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Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Acting as a catalyst, connector, and knowledge facilitator to build racially equitable, accessible, inclusive pierce county where all people can shape and activate the systems that affect our communities, now and for generations to come.

$19M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
189
Itemized grants FY2024
171
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$18M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$23,839
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,157,006
Organizations funded a year
153 to 278
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$186M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Greater Tacoma Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving184$15M17%
FY2023171$10M18%
FY2022153$7.0M17%
FY2021204$8.8M24%
FY2020278$15M45%
FY2019188$7.9M30%
FY2018154$5.6M32%
FY2017169$6.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$11MHuman Services$11MArts & Culture$7.6MEnvironment$7.2MPhilanthropy$6.0MRecreation & Sports$5.8MFood & Nutrition$5.5MHealth$5.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection$3,584,300873%
Tacoma Public Schools$3,422,4327n/a
The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula$2,848,008760%
Puyallup Watershed Initiative$2,605,857495%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$2,529,33982%
Friends of Lakewood$2,365,075860%
Nourish Pierce County$2,169,569813%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$1,600,450531%
Metro Parks District of Tacom$1,553,0074n/a
Greentrike$1,267,593816%
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All grantees of Greater Tacoma Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection$3,584,300873%
Tacoma Public Schools$3,422,4327n/a
The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula$2,848,008760%
Puyallup Watershed Initiative$2,605,857495%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$2,529,33982%
Friends of Lakewood$2,365,075860%
Nourish Pierce County$2,169,569813%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$1,600,450531%
Metro Parks District of Tacom$1,553,0074n/a
Greentrike$1,267,593816%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound$1,216,42785%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$1,050,08581%
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$1,016,60083%
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center$850,000144%
United Way of Pierce County$775,76785%
The Rescue Mission$728,92782%
School's Out Washington$709,07064%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$697,949810%
YWCA Pierce County$652,30484%
University of Washington Foundation$650,95780%
Presbyterian Church USA$635,0006n/a
Tacoma Urban League$629,441717%
Step by Step Family Support Center$622,71664%
Breakthrough T1d$600,00040%
The University of Puget Sound$588,47680%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$555,94081%
Multicare Health System$555,12580%
Tacoma Arts Live$537,16682%
Pacific Lutheran University$533,14880%
Pierce Conservation District$517,6754n/a
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group$514,689314%
Multicare Foundations$505,87672%
Tacoma Community House$457,83582%
Friends of the Children Tacoma$450,000251%
Nw Furniture Bank$426,75054%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$400,38580%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$400,00011%
Peace Community Center$397,000510%
Point Defiance Zoological Society$395,68684%
College Success Foundation$364,12060%
The Tacoma Education Dream Fund$350,0001n/a
Collaborative Effort Inc$328,100320%
The Salvation Army$326,4078n/a
Comprehensive Mental Health Center of Tacoma-Pierce County$318,87931%
Symphony Tacoma$315,60579%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$311,50081%
Tacoma Housing Development Group$311,465436%
Great Peninsula Conservancy$309,95481%
Lighthouse Christian School$300,00022%
HopeSparks$280,75081%
Pierce County Aids Foundation$276,25052%
Covenant Youth of Alaska-Ecc of Alaska$275,0004n/a
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center$272,00051%
Lemay-Americas Car Museum$265,20571%
Foss Home & Village$247,60680%
Tacoma Art Museum$245,77583%
Tacoma Pierce County Health Dept$244,9008n/a
Museum of Glass$243,98282%
Mi Centro$243,260516%
Mary Bridge Brigade$236,61082%
Pierce County$232,2177n/a
Kbtc Association$226,233422%
Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Foundation$225,153867%
Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute$225,00031%
Annie Wright Schools$222,43380%
Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region$221,50030%
Pierce College Foundation$219,78584%
Washington State University Foundation$218,86460%
Downtown on the Go$218,012332%
