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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,483,538
Total expenses
$15,280,929
Contributions and grants received
$10,638,865
Grants paid
$11,683,981
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,841,223
Other revenue
$3,450
Total assets, end of year
$177,618,126
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,631,559
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$174,986,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,198,857
Management and general expenses
$1,552,753
Fundraising expenses
$529,319
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,198,857

Program services were 86.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $492,386

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $32,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,114,479

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,432,997

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,643,293 · excluded $4,643,293

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,336,464

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,138,534

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $197,930

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $197,930 · excluded $197,930

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRANT SERVICES

    total $3,450 · related or exempt $3,450

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,323,931 · program services $11,323,931

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $180,150 · program services $180,150

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $179,900 · program services $179,900

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $478,764 · program services $181,011 · management and general $204,760 · fundraising $92,993

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,262,254 · program services $498,793 · management and general $582,497 · fundraising $180,964

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $155,467 · program services $60,353 · management and general $70,357 · fundraising $24,757

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $160,381 · program services $62,623 · management and general $72,521 · fundraising $25,237

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $141,263 · program services $55,158 · management and general $63,877 · fundraising $22,228

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,780 · program services $12,280 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,110 · management and general $52,110

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $184,444 · management and general $184,444

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $413,127 · program services $315,209 · management and general $59,380 · fundraising $38,538

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $88,809 · program services $88,808 · management and general $1

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,629 · program services $7,321 · management and general $26,943 · fundraising $11,365

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $137,929 · program services $26,382 · management and general $68,213 · fundraising $43,334

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $176,751 · program services $30,474 · management and general $95,486 · fundraising $50,791

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,371 · program services $71 · management and general $2,146 · fundraising $154

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $108,411 · program services $50,122 · management and general $37,499 · fundraising $20,790

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $22,576 · program services $22,576

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,852 · program services $2,043 · management and general $6,403 · fundraising $3,406

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,750 · program services $6,150 · management and general $7,122 · fundraising $2,478

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $69,137 · program services $69,137

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $49,296 · program services $24,216 · management and general $12,796 · fundraising $12,284

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $5,847 · program services $2,149 · management and general $3,698

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $295,387 · end of year $133,948

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $27,804,149 · end of year $15,524,107

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,625,221 · end of year $598,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $235,634 · end of year $133,407

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $247,520

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $225,894

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,814 · end of year $21,626

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $125,343,596 · end of year $153,913,946

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $846,782 · end of year $785,565

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,650,636 · end of year $6,507,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $349,817 · end of year $210,961

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $175,250 · end of year $185,500

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $118,629 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,404,977 · end of year $2,235,098

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $148,807,033 · end of year $164,229,241

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,962,513 · end of year $10,757,326

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ACTING AS A CATALYST, CONNECTOR, AND KNOWLEDGE FACILITATOR TO BUILD RACIALLY EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE PIERCE COUNTY WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN SHAPE AND ACTIVATE THE SYSTEMS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES, NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECTING PEOPLE, KNOWLEDGE, AND FUNDING TO BUILD A THRIVING PIERCE COUNTY.

  • GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DELIVERED $11.6 MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH 1,042 GRANTS TO 483 GRANTEES. ABOUT 89% OF THE FUNDING WAS DIRECTED BY FUND ADVISORS FOR BASIC NEEDS, NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENT, AND MORE. GTCF STAFF ALIGNED 11% OF GRANTS AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS SUPPORTING MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR EMERGING COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS, THRIVING YOUTH AND CHILDREN, CIVIC VOICE AND POWER, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, AND HOUSING. GTCF ORGANIZED A PHILANTHROPIC BRIDGE LOAN GUARANTEE POOL IN SUPPORT OF CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, DESIGNED PHILANTHROPIC STRATEGY AND TOOLS TO MEET RAPIDLY EVOLVING EDUCATION ACCESS NEEDS FOR POST-HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND SUPPORTED LEGACY AWARENESS AND ACTION TO RETAIN GENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF WEALTH IN PIERCE COUNTY.

    Expenses $13,198,857 · Grants $11,683,981 · Revenue $3,450

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Art Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Lori Forte Harnick

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Wayne Williams

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 0.25 related
  • Priscilla Lisicich

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related
  • Brian Green

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related
  • Beverly Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jacques Colon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tory Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Harrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ryan Mello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nathe Lawver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ahlmahz Negash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.25 + 0.25 related
  • Lyle Quasim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Richard Woo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Yoder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kitty- Ann Van Doorninck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathi Littmann

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $291,080
    From this org
    $273,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,441
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,495
    Bonus
    $14,457
    Other
    $10,687
    Deferred
    $17,366
    Nontaxable benefits
    $75
    Filer's total
    $291,080
  • Mohammad Mousa

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $203,026
    From this org
    $190,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,283
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,668
    Bonus
    $75
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,496
    Filer's total
    $203,026
  • Megan Sukys

    CHIEF STRATEGY / COMM. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $163,727
    From this org
    $149,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,280
    Bonus
    $7,312
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,135
    Filer's total
    $163,727
  • Seth Kirby

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,677
    From this org
    $143,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,480
    Bonus
    $6,062
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,135
    Filer's total
    $157,677
  • Stacey Guadnola

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPIC ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $137,836
    From this org
    $129,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,491
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HEALTH CLUB DUES ALLOWANCE OF $2,400 A YEAR ($200 A MONTH) PAID AS PART OF SALARY FOR CEO ONLY. FULLY TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 1B
HEALTH CLUB DUES ARE PROVIDED TO THE CEO ONLY AS A PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
PART I, LINE 7
BONUS COMPENSATION IS SET FORTH AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE CEO BASED ON PERFORMANCE. BONUSES FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE DETERMINED IN AN EQUAL MANNER AND MAY BE ADJUSTED BY THE CEO.
PART I, LINE 8
THE CEO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MADE WITH REASONABLENESS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ASSET STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT THE PURPOSES OF GTCF THROUGH RECEIPT AND HOLDING OF GIFTS. · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  • GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION

    501(C)(3) · PRESERVE GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER PACIFIC RIM BONSAI COLLECTION. · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  • THE FRIENDS OF LAKEWOLD

    501(C)(3) · PRESERVE LAKEWOLD GARDENS AS AN INSPIRATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (4)

    T · MANAGE INVESTMENTS · WA

  • CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST (1)

    T · MANAGE INVESTMENTS · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423049349302312

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