Seattle Nonprofit Organizations

Seattle nonprofit organizations focus on many different ways of helping the Puget Sound community. This list of Seattle nonprofits is provided as a service of VocationVillage.com. We attempted to categorize the list but since doing so is difficult and some nonprofit organizations could logically fit in more than one category, please scan the entire page to find the specific nonprofit mission you seek. If you would like to suggest additions or changes to this list, please contact us.



Arts, General
911 Media Arts Center
Art Guide Northwest
Artist Trust
Arts Corp
Arts West
Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas
Gage Academy of Fine Art
Henry Art Gallery
Kirkland Performance Center
Northwest Screenwriters Guild
PONCHO
Seattle Architectural Foundation
Seattle Arts and Lectures
Seattle Folklore Society
Town Hall Seattle
Washington Commission for the Humanities
Washington Lawyers for the Arts
Youth in Focus

Ballet
Evergreen City Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet

Business
Community Capital Development

Clothing
Dress for Success
The Ruby Room

Community and Health Services
Amara Parenting and Adoption Services
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Atlantic Street Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Canine Companions for Independence
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Casey Family Program
Center for Career Alternatives
Centerpoint - Institute for Career and Life Renewal
Children's Home Society of Washington
Committee for Children
Community Health Plan of Washington
Crisis Clinic of Seattle / King County
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Downtown Emergency Service Center
Eastside Domestic Violence Program
ElderHealth Northwest
Faith Trust Institute
Family Services
FareStart
Food Lifeline
Friends of Youth
Goodwill, Seattle
HopeLink
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
New Horizons for Learning
New Horizons Ministries
Northwest Center
Northwest Compassionate Communication
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Northwest Harvest
Northwest Kidney Centers
Northwest Medical Teams
Operational Emergency Center
Pioneer Human Services
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
Plymouth Healing Communities
Pomegranate Center
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Program for Early Parent Support of King County
PROVAIL
Puget Sound Blood Center
Red Cross, Seattle King County Chapter
Ruth Dykeman Children's Center
Ryther Child Center
Salvation Army
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Seattle Children's Home
Seattle Lighthouse
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission
Seattle Works
Senior Services of Seattle / King County
Solid Ground
Sound Mental Health
Statewide Poverty Action Network
The Compass Center
United Way of King County
University Heights Center
Vadis
Volunteers of America Western Washington
Wallingford Community Senior Center
World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP)
World Vision
YMCA of Greater Seattle
YWCA of Seattle / King County / Snohomish County
YouthCare

Cross-Cultural Development
Associates in Cultural Exchange
Friends of the Orphans
Global Visionaries
Pacific Islamic Cultural and Community Services
Peace Corps
PeaceTrees Vietnam
Students Partnership Worldwide
Ten Thousand Villages
Village Volunteers
Youth For Understanding

Education
Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program, Seattle Office
Teachers Without Borders

Environment and the Outdoors
Conservation Northwest
EarthCorps: Seattle, WA
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle
Facing the Future
IslandWood
Mountaineers, The
Northwest Service Academy
One/Northwest
Peak 7 Adventures
People for Puget Sound
Sierra Club Cascade Chapter
Student Conservation Association
Washington State Trails Association

Health Associations
Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington State Chapter
American Cancer Society, Washington State Division
American Heart Association
American Lung Association of Washington
Arthritis Foundation, Washington / Alaska Chapter
Easter Seals Washington
March of Dimes, Washington State Chapter
Multiple Schlerosis Association of King County

Leadership
National Urban Fellows

Legal and Business Services
ProBonoSeattle, Inc.

Museums
Bellevue Arts Museum
Pacific Science Center
Seattle Art Museum
The Children's Museum, Seattle
The Wing Luke Asian Museum

Music
Bellevue Chamber Chorus
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
Seattle Choral Company
Seattle Opera
Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Peace
Washington Ceasefire

Philanthropy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Technology Access Foundation
Thomas C. Wales Foundation
Women's Funding Alliance

Politics and/or Social Justice
ACTION Northwest
A Territory Resource
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Borgen Project
Congressional Hunger Center
Corporate Accountability International
Fund for Public Interest Research
Washington Citizen Action
Washington State Democrats
Washington State Republican Party
World Affairs Council

Technology
NPower
One/Northwest

Theatre
5th Avenue Theatre
ACT - A Contemporary Theatre
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Exchange Theatre
Intiman Art Theatre
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Theatre Group

Women and/or Girls
Girl Scouts - Totem Council
IGNITE!
Passages Northwest
Smart Girls

Zoos
Woodland Park Zoo