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Welcome to our online Learning & Leadership Fund application!


Trainings and convenings are important opportunities for people to connect, plan, and learn together, and we aim to support organizations working for equity and justice to do just that through this fund. This fund will support organizations in accessing leadership trainings, conferences, and other learning opportunities. Funding amounts range from $1,000 to $25,000.


To apply for funding from Inatai Foundation, please provide the information on the following pages and all requested attachments. We will accept applications through July 31, 2024 for events taking place any time during 2024. We ask to receive them at least 60 days before the event and no more than one year in advance. We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible within that timeframe. 


We are committed to learning about the people, places, and leaders of Washington State; and we appreciate you helping us to do that by sharing information about your work and the event.


Inatai Foundation is committed to making our grant application process as accessible as possible. If this web form does not work from you or if you prefer a different language, please contact us to discuss other options for submitting your application.


If you have questions about accessibility, this form, or the application process, our team is available to help! If you have any questions about this opportunity, please email us at tcap@inatai.org.


Thank you!


Applicant Information

Please provide the information about the organization that is requesting support.


This will be the email where a copy of your application responses will go.


Please fill in this field if your organization uses a DBA or sometimes goes by another name, like an acronym.

If you are not sure about how your organization is legally organized, please contact us at grantsadmin@inatai.org before applying. For more information about how Inatai Foundation defines Fiscal Sponsorship, please refer to the Application Guidelines.
Organization Information

If you are fiscally sponsored, provide your fiscal sponsor's information in the next section.
Organization or Fiscally Sponsored Project Address




Fiscal Sponsor Information









For fiscally-sponsored projects, please attach a copy of your fiscal-sponsorship agreement so that we can better understand how the host organization and the sponsored project share responsibilities for financial, legal, and program oversight.

Contact Information

We ask for the name and contact information of one primary contact, who we will send all follow up communications to. Please also provide contact information of a person who is authorized to sign legal documents (like grant agreements!) on behalf of your organization (e.g., Executive Director or President). 


If fiscally sponsored:  We ask for the name and contact information of one primary contact for your fiscally sponsored project, who we will send all follow up communications to. Please also provide contact information of a person representing your fiscal sponsor who is authorized to sign legal documents (like grant agreements!) on behalf of your organization.
Primary Contact Information





Authorized Signer






Website & Social Media Information





Event Details


Please be sure your event is at least 60 days from the day you submit your request.



Funding Considerations

Funding ranges from $1,000 to $25,00. Please use only a number format response (no decimals, symbols).





Narrative Questions 

500 characters with spaces. Please give a 1-2 sentence description of your event and the activities included.

Tell us about their titles or roles with your organization                                                                                                                         1000 characters with spaces

1500 characters with spaces

Geography Information

Inatai Foundation is working to understand how applicants define the geography they live and work in. We understand that Washington is complex and diverse, and we are continually learning and trying to establish a more accurate picture of the geographic diversity in our region. Please describe the geography of your work in your own words and respond to the specific questions that follow. As we learn more, we will continue to update these questions and the language we use to describe geography.






Leadership and Organization Identities

This section has questions about some of the identities represented in your organization. At Inatai Foundation, we believe racial justice is a core condition of equity, and we fund organizations that share this belief. We know that philanthropy often overlooks organizations led by people of color, so the information you provide here will help us be transparent and accountable about who we fund.


Please know, we do fund historically white-led organizations that show progress toward becoming more equitable and reflective of their communities. We are asking these questions to learn more about your leadership, but we know that they will not tell the whole story of who you are. If you would like to read more about our approach to collecting demographic information, you can read our article on our website here:  "Why We Ask Organizations For their Racal Identities"


Please provide accurate information about who leads your organization. We will not accept applications from organizations who decline to share information about the racial and gender identity of their leaders.


We believe in funding organizations who are founded, led, and governed by the people the organization serves, because those are the people who have the most important expertise in their lives and communities. That is why we also invite you to share additional information about the other identities and lived experiences of the people who lead your organization, if those identities are important to the work of your organization.

Organization Identities




If you don’t have staff, please explain. If this information can be found on your website, please provide the link here.

For fiscally sponsored projects, please provide a list of board members for the fiscal sponsor and also a list of members of the steering committee or advisory board for the fiscally sponsored project. If you don’t have a steering committee or advisory board, please explain.

Leadership Identities
In the fields below, indicate the number of leaders in your organization who have the following identities and lived experiences. Please complete as many fields as possible for your organization. In an effort to help with data entry, we've pre-populated the fields with "0" but please edit the fields applicable to your organization!
Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Total Number of Leaders in Each Group

Race and Ethnicity

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
African
American Indian / Alaska Native
Arab/Middle Eastern/North African
Asian/East Asian (China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan)
Asian/Southeast Asian 
(Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam)
Asian / South Asian
(Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Black / African American
Indigenous Central / South American
Latinx / Latina / Latino / Hispanic
Mixed Race / Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
Russian / Slavic
White
Prefer to self describe (please describe in the question below)

Ability and Disability

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Disabled/people with disabilities
Non-disabled/people without disabilities
Prefer to self describe (please describe in the question below)

Gender

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Agender
Intersex
Men
Non-binary
Third gender 
(including culturally specific genders)
Transgender
Women
Prefer to self describe (please describe in the question below)

Sexuality

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Asexual
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer
Straight
Prefer to self describe (please describe in the question below)

Age

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Elders
Adults
Youth

Current or Former Lived Experiences

Senior Staff Executive Director/CEO/Most Senior Staff Board of Directors
Caregiver
Displaced
(climate, gentrification, other experience)
Homelessness
Incarcerated / criminalized
Immigrant
Foster Care
Low income / Experiencing poverty
Military Veteran
Person of Faith
Refugee
Survivor
(abuse, neglect, assault)
Prefer to self describe (please describe in the question below)

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