Sustainable Connections$210,68643%
Pierce County Library Foundation$209,916817%
Immanuel Presbyterian Church$203,9008n/a
Tahoma Bird Alliance$203,672817%
Camp Fire$200,0002n/a
Children of the Nations$200,00041%
The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc$191,70070%
Oasis Youth Center$186,50027%
Rite of Passage Journeys$185,000319%
Metropolitan Development Council$184,27721%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$183,00056%
Tacoma Community College Foundation$180,73684%
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky$179,87880%
Eatonville Area Council DBA Eatonville Family Agency$165,50055%
George Fox University$165,00030%
Vedanta Society of Western Washington$164,8506n/a
African American Leadership Forum$159,594214%
Ryther$152,96221%
Museum of Flight Foundation$152,35070%
Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals$151,36080%
Global Peace Film Festival Inc$150,000124%
Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema$148,75034%
City of Puyallup$148,1012n/a
Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce County$145,9564n/a
American Heart Association Inc$145,00030%
Rainbow Center$143,25085%
Northwest Trek Foundation$142,520812%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$141,00045%
Communities for a Healthy Bay$138,958315%
Women Make Movies Inc$135,60040%
Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc$133,250510%
City of Fife$132,8912n/a
Urban Grace the Downtown Church$132,5006n/a
Communities in Schools of Peninsula$127,500710%
Fort Nisqually Foundation$123,500596%
Tacid$120,00047%
Bellarmine Preparatory School$119,6218n/a
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish$118,20052%
General Council on Finance & Admins of the United$118,1403n/a
Charles Wright Academy$116,95760%
Making a Difference Foundation$115,00011%
South Sound Outreach Services$113,70755%
American Cancer Society Inc$113,13880%
City of Tacoma$110,8206n/a
Partnership for Philanthropic Planning South Sound Planned Giving Council$110,000454%
Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare$107,81380%
Harbor Covenant Church Gig Harbor Wa$107,5004n/a
Lutheran Community Services Northwest$107,40020%
American Leadership Forum Tacoma Pierce County Chapter$107,25058%
Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Foundation D/B/A Tacomaprobono Community Lawyers$106,000216%
Helping Hand House$105,00012%
GoodRoots Northwest$103,77042%
Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust$102,50072%
Patty Hersey-Ken Still Scholarship Fund$101,4641100%
Cityhill Federal Way Church$101,2501n/a
Community Health Worker Coalition$100,000119%
Tahoma Indian Center$100,000120%
Southern Adventist University$100,0002n/a
Puyallup Tribe of Indians$100,0001n/a
Freedom Project$99,59432%
Communities in Schools of Lakewood Inc$99,26859%
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks USA 174 Tacoma$98,75383%
Forterra Nw$98,27540%
Good Samaritan Foundation$95,65131%
Pierce County Community Resiliency Fund$95,40021%
Rotary Club of Upper Kittitas County Foundation$92,500820%
Rebuilding Together South Sound$92,50037%
Institute for Black Justice$92,500327%
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation$89,100822%
L'Arche Tahoma Hope Community$88,40051%
Community Presbyterian Church$87,0005n/a
Sumner Community Food Bank$85,00013%
Pierce County Community Land Trust$84,594271%
General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist$83,0001n/a
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$82,25080%
Bethel Community Services$82,000255%
Futurewise$81,85016%
Priests of the Sacred Heart$81,6608n/a
Pacific Harbors Councilboy Scouts$80,50281%
Second Cycle Community Bicycle Shop$80,17049%
Truckers Against Trafficking$80,00014%
Lasa$79,43923%
City of Buckley$78,2703n/a
Temple Beth El$77,6554n/a
Center for Action and Contemplation$77,50050%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$77,10080%
Shared Housing Services$77,05057%
Key Peninsula Community Council$77,000137%
Share & Care House$76,00011%
Toys for Kids$75,00084%
Plateau Outreach Ministries$73,50062%
Franciscan Foundation$72,84451%
St Leos Parish$70,9002n/a
Gig Harbor Wildlife Rescue$70,5002n/a
Alchemy Indoor Skate Park & Education Center$70,154418%
First Five Fundamentals$70,10042%
Cowlitz Indian Tribe$70,0002n/a
The Reformation Project Inc$70,00072%
Puyallup Food Bank$70,00011%
Fab-5$69,5003n/a
Refugee Choir Project$69,250518%
Tacoma Tree Foundation$67,487430%
Korean Women's Association$66,50020%
First Presbyterian Church Tacoma$66,0408n/a
Washington State Historical Society$65,7506n/a
Big Homie Ministries International$65,000230%
White Oak Farm & Education Center$65,00085%
ForeverGreen Trails$63,465419%
Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County$63,00010%
Valeo Vocation$63,00023%
