Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine

About Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine

A defining feature of Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine is its direct support for Pierce County classroom projects through DonorsChoose, including a $140,000 grant in 2025 marked for "Pierce County Teachers 2024." That pattern sits at the center of the foundation’s recent giving, where education is paired with local service funding in Tacoma and nearby Pierce County communities. The foundation’s grant list also shows recurring support for Tacoma-based nonprofits, suggesting a local network of education, family, and basic-needs organizations rather than a broad statewide portfolio. The education side is not limited to one-off classroom purchases. In 2023, the foundation granted $120,796 to DonorsChoose for "2022 Pierce County, WA," and it backed additional school-facing work through Communities in Schools of Tacoma and Treehouse. Outside K-12, the foundation has funded Tacoma Community House, Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce Co, and Sumner Community Food Bank, indicating attention to immigrant services, housing stability, and food access in the same regional footprint. Its giving pattern points to hands-on local philanthropy with a strong Pierce County orientation.

What Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine Funds

Education and youth development are the clearest themes in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $35,000 to Communities in Schools of Tacoma for "Site Coord/All-Star Readers" and another $35,000 to the same organization for "Ready, Set, Read-Tacoma!". It also awarded $30,000 to Treehouse for "Graduation Success Pierce Co." and $30,000 to Tacoma Parks Foundation for "Summer Teen Late Nights." The foundation also supports basic-needs and family-stability work. It granted $35,000 to Sumner Community Food Bank for "Food Bank Program" and $40,000 to the same organization for "Feed Our Neighbors." Housing-related support appears in a $35,000 grant to Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce Co for "General Operating" and a $35,000 grant to St Vincent De Paul of Tacoma Pierce Co for "Apartment/Rental/ Utility." Community-serving programs in Tacoma include $49,000 to Tacoma Community House for "Immigration Services" and $35,000 to Asia Pacific Cultural Center for "Senior Services Programming."

How Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine Gives