum’s exhibitions and programs feature the visual arts, music, crafts, literature, and history of African Americans in the Northwest. Cognizant of the black community’s continuous evolution, NAAM focuses on African Americans whose route to the new world was through slavery as well as recent immigrants arriving from places such as Somalia, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Northwest Community Bail Fund
(877) 622-6223 ext. 801 (general) ext. 802 (bail assistance)
  • Advocacy
  • Social Services
  • King
  • Pierce
  • Snohomish
Northwest Community Bail Fund posts bail for individuals in King, Pierce and Snohomish County. Their work assures that the most targeted and vulnerable are able to assert their legal right to the presumption of innocence and their constitutionally protected freedom from excessive bail. When bail is unaffordable, it results in longer pretrial detention which is linked to poorer outcomes including higher rates of conviction and longer sentences.
Northwest Credible Messenger
206-371-9689
  • Advocacy
  • Social Services
  • King
Empowering new and emerging Black and Brown community leaders, returning citizens and community-rooted organizations through youth mentorship. We teach the tools to build a seat at the table
Nurturing Roots
(206) 402-9233
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • King
  • Pierce
  • Snohomish
Nurturing Roots provides sustainable agriculture awareness, teaching people how to grow crops and cultivate food. The organization provides education on local, national and worldwide environmental issues. Nurturing Roots hosts workshops and educational groups for growing crops. The workshops are provided for groups of individuals, schools and community organizations.
Pay it 4ward
(206) 909-0780
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Social Services
  • King
  • Pierce
  • Snohomish
Pay it 4ward seeks to provide and build economic opportunities for individuals in underserved communities. The organization provides free job training for construction trades, and other supportive service to members of underserved communities.
Phenomenal She
(253) 245-2919
  • Social Services
  • King
Phenomenal She is a community based nonprofit organization that has a mission to provide mentorship, encouragement, and empowerment to young women of color by building confidence around education, social awareness, and self-esteem.
Primm ABC Child Care Center
  • Education
  • Social Services
  • King
Primm ABC provides childcare services for children ages 1 to 12. The organization provides a preschool program for ages 1 to 5. Primm ABC offers subsidies to make childcare more affordable for lower income families.
Professional Women of Color Network (PWOCN)
206-659-6356
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • King
Formed in Washington state, PWOCN helps women of color reach their career and business goals by providing a platform for strategic connections, collaboration, resources and conducting business with one another. PWOCN has become a premier destination for diversity, job leads, professional development, personal empowerment, business promotion and partnership. Individuals attending functions sponsored by or through PWOCN are provided an opportunity to share their knowledge; promote their businesses and share in a positive environment.
Rainier Beach Action Coalition
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Social Services
  • King
RBAC is a place-based, Black-led non-profit rooted in and stewarding the Neighborhood Plan. RBAC has had a historical presence in Rainier Beach for nearly 2 decades through signature events, like the Back2School Bash and quarterly Town Halls, and community outreach and empowerment. Over time, RBAC has developed programs catered to young adults from the Southend, providing year-round employment opportunities to a roster of 40 community members and professional development to emerging leaders. Their efforts directly impact critical issues affecting the well-being of residents living in Rainier Beach and surrounding areas.
Rainier Beach Action Coalition
(206) 420-1010
  • Advocacy
  • Education
  • Social Services
  • King
Rainier Beach Action Coalition (RBAC) is a place-based non-profit rooted in Rainier Beach and stewarding its Neighborhood Plan. This calls for addressing the economic development, community safety, food justice needs and opportunities within this richly diverse neighborhood. From business and real estate developer engagement to youth and neighborhood engagement and crime prevention through environmental design, to a farm stand, a food hub, a food policy council, social/digital media programming and a 65% young adults workforce RBAC focus and system and policy change in these areas.
Southside Church of Christ
(206) 725-2780
  • Social Services
  • King
Southside Church has been in the community for 50 years. The church offers worship services, including a Sunday service, Bible study, Sunday school and seasonal gatherings. The church offers counseling, premarital counseling and marital counseling, funerals, weddings, daycare.
Special Moments
(206) 427-5567
  • Social Services
  • King
  • Pierce
Special Moments organization believes that every child deserves to experience a moment so special that it allows them to let down their guard and forget about the circumstances which prohibits them from being childlike or just enjoying the moment. A child, regardless of their economic or social status, should be able to experience a moment so incredible that it creates a joyful & lasting memory. Special Moments's programs are meant to impact and balance the lives of these children emotionally as well as to create a more positive outlook on life and their futures. Special Moments's motto is transforming memories one child at a time.
Tabor 100
(206) 368-4042
  • Advocacy
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • Pierce
  • King
  • Snohomish
Tabor 100 is an association of entrepreneurs and business advocates who are committed to economic power, educational excellence and social equity for African Americans and the community at large. The organization hosts regular networking events which provide strong opportunities for relationship building. Tabor 100 regularly advocates for minorities and small businesses. The organization provides technical assistance to small businesses, to build their capacity and grow and expand their operations.
Tacoma City Association of Colored Women's Clubs
  • Artistic
  • Pierce
Support and encourage culture and arts
Tacoma City Association of Colored Women's Clubs
  • Artistic
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Social Services
  • Pierce
Support and encourage culture and arts.
Tacoma Urban League
253-383-2007
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • Social Services
  • Pierce
Our five areas of focus include Advocacy & Civic Engagement, Education, Housing, Health, and Workforce Development.
Tacoma Urban Public Art Center
(253) 327-1873
  • Artistic
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • Social Services
  • Pierce
T.U.P.A.C.’s mission is to provide the youth of Tacoma, particularly Black and BIPOC youth in the historic Hilltop Community, with opportunities to achieve artistic excellence through culturally relevant pre-professional dance training, community events, and classes in the performing arts. Further, our mission is to provide students with mentoring by national and international artists, and intergenerational artists, and most importantly, whole person development and community give back.
Voices of Tomorrow
(206) 466-1229
  • Advocacy
  • Education
  • Pierce
  • King
  • Snohomish
Voices of Tomorrow aims to reduce the educational disparities for East African immigrant and refugee children, within the state of Washington.
Walking with a Purpose Housing
(425) 244-9703
  • Social Services
  • Snohomish
  • King
Walking With a Purpose Housing provides transitional and permanent housing and supportive services. The organization serves individuals who are recovering from alcohol and substance addiction, managing mental illnesses, and reentering society from incarceration.
Washington African American Chamber of Commerce - Tri Cities
(509) 295-2036
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • Benton
  • Franklin
  • Yakima
  • Walla Walla
The Washington African American Chamber of Commerce is committed to serving minority-owned businesses, People of Color, and the Tri-Cities communities through access to education, technical assistance, advocacy and economic development.
Washington West African Center
253-235-2132
  • Education
  • Job Training
  • Professional, Business and Entrepreneurial
  • Social Services
  • King
  • Snohomish
The mission of Washington West African Center is to connect West Africans in Washington with local resources, build a bridge with the wider community and teach kids of Gambian descent the positive cultures from their parent's birth country. We help inform and educate West Africans to discover their potential and facilitate communication in the use of information technologies and work of arts for the attainment and discovery of their talents. Please note: We are in the process of changing our name to Washington West African Center (WAWAC). Washington State has approved the name change; we are awaiting IRS verification.
You Grow Girl!!
(206) 417-9904
  • Education
  • Social Services
  • Pierce
  • King
You Grow Girl!! provides counseling, educational support and mentoring to young women, giving them life skills to deal with challenges as they grow into young adults and women.