Orkeeswa Inc$62,50032%
Safe Streets Campaign$62,50042%
Luthern Congregations in Mission for Christ$61,7895n/a
South Sound Care Foundation$61,50055%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$61,35044%
Empowering People in Communities$60,0002n/a
Nehemiah Initiative Seattle$60,000113%
Recovery Cafe Orting Valley$60,0001n/a
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District$60,0001n/a
Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition$59,000419%
Tacoma Opera Association Professional Services$55,41048%
Community Health Care$55,04650%
Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Museum$55,0003n/a
Scholarship America Inc$54,6001n/a
Pacific Public Media$54,35020%
Our Sisters House$54,00033%
Community Builders Dawn Bass Member$54,000510%
First Tee of South Puget Sound$53,88052%
Hilltop Urban Gardens$52,415247%
Q Christian Fellowship$52,00053%
Communities in Schools of Tacoma$51,50039%
Northwest Sinfonietta Inc$51,33563%
Diabetes Assoc of Pierce County$50,000218%
Battlefield Addiction$50,000311%
Medical Teams International$50,00050%
Homesight$50,00011%
Malaria Partners International$50,000211%
Pierce County Accountable Community of Health$50,00011%
The United Church of Christ$50,0001n/a
Biodiversa Foundation$50,000183%
Voice Tacoma Creative Media LLC$50,0001n/a
City of Gig Harbor$50,0001n/a
Youth for Christtacoma Area Inc$50,00031%
Rise Lwp LLC$50,0001n/a
Whitworth University$50,00020%
Krownless Kings$49,1554n/a
The Peach Foundation$48,60022%
Tacoma Athletic Commission$48,480713%
Particular Council of Tacoma Society of Saint Vincent de Paul$47,50013%
Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation$47,26552%
The Food Basket Inc$47,15910%
Philanthropy Northwest$46,64540%
Harmony Hill of Union$46,40061%
Amara$46,30021%
AHAT Homecare$45,42533%
Islamic Center of Tacoma$45,0001n/a
Roslyn Ronald Cle Elum Hertiage Club$45,0003n/a
Pcc Farmland Trust$44,10041%
Parents And Students In Action$44,000238%
Plateau Community Church$43,7503n/a
Springbrook Connections$42,5002n/a
Wakulima USA$42,50027%
Young Life$42,00030%
Pierce County Project Access$42,00023%
Write253$41,2753n/a
Moore Wright Group$41,0001n/a
New Phoebe House$41,00033%
Degrees of Change$41,00031%
Fablab Nonprofit$40,000137%
Restore Justice Foundation$40,0001n/a
Pierce County Fire District 16$40,0001n/a
The Goodtimes Project$39,7003n/a
Toy Rescue Mission$38,000228%
Vine Maple Place$37,50030%
First Church of Christ Scientist Tacoma$37,2005n/a
Village Keepers$37,0552n/a
Clover Park Technical College Foundation$37,00025%
Neighborhood Clinic$37,00033%
Mountain View Community Center$36,50026%
Raising Girls$36,000222%
Building Youth Through Music$35,500310%
Treehouse$35,00010%
Generation Hope$35,00031%
Hearing Speech and Deafness Center Dba Hearing Speech and Deaf Center$35,00030%
Amherst College Trustees$34,78610%
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church$34,6502n/a
Orting Food Bank Inc$34,00013%
North Pierce County Community Coalition$34,0002n/a
The Carol Milgard Breast Center$33,75040%
White River Education Foundation$33,500212%
St Patrick School$33,0003n/a
Washington Trails Association$33,00050%
Harbor Hope Center$33,00027%
Wishing Well Foundation$32,50035%
National Wildlife Federation$31,74050%
Washington Farm Forestry Assoc$31,58627%
Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Soc$31,50014%
Mary's Place Seattle$31,00030%
Bates Technical College Foundation$30,90013%
Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association$30,0001n/a
Community Youth Services$30,00010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$30,00020%
North Mason Resources$30,00029%
The Mountaineers$30,00010%
Teentix$30,0001n/a
Bethel School District 403$30,0001n/a
Little Church on the Prairie Inc$29,0002n/a
The Forum for Youth Investment$29,00020%
Grace Baptist Church$28,8004n/a
St John Bosco Catholic Church$28,5003n/a
Fob Hope$28,000112%
Tacoma Farmers Market$27,94034%
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest$27,50027%
Your Money Matters$27,500140%
TeamChild$27,50030%
Families Unlimited Network$27,50031%
Cascade Bicycle Club$27,40030%
Dave Purchase Project$27,00011%
Northwest Leadership Foundation$26,5001n/a
Life Center Church of Tacoma Washington$26,4004n/a
Steilacoom Historical Museum Assn Inc$26,1591n/a
Gig Harbor Boatshop$26,00035%
The Youth Marine Foundation$26,00021%
Tacoma Ministerial Alliance$26,00026%
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association$25,98521%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25,75050%
Earth Economics$25,45012%
Northwest Christian School$25,0001n/a
Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolut$25,00022%
Tacoma Shiloh Baptist Church$25,0001n/a
New Connections$25,0002n/a
Washington Outdoor School$25,000214%
Wongeneration$25,000235%
