The nonprofit World Washington introduced on Friday it’s closing after 16 years of supporting philanthropy, expertise, companies and teachers working in international improvement.
The Seattle-based group contains greater than 160 member organizations and people. GlobalWA has organized quite a few occasions every year, together with conferences and workshops, and engaged in analysis and coverage work.
“The worldwide improvement sector is experiencing profound and lasting disruption. Important cuts to USAID funding, alongside broader shifts in different philanthropic priorities, have reverberated throughout our total ecosystem,” stated Elizabeth Stokely, GlobalWA’s government director, in a assertion.
“These modifications have constrained organizations’ capability to maintain their very own operations, not to mention meaningfully spend money on networks and capability constructing,” she added.
The Trump administration has labored to dismantle the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID), which supplies overseas support and improvement help to international locations all over the world. The Gates Basis in December raised the alarm over the lethal impacts of worldwide funding cuts in international well being, which embody shrinking help from the U.S., the UK, France and Germany.
PATH final summer time laid off roughly 45% of its international workforce and Gates Basis stated in January it’s going to shrink its present headcount by 500 roles over coming years.
Different distinguished international well being and improvement organizations within the state embody the College of Washington, the Infectious Illness Analysis Institute, World Affairs Council, Panorama World and others. Seattle-area firms reminiscent of Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks are additionally engaged in philanthropic international initiatives and took part in previous GlobalWA occasions.
GlobalWA will wind down over the approaching months and formally shuts its doorways on June 30, 2026.
