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Community Stories
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2025
Money Helps! But People Working Together Is The Key
As a community foundation, GTCF supports community working together to distribute resources for a thriving Pierce County. Money is a vital ingredient to fuel change, but money can’t do anything without the vision, relationships and commitment of people working together. The first ingredient for community action is people. As many local organizations and government agencies > Continue Reading
20
2025
Leadership Lessons For A Growing Community
Pierce County is growing fast. To help this community thrive as it grows, local leaders need to rapidly adapt to keep the good things going while also addressing emerging challenges and opportunities. When it comes to leadership in Pierce County, you don’t have to go it alone. In this community, peer learning and collaboration > Continue Reading
16
2025
Leadership Lessons For A Thriving Community
There’s no book to tell you everything you need to know to successfully lead a nonprofit. So, how can someone develop wise leadership that supports thriving communities? Learn from other people’s successes and failures. When it comes to leadership in Pierce County, you don’t have to go it alone. In this community, peer learning and > Continue Reading
17
2025
A Picture of What Pierce County Cares About
2024 GTCF GIVING Hundreds of individual choices in 2024 added up to $19 million in community investments that help build a thriving Pierce County. In 2024, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation distributed more than $19 million in support of nonprofits, causes, and community movements. This funding tells a much deeper story than simply dollars. Behind > Continue Reading
11
2025
Profiles in Pierce County Community Leadership
Local farms that support food sovereignty. A family resource center that offers bi-lingual cooking classes. Counseling and recovery programs that utilize traditional wellness practices. A sports program that helps Native Youth reconnect with their cultural heritage through lacrosse, a historically Indigenous game. These are examples of just a few of the Pierce County organizations a > Continue Reading
10
2025
Flexible Funding Accelerates Community-Led Solutions
Engaging a Local Advisory Team to guide funding decisions supports promising community-led solutions that might be overlooked or excluded by more traditional grant practices. Winona Stevens had a difficult decision to make. A state contract offered funding to support the work of the organization she leads. But, the contract requirements undermined the cultural practices of > Continue Reading
10
2025
Pilates Tacoma – Community Reinvestment Project Spotlight
Pilates Tacoma is one of 30 By/For Black, Latine, and Indigenous Kin organizations in Pierce County recommended by the Pierce County Local Advisory Team to receive funding through the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Reinvestment Project. GTCF contracted with Commerce to convene the Pierce County Local Advisory Team and deliver funding based on their > Continue Reading
10
2025
Rainier Scholars – Community Reinvestment Project Spotlight
Rainier Scholars is one of 30 By/For Black, Latine, and Indigenous Kin organizations in Pierce County recommended by the Pierce County Local Advisory Team to receive funding through the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Reinvestment Project. GTCF contracted with Commerce to convene the Pierce County Local Advisory Team and deliver funding based on their recommendations. You can read > Continue Reading
10
2025
Vision Step Team – Community Reinvestment Project Spotlight
Vison Step Team (VST) was one of 30 By/For Black, Latine, and Indigenous Kin organizations in Pierce County who were recommended by the Pierce County Local Advisory Team to receive funding through the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Reinvestment Project. GTCF contracted with Commerce to convene the Pierce County Local Advisory Team and deliver > Continue Reading
10
2025
Raising Girls – Community Reinvestment Project Spotlight
Raising Girls is one 30 By/For Black, Latine, and Indigenous Kin organizations in Pierce County recommended by the Pierce County Local Advisory Team to receive funding through the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Community Reinvestment Project. GTCF contracted with Commerce to convene the Pierce County Local Advisory Team and deliver funding based on their recommendations. You can read more > Continue Reading