Funding search · EIN 273029219 · Tacoma, WA
Foundation for Tacoma Students
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
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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