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A Burien-based nonprofit, , made headlines in recent days for its pledge to raise the base salary of their employees by as much as $20,000, citing a desire to kickstart a 鈥済roundswell鈥� among Seattle-based nonprofits towards paying wages that are commensurate with the cost of living.

鈥淲e may have been the first to step up and speak publicly about this commitment that we’re making,” Choose 180 Executive Director Sean Goode told 成人X站 Radio鈥檚 Gee and Ursula Show. 鈥淏ut there’s already a groundswell of nonprofits who have been having this conversation.鈥�

Yet, that decision to bolster salaries in the hope of consistently keeping employees earning a living wage is one that has been made by other companies in recent years, and that prospective paradigm shift is still twisting in the wind.

The CEO of Gravity Payments, Dan Price, made a similar decision in 2016 when he too pledged to raise base salaries to meet an annual $70,000 threshold.

In response to a Seattle Times article which posited the question of: Will Choose 180鈥檚 decision to raise their employees鈥� salaries 鈥渟et off a chain reaction?鈥� Price responded on Twitter, 鈥淚 hope so. Sadly we did this 6 years ago, and I’m still waiting on the chain reaction.鈥�

I hope so. Sadly we did this 6 years ago and I’m still waiting on the chain reaction

鈥� Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle)

Goode insists that in order for other similar organizations to move in a likeminded direction, Seattle needs to fundamentally rethink its perspective on the function of nonprofits.

鈥淚f we’re going to have a conversation about resourcing, can we take it out of the construct of 鈥榥onprofit鈥� and simply look at it as services as provided?鈥� Goode asked.

鈥淚f the same services are provided in a county or city building, these folks that are doing the work, that really are uniquely aligned with ours, are already making [upwards of] $70,000, in addition to really terrific benefits. What I’m proposing is [to] apply that same lens [to nonprofits], and keep that same energy across the many disciplines that are being resourced by your tax dollars,鈥� Goode said.

In order for that to happen, Goode says, nonprofits must be rethought, not as charity work which requires a 鈥減ledge of poverty,鈥� but that which provides essential services to the city, 鈥減eople who are serving diligently, creating the space for basic needs to be met for those that are at the margin.鈥�

As far as that chain reaction is concerned, Goode sees it, at least in the nonprofit sector.

鈥淚 heard [from] no less than half a dozen nonprofit leaders at a variety of different nonprofits at different profiles within our community that are now looking into how they can make this a reality for their teams as well,鈥� Goode added. 鈥淭hey are considering what the cost would be and how they could be able to cover that cost.鈥�

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