City of Lakewood$25,0001n/a
The Trust for Public Land$25,00010%
Key Peninsula Volunteer Firefighters Association$25,0001n/a
Hilltop Action Coalition$25,000312%
Sea Mar Community Health Centers$25,00010%
Harbor Wildwatch$25,00036%
Eastside Community Church$25,0001n/a
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation$25,00010%
Citizen Corps Council of Pierce County Inc$25,0001n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$25,00010%
Youth With a Mission$25,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$25,00010%
The Coffee Oasis$24,40030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound$24,15020%
Techbridge Girls$24,00011%
Peninsula School District$23,9001n/a
Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau$23,83911%
Northwest Ultimate Association$23,50011%
Tacoma Historical Society$23,40026%
Feed Spokane$22,50022%
Vashon Household$22,50041%
Building Beyond The Walls$22,3003n/a
Southwestern Washington Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in Am$22,0724n/a
Peace Works United Inc$22,0002n/a
Beloved Arise$21,60028%
Because International Corp$21,50031%
Elements of Education Partners$21,40013%
Ark Institute of Learning$21,00022%
Divine Mercy Care$21,00030%
Caring for Kids$20,37534%
Foss Waterway Seaport$20,30221%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$20,25010%
Progress House Association$20,00011%
Seattle Police Foundation$20,00021%
The Mockingbird Society$20,00020%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$20,0001n/a
The Groundtruth Project Inc$20,00010%
Politics of the Possible in Action$20,000185%
Bethel School District Foundation$20,0001n/a
Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium$20,0001n/a
Brightspark Early Learning Services$20,00010%
Kin on Health Care Center$20,00020%
Communities in Schools of Puyallup$20,00021%
Bonney Lake-Lake Tapps Area Senior Citizens$20,0001n/a
Pacific Pug Rescue Inc$20,00022%
Gig Harbor Film Festival$20,00024%
Key Peninsula Healthy Community$20,000118%
Exodus Housing$20,00012%
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative$20,00015%
The Texas Democracy Foundation$20,00021%
Catherine Place$18,500110%
Childrens Fund$18,112295%
Rock Paper Scissors Foundation$17,6952n/a
Disciples Housing D/B/A Disciples Terrace$17,64015%
Vashon Youth and Family Services$17,50030%
Pacific Education Institute$16,89321%
Gig Harbor Now$16,20527%
Courage360$16,1101n/a
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras$16,00020%
North End Music & Performing Arts Center$16,00021%
Signal Technology Foundation$16,00010%
Ida Karlin Pediatric Center$15,9321n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$15,50010%
Arts Impact$15,37821%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$15,2612n/a
Positivi-Tee Inc$15,00014%
Hopesource$15,00010%
ACT-A Common Thread$15,0001n/a
The Wyatt Holliday Foundation$15,000114%
Vashon Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness$15,00026%
Equestrian Aid Foundation$15,00016%
Family First Community Center Foundation$15,00011%
Nisqually Land Trust$15,00010%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children$15,00010%
Allen Renaissance$15,0001n/a
Tacoma Special Education PTA$15,0001n/a
Open Life Church$15,0001n/a
Tacoma Recovery Center$15,0001n/a
Seattle's Recovery Support Center$15,0001n/a
Puyallup Valley St Francis House$15,00011%
Zero Waste Washington$15,0001n/a
Hope International$15,00020%
Peninsula Hands On Art Inc$15,0001n/a
Next Chapter Foundation$15,00014%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associatio Evergreen Chapter$15,00011%
Black Girls Code Inc$15,00020%
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank$15,00031%
The Sacred Bridge$15,0001n/a
All Saints Catholic Church$14,0001n/a
Pioneer Human Services Inc$13,75010%
Sustainable Seattle$13,58511%
Tra Medical Imaging Foundation$13,50013%
Central Washington University Foundation$13,50010%
Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation$13,00022%
White River Senior Housing$13,0002n/a
White River School District$13,0001n/a
House of Matthew Permanent & Supportive Housing for the Homeles$13,0001n/a
Life Christian Foundation$12,90027%
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center$12,8002n/a
North Kohala Community Resource Center$12,50011%
American Cancer Society Northwest Division$12,5001n/a
The American College$12,30010%
Pierce Center for Arts and Technology DBA ARIVVA$11,6841n/a
Chambers Creek Foundation$11,5521n/a
New School at Chambers Bay$11,50012%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$11,23820%
Buckley Youth Activity Center$11,0002n/a
National Alliance for the Mentally ILL Pierce County$10,6101n/a
South Sound Together$10,4171n/a
Called to Compete Inc$10,32312%
Pet Partners$10,21520%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10,00010%
