Funding search · EIN 273029219 · Tacoma, WA

Foundation for Tacoma Students

Name: Foundation for Tacoma Students grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

81
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

challenge regional expanded learning opportunity summer consultation programing

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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First 5 Fundamentals1 grant · $351,453
Greentrike2 grants · $195,860
Pacific Lutheran University (V)2 grants · $81,185
Franklin Pierce School Dist No 4022 grants · $80,750
Brightspark Early Learning Services1 grant · $75,000
The Game Time Way2 grants · $60,000
Tacoma Parks Foundation1 grant · $50,000
City of Fife1 grant · $47,928
Peninsula School District2 grants · $46,200
Enhanced Prep3 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$87,442

2022

$870,483

2023

$1.0M

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$351,453
First 5 Fundamentals · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Shared service model, wa stem catalyst grant
$180,757
Greentrike · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Programs; consultation; summer teen late night program
$75,000
Brightspark Early Learning Services · Renton, WA · 2024
Shared service model
$50,000
Tacoma Parks Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Whole child safe zones; summer teen late night program
$49,060
Pacific Lutheran University (V) · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$47,928
City of Fife · Fife, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$43,500
Franklin Pierce School Dist No 402 · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$37,250
Franklin Pierce School Dist No 402 · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$35,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$33,700
Peninsula School District · Gig Harbor, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$32,125
Pacific Lutheran University (V) · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$30,000
The Game Time Way · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$30,000
Gridiron Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$30,000
The Game Time Way · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$28,000
Imagine Justice · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Community impact award; regional challenge grant
$26,500
Build 2 Lead · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$26,112
Tacoma Community Boat Builders · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$25,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Programs; consultation
$25,000
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Cntr · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Securitization support grant
$25,000
Tacoma Arts Live · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Programs; consultation
$25,000
Ymca · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Programs; consultation
$24,500
Rise Center · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$23,500
Northwest Education Access · Seattle, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$22,831
Clover Park Technical College (V) · Lakewood, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$22,500
Asia Pacific Cultural Center (V) · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$22,500
Enhanced Prep · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$22,033
Communities in Schools of Peninsula · Vaughn, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$20,000
Kbtc Public Television · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$20,000
Building Youth Through Music · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$20,000
Kbtc Public Television · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$19,000
Mi Chiantla · Olympia, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$19,000
Priceless Inspiration Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$18,853
Communities in Schools of Lakewood · Lakewood, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$18,723
Ark Institute of Learning · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$18,500
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$18,274
Carver'S Camp Canoe Journey - Puyallup Watershed Intiative · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Programs:carver's camp canoe journey
$17,500
Palmer Scholars · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$17,500
South Kitsap School Dist - (V) · Port Orchard, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$17,000
Write 253 (V) · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant
$16,227
Supportive Housing Association · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$15,250
City of Buckley · Buckley, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$15,103
Greentrike · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Programs; consultation
$15,082
School'S Out Washington · Tuckwila, WA · 2023
Programs; summer blast; winter workshops
$15,000
Leadership Foundations · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Innovative funding
$15,000
Mountain View Community Center · Edgewood, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$14,750
City of Buckley · Buckley, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$12,500
Clover Park Technical College (V) · Lakewood, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$12,500
Peninsula School District · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$12,300
School'S Out Washington · Tuckwila, WA · 2024
Programs; summer blast
$11,750
Tacoma Urban League · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund; regional challenge grant
$11,500
Tacoma-Pierce Co Employment and Training · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Social capital grant implementation
$11,173
Tacoma School District No 10 · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Innovative funding
$11,073
Technology Access Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
2023 donations
$10,000
Krownless Kings · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Summer programing
$10,000
Launch Computer Science · Yakima, WA · 2023
Computer science training for public schools
$10,000
Enhanced Prep · Tacoma, WA · 2022
2022 senior supports
$10,000
Studycom Llc · Mountain View, CA · 2022
2022 senior supports
$9,853
Bethel School District 403 · Spanaway, WA · 2024
Regional challenge grant; summer programing
$8,888
Tacoma Community Boat Builders · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$8,873
Psu Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Portland metro stem partnership
$8,797
Walkership Llc · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Summer programing
$7,693
Page Ahead Children'S Literacy Program · Seattle, WA · 2023
Purchase of books for students
$7,500
Asia Pacific Cultural Center (V) · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$7,500
Enhanced Prep · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$7,500
Northwest Education Access · Seattle, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$7,500
Palmer Scholars · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$7,500
South Kitsap School Dist - (V) · Port Orchard, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$6,930
Carver'S Camp Canoe Journey -Ashley Mocorro Powell · Puyallup, WA · 2022
Programs:carver's camp canoe journey:honorarium
$6,852
Innovative Change Makers · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Summer programing
$6,720
Na'Ah Illahee Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programs:carver's camp canoe journey:na'ah illahee
$6,500
Tacoma Community College · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Social capital grant implementation
$6,500
University of Washington Tacoma · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Social capital grant implementation
$6,481
Shunpike · Seattle, WA · 2024
Summer programing
$6,450
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Regional challenge grant
$6,277
Ark Institute of Learning · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$6,000
Co-Rippling · Seattle, WA · 2024
Rcg cohort
$6,000
Tacoma Online · Tacoma, WA · 2022
2022 teacher impact award
$5,250
Our Sisters' House · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund
$5,018
Carver'S Camp Canoe Journey - Demarus Tevuk · Seattle, WA · 2022
Programs:carver's camp canoe journey
$5,000
Tacoma Housing Authority · Tacoma, WA · 2023
College housing assistance program
$5,000
Washington State Historical Society · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Expanded learning opportunity fund

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.