Washington · Nonprofit
SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY
SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($24,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $129k
What Sister Cities Council of Tacoma Pierce County does
Mission
Community Outreach and Education: The Sister Cities Council of Tacoma advances Tacoma as a global city and promotes peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation through citizen diplomacy - one individual, one community at a time - for the benefit of Tacoma and its sister cities. To accomplish its mission, The Sister Cities Council of Tacoma develops programs in the areas of cultural arts and tourism, education, government relations, and international business.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Fundraising for community and international sister city support, education, and relationships. Planned and organized a number of events which raised money to support programs and benefit our sister city relationships.
$1,326 spentof which $6,000 as grants5% of program spendingYouth and Education Programs. Planned and held events that promoted the arts, international relationships and understanding in the local schools and in the community. Created a partnership with the third largest school district in the state of Washington to provide programs and grants for students.
$4,948 spentof which $1,300 as grants19% of program spendingInternational Festivals and Outreach. Planned and held events for the community to promote international peace and understanding. Thousands of local people participated and attended these events.
$19,722 spentof which $23,531 as grants76% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,996.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $45k to $108k (+140%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Clare Petrich
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
73% of SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY's grant income comes from Washington funders.
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.
Against its field
SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,933 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,933 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY?
- SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($24,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $33,400 in grants to SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $24,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SISTER CITIES COUNCIL OF TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 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