Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$327,706

Total expenses

$353,014

Contributions and grants received

$319,446

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$8,260

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$103,734

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$103,734

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$247,745

Management and general expenses

$57,902

Fundraising expenses

$47,367

Program service expenses (Part III)

$247,745

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Creating space for authentic expression: The Tacoma Refugee Choir (TRC) fosters authentic expression through 35 weekly choir rehearsals in 2024, creating space for honest conversations where people bring their unique gifts and perspectives. Members learn that their voice and stories matter, messages they otherwise hear too seldom. In this supportive environment, members regularly led warm-ups, taught songs they wrote, shared artistic talents including cello performances, and presented personal stories and poems. It was a prolific year for TRC originals with five new songs created, and multiple members sharing shongs from their countries of origin. This cultivation of authentic expression has transformed members confidence both within and beyond the the Choir, with a least nine members crediting this support as instrumental in taking first steps into community leadership, including representing Washington at the National Refugee Congress and serving on Tacomas Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.

  Expenses $197,511 · Grants $233,246

• Interconnection and Community Building: TRC events demonstrate the power of interconnection and community building across diverse populations. In 2024, our spring Good Things Happen concert united 300 people through performances featuring Congolese singer Providence Kamana, Venezuelan ensemble Tumbarrancho Gaitero, Egyptian tabla player George Sadak, and Mayor Woodards conducting alongside Choir members. The South Tacoma Sings concert brought together over 100 voices from three Tacoma public schools and TRC members on one stage, building intergenerational connections. We held nine Community Nights across different Tacoma neighborhoods, deliberately rotating locations to make programming accessible and foster connections among people who cant commit to regual rehearsals. These gatherings united participants through gospel, Brazilian, Flamenco, and Filipino music traditions, creating bridges between cultures. Audience members consistently reported feeling the warmth, joy, and sense of interconnection displayed by people from around the world working together.

  Expenses $48,456 · Grants $84,460 · Revenue $8,260

• Healing Through the Arts: TRC provides healing through the arts by creating opportunities for emotional support, creative expression, and meaningful connection. The emotional and practical support members shared at weekly rehearsals, combined with the act of singing each others songs together, has helped many find their voice and heal. Members have credited successes in their personal lives--including job promotions and business expansion--to the higher confidence they feel through TRC participation. Our School Residence Program and workshops for students brought healing and fulfillment to young people with one Mount Tahoma teacher sharing my students felt fulfilled and students saying the experience made choir cool again. A graduating senior expressed feeling like a real musician for the first time. These artistic experiences created safe spaces for processing emotions, building confidence, and experiencing the joy and hope that comes from creative community engagement.

  Expenses $1,778 · Grants $10,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533269349300208

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