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FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON

FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$86k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$-15000
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What First Tongan American Community of Washington does

Mission

Community trust

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Community ServicesKava Sessions: Cultural dialogue and discussion sessions facilitated by the consumption of kava Presenting information in Tongan culture.

    $86,400 spentof which $86,400 as grants
    85% of program spending

  2. Community Services2-hr Podcasts: Open discussion with Pasifika communities broadcasted on our social outlet on culture and covid reltated issues

    $15,000 spent
    15% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $101,400.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10k to it.

Operating margin−17% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,663 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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In Washington

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Nationally

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

2%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON?
FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,000 in grants to FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON?
SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FIRST TONGAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing