Founded in 1933, the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association that represents Washington’s cities and towns before the state legislature, the executive branch, and regulatory agencies. AWC provides advocacy, data and research, training and conferences, and member pooling programs (employee benefits, risk management, workers' comp retro, and related services) to support municipal officials and strengthen local government.
Advocacy on municipal authority and local governance; municipal finance and state funding for cities; transportation and infrastructure funding; public safety and emergency management; land use, housing and planning; utilities, environment and climate resilience; workforce, labor and benefits policy affecting cities; intergovernmental relations and regulatory implementation
Primarily membership dues and fees, program and event revenue, and income from member pooling programs (employee benefits and risk and insurance pools), supplemented by grants and sponsorships
National League of Cities; Washington Cities Insurance Authority and AWC member pooling programs; Washington State Association of Counties (frequent partner); the 281 member city and town governments in Washington State
Nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association (private nonprofit corporation)
