CaPA Connector Filter
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Number of Orgs in Filtered Results: 3
Budget Size:
Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered:
GA
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged:
GA-11, GA-03, GA-04, GA-05, GA-06, GA-07, GA-09, GA-10, GA-13, GA-14
Geographic Focus:
Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k)
Core Constituencies:
Black, Women, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Organization Leadership:
BIPOC-led, Youth-led (aged 15-35), Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs, Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Aligned with our core value of climate and racial justice, HDC steps up to advocate within affordable housing buildings for ballot initiatives which further these aims. In 2024, HDC rallied the sector to oppose the harmful rollbacks of state climate policies (No on I-2117 & I-2066). HDC will continue to be outspoken, public-facing advocates for climate justice policies through town halls, press conferences, voter education, and flyering affordable housing residents.
The Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County (HDC) is the nonprofit membership association for the affordable housing operating, development, and service sector in King County. As a membership association, HDC is uniquely positioned to bring together nonprofit, government, business, and community around a shared vision, and our member-driven programs focus on the intersection of housing, environmental sustainability, equity, health, and education. The urgency of the affordable housing crisis is entangled with a growing climate crisis and the disturbing reality of persisting institutional and structural racism. The work of HDC and our members is squarely in the nexus of these three crises. Approaches that treat each issue in isolation are no longer enough, as these facets are fundamentally interdependent.
King County is experiencing explosive growth and unprecedented inequity in access to housing. We face an affordable housing shortfall of 156,000 homes today and a projected deficit of 244,000 homes by 2040. Closing that gap requires an additional 44,000 affordable homes every five years, and capital dollars currently available to King County’s affordable housing developers are nowhere near what is needed. Enveloping all of this is the climate crisis. In recognition of the issue’s urgency and the effects of the built environment, which generates nearly 50% of annual global CO2 emissions, Washington State’s Energy Code includes bold mandates for reducing net energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 2031. We also know that we must eliminate all CO2 emissions from the built environment by 2040 to meet 1.5°C climate targets.
Our climate work is driven by a bold vision for climate justice: to transform the affordable housing market by decarbonizing buildings. We know that affordable housing residents, as low-income and disproportionately BIPOC renters, bear the first and heaviest impacts. Through cross-sectoral coalitions, policy-making, pilot projects, and funding, we can secure a more just future.
Budget Size:
Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered:
WA
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged:
WA-01, WA-07, WA-08, WA-09
Geographic Focus:
Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Multi-racial (including white), Seniors (aged 65+), Adults (aged 35-65)
Organization Leadership:
BIPOC-led, Queer-led, Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Priority Issues:
Housing, Climate change, EnvironmentCommunity Engagement Actions
Policy Development
Content Creation
Mailers
Social Media Campaigns
SOWEGA Rising will be focused on training the next generation of youth leaders in rural communities. We are working to build leadership pipelines for youth and hiring youth in roles in our organization. Currently, 75% of our staff are youth 18-30. We will continue to take large groups of youth with us on advocacy day trips to the state capitol annually, engage youth in organizing trainings and develop youth leadership programs.
Prioritizing communities of color that have a low voter registration/turnout count but high opportunity to shift political power in local elections. Will host engaging actions and bring voter registration to community events. In addition, team will be rolling out a digital VR Campaign to increase online voter registration engagement and Civics for Lunch Campaign focused on graduating seniors.
SOWEGA Rising mobilizes people and resources to improve the quality of life, well being and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians.
Budget Size:
Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered:
GA
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged:
GA-02
Geographic Focus:
Rural
Core Constituencies:
Black, Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Adults (aged 35-65)
Organization Leadership:
BIPOC-led, Women-led, Youth-led (aged 15-35)
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Priority Issues:
Civic engagement, Economic justice, Racial justiceCommunity Engagement Actions
Content Creation
Mailers
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads