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Tacoma Lesotho Connection

Tacoma Lesotho Connection (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,156 to it, the largest being THE OAK TREE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$127k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$116k
Net assets
$144k
3/6 repeat funders
01What it does

What Tacoma Lesotho Connection does

Mission

Charitable support for orphans/vulnerable children in Lesotho

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Funding for children at St. Camillus Centre - providing for their basic needs and care (28-32 children per month)

    $36,781 spent
    50% of program spending

  2. Scholarships for primary and secondary eduction (11 children)

    $3,491 spent
    5% of program spending

  3. Medical Brigade - visiting doctors treating patients in Mohales Hoek and surrounding villages Over 1,000 people seen, over 600 people receiving glasses)

    $14,110 spent
    19% of program spending

  4. Tanks, gutters, road repair

    $5,000 spent
    7% of program spending

  5. Vehicle

    $12,026 spent
    16% of program spending

  6. Christmas clothes & party

    $1,500 spent
    2% of program spending

  7. Computer replacement

    $549 spent
    1% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $73,457.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $25k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
2
2
3
3
2

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Tacoma Lesotho Connection’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

Tacoma Lesotho Connection leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

29% 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 Tacoma Lesotho Connection.

52%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.

“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

Tacoma Lesotho Connection draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 3 states in all.

IL
CA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Tacoma Lesotho Connection runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Tacoma Lesotho Connection

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

Tacoma Chapter of the Links Incorporated76%Camas-Washougal Community Chest74%Our Hope South Africa72%Tukwila Childrens Foundation72%Tacoma Elks Lodge 174 Charities72%Living Water - Malawi72%Rotary Foundation of Camas Washougal72%Family Keys72%

Nationally

Tacoma Chapter of the Links Incorporated76%Camas-Washougal Community Chest74%Mozambique Development in Motion Inc74%Joseph-Mary Foundation74%Tloma Giving73%Tumaini Childrens Home73%Sacred Heart Marist Observatory Inc72%TORCHBEARER FOUNDATION FOR MISSIONS RECONCILIATION AND DEVELOPMENT DBA Igniting Africa72%
05Profile & governance

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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Tacoma Lesotho Connection?
Tacoma Lesotho Connection (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,156 to it, the largest being THE OAK TREE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Tacoma Lesotho Connection have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $116,156 in grants to Tacoma Lesotho Connection, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Tacoma Lesotho Connection?
THE OAK TREE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Tacoma Lesotho Connection 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 6 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