Formation December 2008 Legal status 501(c)(3) Location Seattle, Washington | Type NGO Purpose humanitarian | |
Founders Seattle International Foundation, University of Washington, and Washington State University | ||
Global Washington is a Seattle-based nonprofit membership association whose mission is to promote international development by coordinating the efforts of other globally-minded philanthropic, research and business organizations in Washington state.
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History
Global Washington was founded in December 2008 by the Seattle International Foundation, the University of Washington, and Washington State University. Kristen Dailey, formerly of Initiative for Global Development, became the association's executive director in May 2014.
Advocacy
In 2008 the United States Federal Government budgeted about 30 billion USD for foreign aid and of that, about 8 billion was for healthcare. Global Washington criticized this budget for neglecting development.
Global Washington has organized conferences to discuss how United States foreign aid should be distributed.