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SAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN

EIN 91-1704402 TACOMA, WA

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Revenue 2023
$1,174,377
Expenses 2023
$1,151,691

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I20
Classification
1000
Street
714 S 27TH STREET FLOOR 1

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF SAFE STREETS IS TO UNITE AND INSPIRE YOUTH, NEIGHBORS, AND BUSINESSES TO BUILD SAFE, HEALTHY, THRIVING COMMUNITIES. SAFE STREETS FULFILLS OUR MISSION THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO WELL-ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING AND YOUTH LEADING CHANGE, AS WELL AS THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED IMAGINE JUSTICE PROJECT. OUR 40 STAFF MEMBERS AND 20 BOARD MEMBERS REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE PIERCE COUNTY COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IN 1989 COMMUNITY LEADERS CALLED A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE EXTREME GANG-RELATED VIOLENCE IN PIERCE COUNTY. APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO ATTEND, BUT MORE THAN 2,000 FLOODED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM THAT NIGHT. FROM THIS GATHERING, SAFE STREETS EMERGED AS A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER NEIGHBORS TO UNITE AGAINST CRIME. IN THE INTERVENING 34 YEARS, SAFE STREETS HAS ORGANIZED, TRAINED AND MOBILIZED A NETWORK OF OVER 125 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN HIGH-RISK AREAS, EMPOWERING MORE THAN 13,500 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND 190,000 RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. IN RESPONSE TO EVOLVING COMMUNITY NEEDS, OUR WORK IS INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON 1) CREATING SAFE, POSITIVE, AND INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENVIRONMENTS WHERE CHILDREN AND YOUTH CAN THRIVE; AND 2) ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME TOMORROW'S CIVIC LEADERS.

  • COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION HAS ORGANIZED MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THROUGHOUT PIERCE COUNTY TO TAKE ACTION IN CREATING SAFE COMMUNITIES AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT. THIS WORK HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PRESENTATIONS, AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR A SAFE, HEALTHY, THRIVING COMMUNITY. IN 2023, WE SUPPORTED UP TO 125 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS INVOLVING 586 UNDUPLICATED GROUP MEMBERS. SOME OF THESE GROUPS WERE PRE-PANDEMIC GROUPS THAT REACTIVATED IN THE LAST YEAR AND CHOOSE TO MEET IN PERSON. ALL PROGRAM SERVICES ARE OPEN TO ALL AT NO CHARGE. WE HAVE ADDED WASTE WIZARDS (LITTER CLEANUP AND BEAUTIFICATION) PROGRAM TO OUR MENU OF SERVICES. STAFF RECEIVED TRAINING IN ADMINISTERING NARCAN/NALOXONE AND WE NOW HAVE NALOXONE AT OUR OFFICE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. STAFF WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH USING IT, CARRY IT. SAFE STREETS PARTNERS WITH CITY OF TACOMA, PIERCE COUNTY, TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

    Expenses $801,489

  • YOUTH LEADING CHANGE YOUTH LEADING CHANGE (YLC) IS A FREE, OUT-OF-SCHOOL EXPANDED LEARNING PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ANY HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH IN PIERCE COUNTY. YOUTH EXPLORE CAREERS, BUILD LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS AND IMPLEMENT YOUTH-LED PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THEIR SCHOOL AND LARGER COMMUNITIES. YLC STRENGTHENS PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS, AN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY THAT SUPPORTS PREVENTION AROUND VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE DISORDERS. THE YLC PROGRAM IS ACTIVE IN THE FRANKLIN PIERCE AND TACOMA SCHOOLS AND WORKS WITH LOCAL YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH ALL HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH REGARDLESS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. IN 2023 WE ADDED A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT IS NOW A PROGRAM CALLED YOUTH HEALTH IS WEALTH. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH TOGETHER TACOMA TO FACILITATE THE PROGRAM IN SALISHAN AT THE FAMILY INVESTMENT CENTER. UNDUPLICATED YOUTH SERVED THROUGH YOUTH LEADING CHANGE IN CLASSROOM WAS 61. YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATED IN SPRING AND FALL CAMPUS CLEANUPS WERE NOT COUNTED. AT HEALTH IS WEALTH, THERE WERE 27 UNDUPLICATED YOUTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $121,677

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John Hines

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nichole Fisher

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lauren Surek

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • John Cheesman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sharon Holcomb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Enrique Leon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Michele Ogden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jennifer Schomburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Trina Tan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rebecca Williamson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Debbie Winskill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mitchell Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nora Flemming De Sandoval

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,778
    From this org
    $109,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,824
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,174,377
    Expenses
    $1,151,691
    Contributions
    $988,586
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,438,252
    Expenses
    $1,656,214
    Contributions
    $1,451,072
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,689,258
    Expenses
    $1,451,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $995,359

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,436,997
    Expenses
    $1,235,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $740,286

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,131,761
    Expenses
    $1,069,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,278

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.