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Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
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About Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation connects people, knowledge, and funding to build a racially equitable, accessible, inclusive Pierce County, now and for generations to come.
Focus Areas
Racial equityCommunity developmentHousingYouth and educationAccess to capitalCivic engagement / civic voiceOut-of-school time / youth programs
Funding Style
operating supportprogram/project supportcapital supportflexible/multi-type funding
Topics
organizational capacity and stability
About Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s recent giving shows a strong pattern of multi-purpose support for organizations serving Pierce County and nearby communities. Among its largest recent awards are $1,857,734 to Nourish Pierce County for operating and program support and $1,463,935 to The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula for operating, capital, and program support. That combination points to a funder that backs both day-to-day service delivery and the facilities or infrastructure behind it. The foundation’s grant list includes public agencies, schools, food providers, youth-serving nonprofits, and place-based community organizations. It has given more than one large award to the same recipient over time, including repeated support for The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula, Jefferson Community Foundation, and George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection. Grants also reach a mix of operating, program, and capital uses, with some awards combining all three types in a single grant. Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s stated focus areas include racial equity, community development, housing, youth and education, access to capital, civic engagement, and out-of-school-time programs.
What Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Funds
Housing and basic-needs organizations appear frequently in the recent grant list. The foundation gave $1,857,734 to Nourish Pierce County for operating and program support, and $251,450 to Emergency Food Network for operating, capital, and program support. Tacoma Pierce County Habitat for Humanity also received $424,500 for operating, capital, and program support. Education and youth-serving work is another clear thread. Greater Tacoma Community Foundation awarded $536,745 to Tacoma Public Schools - Budget Office for program support and $350,000 to The Tacoma Education Dream Fund for operating support. Friends of the Children Tacoma received $250,000 in 2024 and $200,000 in 2025, both for operating support, program support, or operating support alone. Community infrastructure and public-space projects also draw funding. Metro Parks Tacoma received $1,358,262 for capital and program support, while the City of Fircrest received $1,207,300 in 2023 for operating, program, and capital support.
How Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with p25 at $10,000, median at $17,228, and p75 at $43,535. The recent grant list also includes a small number of very large awards, showing that the foundation can make both routine operating grants and larger capital commitments. Recipients repeat across years, including The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula, Jefferson Community Foundation, YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, Friends of the Children Tacoma, and George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection. Greater Tacoma Community Foundation is a community foundation, and its grants are flexible: operating support, program support, capital support, and combinations of those types all appear in the record. The foundation also makes program-related investments. The grant list shows no individual grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18.3M
Total Assets
$185.7M
Total Revenue
$25.2M
Total Expenses
$23M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $44K, with a median of $17K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$17K
75th Percentile
$44K
Geographic Reach
Local23 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MOHAMMAD MOUSA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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