RVC Seattle

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Mission

RVC envisions a world in which people of color have the power to fulfill the dreams of our communities. We promote social justice and equity by cultivating and strengthening community-based leaders and organizations and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.

Description

RVC strengthens the power of communities of color in order to create a more equitable society through supporting our community-based organizations in capacity-building, leadership development, and operations support. These members and organizations provide direct support services tailored to the strengths and needs of the communities they serve. As of March 2025, our Capacity Building and Fellowship programs have been closed indefinitely. We are focusing on prioritizing our Operations Support program with the goal of rebuilding our other programs in the years to come. 

Operations Support

Nonprofits need space to grow without being consumed by the administrative details that can distract from their mission. RVC offers partners Model A fiscal sponsorship. We manage several grassroots organizations’ back-end operations including accounting, contracting, human resources, legal, compliance, and payroll. 

Thought Leadership

RVC is a thought leader and disruptor to the nonprofit sector, modeling a better way. Small nonprofits struggle to attract funding until they are larger and proven, and often they must go through lengthy hoops to receive funding. We challenge the sector to rethink its practices—from who it funds and how, to using leadership models that share power equitably. 

We also apply these principles in our own operations, from distributed power and decision-making, to cultivating a culture of feedback, and we share our learnings through our Changemakers blog.

Recognition

We are deeply grateful for having the privilege to serve and work alongside our partner organizations and for all the vital work they do in our communities. Please visit our website and take some time to get to know these organizations and give them a very well-deserved shout-out for their work.