This blog is a collaboration between Communities Rise, RVC Seattle, and Alphabet Alliance of Color. A lil event recap On June 9th, Communities Rise hosted a Growing In Solidarity Panel […]
What is the role of a non-profit when ICE violence infects our communities like a plague? We’ve been talking about this a lot recently as the pressure of the moment […]
Well here we are. Writing about last year’s deficit feels a bit like sitting across from a friend at a cafe when they know you are going to spill the […]
Without a radical increase in support from funders, organizations will continue to attempt to maintain the level of service they have provided. But it will be hard. In the first 6 months of this administration, nonprofits laid off over 22,000 staff. We cannot magically fix societal problems, but we are even less prepared to prop up social supports when funding never matches the growing needs, increasing crises, and continued loss of public funds. We are unable to get to where we are going without sustained gifts of all sizes alongside grant funding increases that are proportional or exceed the rate of inflation, and we must keep expectations in proportion with funding changes.
Closing, dissolving, or sunsetting. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the hardest choices a nonprofit can make. One of our partner organizations, Renton Innovation Zone Partnership (RIZP) sat down with their RVC program manager Miko Pugal to talk about their decision to close, reflect on their wins, and share about some big takeaways from their leadership structure.
Transcript Christian Moore (CM): Hey, y’all, I’m Christian. Karina Arroyo (KA): I’m Karina. Yecelica Valdivia (YV): I’m Yecelica, CM: And we are RVC’s Fellowship Team. Our program is closing down, […]
To our amazing community of supporters and changemakers, Today, we want to share some hard news with you about RVC. RVC will have a funding shortfall in the next fiscal […]
Dear Gentle Readers of RVC, Serving the RVC community for the past seven years as a fellow and then full-time staff member has been a pleasure and honor! RVC is […]
Registration is open for RVC’s 2024 Block Party!! We’re back!! After three years of pausing in-person events, RVC Seattle is excited to create a space for our community to gather, […]
Collaborative Budget Creation Made Easy: Template & Process You Can Use Today Money is power. Decisions about how we spend our money can have huge ripple effects, and often those […]
The question of equity and justice in Palestine and Israel Beloved community, We cry and grieve with our communities who are impacted by the ongoing violence in Gaza. We send […]
Last year, RVC made a big shift as an organization and moved into a shared leadership structure with four co-Executive Directors taking on hybrid roles (both in programs and as […]
