July 28, 2023 at 11:13 am PDT
The funds — announced by King County Executive Dow Constantine alongside the co-Chairs of The Gathering Collaborative, Ben Danielson, Ph.D., and Abigail Echo-Hawk — will be awarded to 123 nonprofits, community organizations, and small businesses throughout the county. The Collaborative was created to make strides to “undo the harms of racism compounded by the pandemic, influence the county’s budget cycle and process, and establish a longer-term, multi-generational vision for King County to become an anti-racist government,” according to“From Day 1, the process of gathering and determining how to distribute $25 million has held special significance that extends beyond the amount of money,” Danielson said in a prepared statement.