Urban Impact

Urban Impact has two other core focus areas; Youth & Family Outreach and Leadership Development. We lead multiple efforts in each of these areas as well as provide fiscal sponsorship and infrastructure to emerging social ventures, including: Unlocked, a youth chaplaincy program that offers spiritual support and mentorship with youth in detention, guiding them as they explore their God given identity and purpose. Additionally: Grace Point Community Church runs weekly neighborhood outreach clubs and summer camps for youth and children. Village Life Project provided youth mentorship, support and a rite of passage program: Season of Life leads an African-American Healthy Marriage Initiative: MLK Prayer Breakfast brings together leaders from multiple sectors to celebrate the ongoing work and legacy of reconciliation, equity, and justice Dr. King promoted; and we facilitate a regional network for our national Christian Community Development Association, CCDA PNW, that brings together like-minded leaders wrestling with community engagement and place-based ministry throughout the Pacific NW Region.

Urban Impact is a nonprofit community development organization that has been serving South Seattle since 1987. Our mission is to cultivate thriving communities by creating access, opportunity, and lasting changeparticularly in historically under-resourced neighborhoods and BIPOC communities. Rooted in faith, we take a comprehensive, place-based approach to community development, guided by the belief that transformation is possible through the power of God and community working together. Through partnerships with local churches, organizations, and community leaders, we provide holistic support that addresses immediate needs while building toward long-term, systemic impact. One of our core service areas is Neighborhood Transformation which equips churches to love their neighbors and neighborhoods, creating opportunities to address community needs together, i.e. the Expanded Learning Program serves Pre-K through 8th-grade students with tutoring, nutrition, and family engagement. These programs build trust and resiliencefostering community well-being through relational, faith-rooted service.