Our Mission and Vision
Mission: Eliminating barriers to Black healing.
Vision: Health Equity for all
Our mission is to eliminate barriers to Black healing for those who have been historically excluded throughout the diaspora, by providing mental health education, advocacy, and therapeutic services at no cost to the client, that address those suffering from racial trauma, anxiety, depression, and other ailments due to systemic oppression, economic suffering, and intergenerational trauma that has not been addressed in the past. We do this while also compensating the therapists who serve them an adequate rate, and ensuring community has access to culturally responsive clinicians who practice with an anti-racist lens, while also aiming to support the tuition costs of Black clinicians who will serve this community.
Our vision is a society that offers health equity for All Black people, with a special focus on mental health! That leads to fewer suicides, decreased depression and anxiety, less violence, improved productivity, increased graduation rates, longer lifespans, and improved mental health and well-being.
Our Core Values
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Wellness
At the Therapy Fund Foundation, wellness is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in fostering holistic well-being that encompasses mental, emotional, and physical health. Wellness is not just the absence of illness but the presence of balance, self-awareness, and the ability to thrive.
We are committed to creating spaces and opportunities that empower individuals to reclaim their wellness, embrace healing, and build resilience. Through our programs, partnerships, and community efforts, we strive to ensure that everyone has access to the resources and support needed to achieve and sustain their well-being. Wellness is not a destination—it’s a journey we take together.
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Integrity
We act with the highest level of accountability, we provide fair, accurate and honest disclosure of information, and we treat all individuals in a fair and responsible manner, inspiring the highest level of trust within our communities.
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Communication
At the Therapy Fund Foundation, communication is the cornerstone of our work. We value open, transparent, and inclusive dialogue that builds trust and strengthens relationships. Effective communication is essential to understanding the diverse needs of our community and ensuring that every voice is heard and respected.
We are committed to fostering conversations that inspire connection, empower advocacy, and promote healing. Through thoughtful engagement and active listening, we create pathways for collaboration and shared understanding. Communication is not just about exchanging information—it’s about building bridges and amplifying the voices of those we serve.
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Respect & Inclusiveness
We embrace diversity and inclusion. At WA Therapy Fund Foundation, we have a special responsibility to bear witness to injustice and inhumanity. We stand with all those who work and demonstrate for justice, and we join their calls for institutional change. We also recognize that it is not enough to affirm these principles in the abstract. This moment encapsulates particular harms and traumas to our BIPOC community members. As an organization, we explicitly affirm our solidarity with Black Indigeonus and all People of Color across the globe.
Our Community Statement
We denounce the historic and systemic nature of the continuing racism against people marked as non-white. We know that the responsibility for striving toward racial justice belongs to all of us, and in particular to those of us who have historically been over-represented and racially privileged. We reaffirm our commitment to fighting racism and supporting equity and inclusion. At WA Therapy Fund we have made a commitment to sustained action, because building an anti-racist world does not end when the news dies down. We value everyone and treat people with dignity and respect.
Message From our President
Ashley McGirt Adair
The first soil my feet ever touched were the native lands that we know as Washington State. Washington will always be my home thus I am choosing to highlight my birth state so that individuals, couples, and families in Washington state can have access to funds to cover the cost of therapy. Along with California and hopefully other states across the U.S.