Homeward Bound in Puyallup$10,00012%
House of Prayer Foundation$10,00013%
Pos Port of Support & Pathwayz to Success$10,00013%
Tacoma Pierce County Sports Commission$10,00011%
Humangood Affordable Housing$10,00010%
On Blended Knee Winery LLC$10,0001n/a
Danny & Rons Rescue$10,00010%
Washington Children's Support$10,0001n/a
Friends of Odyssey$10,00014%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$10,00010%
Edge Foundation$10,00011%
Pave$10,00011%
Northstar Advocates$10,00012%
Children's Therapy Center$10,00010%
Children of Light Community Center$10,000114%
Service Is a Lifestyle100 Black Parents$10,0001n/a
Pierce County Coalition for Developmental Disabilities$10,00012%
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning$10,00010%
Homeownership Center of Tacoma$10,00010%
St Patrick$10,0001n/a
Chief Seattle Club$10,00010%
The Raven Foundation$10,00014%
Lighthouse Storehouse$10,0001n/a
What a blessing street outreach$10,0001n/a
Gofundmeorg$10,00010%
Olive Crest$10,00010%
North Bennet Street School$10,00010%
Tacoma Public Library Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Rotary Club of Lakewood Wa Charitable Club$10,00017%
Together$10,00011%
The Tacoma Boxing Club Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Youniversal Fitness Studio$10,0001n/a
Greater Destiny Church$10,0001n/a
Samdhana Karana Yoga or Sky Community Tacoma - Closed 3-1-2018$10,0001n/a
Na'ah Illahee Fund$10,00010%
Texas Fair Defense Project$10,00011%
Foundation for the Austin Sanctuary Network$10,0001n/a
Hillcrest Chapel$10,0001n/a
The Taproot Theatre$10,00010%
Low Income Housing Institute$10,00010%
Cares of Washington$10,00011%
Fsg Inc$9,50010%
Opportunity Center of Orting Dba - the Haven Teen Center$9,500112%
1drop Operations LLC$9,5001n/a
Sabala International Center$9,45014%
Financial Beginnings Washington$9,0001n/a
Washington Bikes$9,00011%
Vision253$8,7001n/a
Tacoma Garden Club$8,7001n/a
Clover Creek Restoration Alliance$8,0001n/a
Lazy F Methodist Camp$8,00011%
University of Minnesota Foundation$8,00010%
Spana Park Senior Citizens Org$8,00016%
His Supper Table$7,88816%
Gentlemen by Choice Community Development Corporation$7,8751n/a
Hopes and Dreams Foundation$7,8751n/a
Uncommon$7,8751n/a
Tacoma Healing Awareness$7,5001n/a
Seattle Repertory Theatre$7,50010%
Puget Sound Educational Service District$7,5001n/a
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation$7,50012%
Buckley Downtown Association$7,5001n/a
Catholic Diocese of Arlington$7,5001n/a
Bold Solutions$7,5001n/a
Caring for Hawaii Neonates$7,5001n/a
Anderson Island Historical Society$7,000112%
Sahale Outdoors$6,80013%
Ivan Foundation$6,6151n/a
Kidvantage$6,35410%
Tacoma Little Theatre and Drama League Inc$6,10011%
Tacoma Ujajewish Community Fund$6,00014%
Leadership Foundations$6,00010%
Slow Food USA Inc$6,00011%
The Dove Project$6,00011%
Donald Loomis Memorial Clothing Bank$6,0001n/a
Executive Council for the Job Carr Cabin$6,00016%
Vadis$6,00010%
Economic Development Coalition of Kittitas County$6,00016%
Girls on the Run of Westsound$5,86813%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$5,80010%
The Mom and Me Mobile Medical Clinic$5,64310%
Cascade Public Media$5,50010%
Girls on the Run Greater Boston$5,50011%
Lakewood Community Players$5,50012%
American Association of University Women$5,4501n/a
Prison Pet Partnership Program$5,22911%
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation$5,10011%
Tacoma Concert Band$5,00018%
Inside Books Project$5,00014%
League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County Education Fun$5,0001n/a
Youth Services of Kittitas County Inc$5,00013%
Ace Development Fund Inc$5,0001n/a
Community Connection Place$5,00013%
Second City Chamber Series$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Roslyn Library$5,0001n/a
The Evangelical Free Church of America$5,0001n/a
United States Catholic Conference$5,0001n/a
Cle Elum-Roslyn Warrior Boosters$5,0001n/a
Foundation for Healthy Generations$5,00010%
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo$5,00011%
Partners for Parks$5,0001n/a
Rpm Foundation$5,00011%
Tacoma Delta Foundation$5,0001n/a
Mainspring Schools Inc$5,00010%
The Hadassah Foundation Inc$5,00011%

