Waters Meet Foundation

06/11/2026

Today, Waters Meet President Zeke Smith joined leaders from across the Spokane community to announce the final recommendations of the Safe and Healthy Spokane Task Force.

Waters Meet helped convened this task force with a firm belief in the vital importance of having people from diverse backgrounds and with lived experience at the table.

Learn more about the "why" behind our support of this project at the post in the comments.

06/03/2026

"As a funding organization dedicated to health equity and stronger communities, Waters Meet recognizes and seeks to center and uplift grassroots organizations through our relationships and resources. Specifically, we prioritize by-and-for, grassroots organizations that were founded in and remain deeply connected to the communities they serve."

Read Community Engagement and Strategy Director lu hill's perspective on the importance of grassroots organizations and why we center them in our work.

Link in comments!

05/20/2026

Waters Meet has been evolving our approach as a foundation to more meaningfully reflect and support community needs. Over the last two years, we've come to an inflection point in how we work alongside community and centered our work with partners in the Building Connections Initiative community of organizations.

Learn more about this evolution in the 2024-25 Impact Report.

Link in bio and comments.

05/12/2026

Join WSU Native American Health Sciences for our Many Medicines Basketball Camp on June 24th and June 25th for skill-building, teamwork, and community on the court. This camp is open to middle and high school students and FREE to attend and coached by Raymond Fox, Lawrence Hornsby, and Jude Schimmel!

Drop off will be at 8:30 a.m. at WSU Spokane and pickup will be at 5:30 p.m. at Shaw Middle School.

Please bring your own ball and gym shoes.

05/06/2026

Convening for the Building Connections Initiative is led by Isabelle Penass, who leads this community through a facilitated process grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing. Learn more about this community working together for a stronger, more connected, more just region in eastern Washington at

04/22/2026

On Sunday, Waters Meet President Zeke Smith penned an op-ed in the Spokesman-Review arguing for the need for Spokane to look beyond Treatment First or Housing First ideologies to a integrated and sufficiently funded system for supporting our unhoused neighbors.

Link in comments and in bio.

04/16/2026

04/13/2026

For Waters Meet, 2024-2025 was about deepening our alignment with by and for, grassroots organizations that build power and improve equity on behalf of their communities. This continued evolution has brought our resources and focus in deeper alignment with the community partners we serve.

Learn more in our Biennial Report: https://watersmeet.foundation/biennial-impact-report-evolving-with-community/

04/01/2026

This Saturday!

Waters Meet Community Engagement and Strategy Director lu hill is helping kick-off the celebration of Black Maternal Health Week, hosted and organized by The Shades of Motherhood Network.

Learn more and check-out the exciting schedule at https://www.theshadesofmotherhoodnetwork.org/bmhw2026 #