contactname
Lewandowsky, Kathryn
contactemail
info@wholewashington.org
contactpage
https://wholewashington.org/contact/
website url
https://wholewashington.org
tag names
Public Health, Community Organizing
description
Whole Washington is a Washington state advocacy organization that promotes universal healthcare. It develops and advances policy (notably the Washington Health Trust) proposing a statewide publicly funded health insurance program that would cover all residents and make care free at point of service. The organization pursues that goal through a mix of legislative advocacy, ballot-initiative campaigns, coalition- and labor-building, public education, and grassroots organizing.
Activities described on the site include drafting and publicizing policy details and studies, running and coordinating ballot initiative efforts, lobbying and engaging with the state legislature and U.S. Congress, organizing volunteers and events (phone banks, tabling, local meetups), soliciting endorsements from labor and other groups, and maintaining news and resources for supporters. Whole Washington is organized as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization and also operates with 501(c)(3) charitable status via fiscal sponsorship for education-focused work.
entity structure secondary
detailnotes
Nonprofit advocacy organization (501(c)(4)); fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) for educational work Topics: Universal healthcare, Public single-payer / public health insurance policy, Ballot initiatives and campaign organizing, Legislative and government advocacy, Policy development (Washington Health Trust), Grassroots volunteer mobilization and events, Coalition-building and endorsements, Public education and outreach