The Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition (NPARC) is a Seattle, Washington-based charitable organization that provides so-called antiracist training for nonprofit institutions. It claims to be committed to ending racism. ¹

NPARC has several member organizations across the Seattle area and is a member of the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) through which it influences Seattle policies and budgetary decisions. ¹ One of its member organizations, Solid Ground, was a founding member organization of NPARC and provides antiracism training as part of its initiative to end poverty and homelessness in Seattle. ²

Activities

The Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition (NPARC) was founded in 2004 by a group of representatives from three organizations: Solid Ground, People’s Institute NW, and the City of Seattle. Committed to left-of-center race-focused institutional reform, NPARC began its work by developing race-based institutional training and educational materials. From its beginning, NPARC has placed an emphasis on placing people of color in leadership positions and expanding its network of left-wing, antiracist nonprofits. ¹

NPARC engages in political activism. In 2007, it developed a position paper and series of questions for a political candidates’ forum held prior to the November elections to judge candidates based on their views on race. In 2006, NPARC successfully petitioned the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) to become a member coalition which gave it a position of influence on the SHSC Steering Committee. In this role, it inaugurated a SHSC-sanctioned Anti-Racism Award to be given to left-wing social advocacy groups in the Seattle area. In 2008, the Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition’s race-first budget recommendations were adopted by the SHSC. ¹

In 2020, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission released a memo on “Advocating for Social Change [and] Eradicating Racial Discrimination” in which it listed NPARC as a reliable resource for anti-racism consultancy. ³

Solid Ground

Solid Ground is a co-founding institution and partner of the Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition (NPARC). The mission of Solid Ground is to combat poverty through educational programs and homelessness prevention initiatives in addition to food bank operations and affordable housing development communities. ^{4 5 6}

Solid Ground also maintains a Race and Social Justice initiative in partnership with NPARC and other Seattle area organizations, including the Social Justice Film Institute. Solid Ground’s Race and Social Justice initiative seeks to end poverty by abolishing racism. ²

Coalition Members

The Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition (NPARC) has several tiers of membership for interested individuals and organizations. For an individual membership in NPARC, the fee is $30 per year. For organizations with an annual budget of less than $500,000, the fee is $75 per year. For organizations with an annual budget between $500,000 and $999,999, the fee is $130 per year. For organizations with an annual budget of over $1,000,000, the fee is $350 per year. Membership comes with quarterly race-based caucusing and training, networking opportunities, and access to sponsorships and scholarships. ⁷

The list of NPARC member organizations includes the Coalition Ending Gender Based Violence, the Food Empowerment Project, United Way of King County, the YMCA of Greater Seattle, the Seattle Black Feminist Library, Just Lead Washington, LifeWire, Mary’s Place, and several others. ⁸

Leadership

As of 2025, Kyana Wheeler was a part of the Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition leadership team. She has been an active member in the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. She has worked in left-of-center race relations training and curriculum development.  Wheeler has a M.Ed in Educational Leadership and an MPA in Policy Development. ¹

Kimberly Mustafa is co-chair of the board of directors at the Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition. She has a B.A. from Antioch University in Seattle. She has a background in nonprofit leadership, including as a member of the board of directors at Real Change News, a left-of-center Seattle-based journal. ⁹

Financials

Much of the Non-Profit Anti-Racism Coalition’s (NPARC) funding comes from Seattle government grants. In 2013, NPARC received a grant from the Office of Civil Rights to facilitate racial healing circles as a part of the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. ¹⁰ NPARC also received a technical assistance grant from the city of Seattle that year. ¹¹ Through the same City of Seattle Race and Social Justice Initiative, NPARC also received grants to fund its work in 2014. ¹²

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