About Pride Foundation
What is Pride Foundation?
Pride Foundation is the only community foundation by and for LGBTQ+ people and communities serving the Northwest region of the United States — Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Founded in 1985 during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the foundation has invested more than $70 million in transformative community change through scholarships, grants and grassroots initiatives.
The organisation operates with an annual budget of more than $6 million, 16 full-time staff and a 17-member Board of Directors with members from across the five-state region. Pride Foundation has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the Northwest. The foundation centres racial equity in all of its work, recognising that "the struggles for LGBTQ+ equity and racial equity are fundamentally interconnected."
Where will I work?
Pride Foundation's main office is in Seattle (2014 E. Madison St, Suite 400B, Seattle, WA 98122), but all staff have been working remotely since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and staff are based throughout the Northwest. New hires "should live in or be willing to relocate to one of the five Northwest states Pride Foundation serves" — being place-based and rooted in the region is "a critical part of how we lean into our values." Staff in the greater Puget Sound region have the option to work out of the Seattle headquarters.
What is the Pride Foundation team like?
Led by CEO Katie Carter, the foundation describes itself as "a team of committed and courageous justice-seekers… Despite the heaviness of the work that makes up our daily life, we also have a lot of fun in the process—especially alongside the small cadre of loving and adorable staff pets throughout the region." The team is built on collective care, anti-racism, and movement-building.
As Katie Carter writes: "Care at work is about creating a space where we see, hear, and acknowledge one another in our full humanity. Capitalism and white professionalism tell us that the only thing that matters at work is what we produce—and that we can get our other needs met at home. We see this approach to work as dehumanizing, and a recipe for burnout and exploitation. We chose to disrupt this grind culture, and instead value rest, restoration, and sustainable pacing."
The foundation explicitly cites three peer organisations whose practices inspired its own model: the Women's Foundation of California, Third Wave Fund, and Trans Justice Funding Project.
Work-Life Balance
Pride Foundation operates a permanent 4-day, 32-hour work week, in place since March 2020 — verbatim from CEO Katie Carter: "Pride Foundation staff have been working 4-day weeks since March of 2020, and it is now a permanent practice at our organization." Live job descriptions confirm the policy: "Pride Foundation has a 4-day, 32-hour work week."
The foundation also "made systemic and structural changes to how we work together, how we communicate, how we meet, and the project management tools we use" alongside the schedule change, so the reduced-hours model is embedded operationally — not just a calendar adjustment.
Perks and Benefits
From the live Scholarships Program Officer JD (representative of standard hire terms):
- 4-day, 32-hour work week — permanent since March 2020
- Fully remote with optional access to Seattle HQ for Puget Sound staff
- Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage of gender-confirming health services and procedures (employer-paid)
- Disability insurance (employer-paid)
- Employer retirement account contribution plus optional individual retirement account
- 4 weeks paid vacation
- 16 wellness/sick days
- 3 personal days / floating holidays
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid family and medical leave
- Equitable compensation — "Pride Foundation utilizes an equitable and competitive compensation program and salary structure that includes regular Cost of Living Adjustments and raises… salary is non-negotiable beyond this range to counter pay inequality and uphold internal parity"