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 28 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorge Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection: $3,584,300 over 8y, 73% of budgetThe Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula: $2,848,008 over 7y, 60% of budgetPuyallup Watershed Initiative: $2,605,857 over 4y, 95% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $2,529,339 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetFriends of Lakewood: $2,365,075 over 8y, 60% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $2,169,569 over 8y, 13% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $1,600,450 over 5y, 31% of budgetGreentrike: $1,267,593 over 8y, 16% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound: $1,216,427 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetEmergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County: $1,050,085 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit: $1,016,600 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetTurning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center: $850,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetUnited Way of Pierce County: $775,767 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $728,927 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSchool's Out Washington: $709,070 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetR Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship: $697,949 over 8y, 10% of budgetYWCA Pierce County: $652,304 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $650,957 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTacoma Urban League: $629,441 over 7y, 17% of budgetStep by Step Family Support Center: $622,716 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $600,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Puget Sound: $588,476 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMary Bridge Children's Foundation: $555,940 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMulticare Health System: $555,125 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTacoma Arts Live: $537,166 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $533,148 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group: $514,689 over 3y, 14% of budgetMulticare Foundations: $505,876 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetTacoma Community House: $457,835 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of the Children Tacoma: $450,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $426,750 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Western Washington: $400,385 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPeace Community Center: $397,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetPoint Defiance Zoological Society: $395,686 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $364,120 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCollaborative Effort Inc: $328,100 over 3y, 20% of budgetComprehensive Mental Health Center of Tacoma-Pierce County: $318,879 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSymphony Tacoma: $315,605 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetNorthwest Immigrant Rights Project: $311,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTacoma Housing Development Group: $311,465 over 4y, 36% of budgetGreat Peninsula Conservancy: $309,954 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLighthouse Christian School: $300,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHopeSparks: $280,750 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPierce County Aids Foundation: $276,250 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMulticultural Child and Family Hope Center: $272,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLemay-Americas Car Museum: $265,205 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFoss Home & Village: $247,606 over 8y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bamford FoundationWA210.6× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Woodworth Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · The Russell Family Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Forest Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Multicare Health System · Korum for Kids Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

How much does Greater Tacoma Community Foundation give?
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation reported 189 itemized grants totaling $18,295,040, out of $18,966,072 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 153 and 278 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Greater Tacoma Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (14%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Greater Tacoma Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection ($3.6M), Tacoma Public Schools ($3.4M), The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula ($2.8M).
Does Greater Tacoma Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Tacoma Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bamford Foundation, Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai, Woodworth Family Foundation.
Where is Greater Tacoma Community Foundation based?
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 549 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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