Washington · Public charity
Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation
The tacoma rotary foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) collects and maintains funds for the rotary club of tacoma to be used exclusively for charitable works in the local and global community.
- $186k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $88k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $88k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $118k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $149k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $167k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $86k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $80k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $65k | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary Club of Tacoma | $164,571 | 2 | 27% |
| Neighborhood Clinic | $60,000 | 8 | 3% |
| YWCA Pierce County | $44,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County | $43,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tacoma Community House | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $36,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hilltop Artists in Residence | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Making a Difference Foundation | $32,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Pierce County | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Norcliffe Foundation · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Multicare Health System · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Sequoia Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Cari
How this is measured
About Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation
- How much does Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation give?
- Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $87,500, out of $186,046 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (18%), Health (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rotary Club of Tacoma ($165k), Neighborhood Clinic ($60k), YWCA Pierce County ($45k).
- Does Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, The Bamford Foundation, Woodworth Family Foundation.
- Where is Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation based?
- Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation is based in WA.
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