Seattle Foundation: Fund for Inclusive Recovery

About

The COVID-19 pandemic has made plain the harsh realities that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities have faced for centuries. The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated challenges facing our community including racial inequities, political violence, and economic devastation. The Fund for Inclusive Recovery is a new pooled fund that will help meet the critical needs of those most impacted by the pandemic. The Fund will drive investments to BIPOC organizations, movements, and communities, creating a pathway for Greater Seattle’s inclusive recovery.  The Fund builds on the important lessons harvested from the COVID-19 Response Fund—where we witnessed how deeply Black, Indigenous, and communities of color were hit by the pandemic after centuries of oppression and discrimination. The COVID-19 Response Fund helped meet acute, direct needs, infusing hundreds of organizations with critical funding. Now we aim to change the systems that created and intensified these needs in the first place.

About the Host

Founded in 1946, Seattle Foundation is a nonprofit, public charity community foundation. Its mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.