Channel Foundation News
Important updates and announcements from our organization.
We’re excited to share our new website and a new look for the Channel Foundation.
This brand refresh honors the headwaters of our history, celebrates our impact, and represents our streamlined strategy.
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Elaine Nonneman, lifelong activist and feminist social justice philanthropist, died on November 26, 2024, after a sudden illness.
Elaine founded the Channel Foundation in 1998 because she was passionate about advancing women’s legal equality and human rights around the world.
Elaine Nonneman, lifelong activist, feminist social justice philanthropist, and founder of the Channel Foundation, had an incredible focus on advancing women’s legal equality and human rights in Seattle and around the world during her lifetime.
Her financial legacy continues with Elaine’s bequests (gifts designated through estate planning) to social justice and community organizations in Seattle (where she lived for many years) and around the world. Below are reflections from staff at several of these organizations about what Elaine’s planned gifts mean to them.