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Author: Megan Sukys
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Understanding Your Community Helps Charitable Giving Support Racial Equity
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Since COVID-19 shut down schools, the Hilltop Artists’ glass hot shop furnaces at Jason Lee Middle School have been idle. But, Hilltop Artists’ support for youth continues. On a > Continue Reading
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Charitable Giving Incentives From The CARES Act
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COVID-19 and the necessary public health measures to address it are having a huge impact on the normal operations of nonprofits and community service providers in Pierce County and > Continue Reading
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Boris And The Enduring Impact of Endowments
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At 34 years old, Boris the polar bear is believed to be the oldest male polar bear in the world. Boris has lived over half of his life at Tacoma’s > Continue Reading
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Move Beyond the Overhead Myth To Giving For Impact
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The end of the calendar year is a time when charitable giving is in the spotlight. Just as there are myths associated with many year-end cultural celebrations, there are also > Continue Reading
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An Opportunity for Impact Arrives at Age 72
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A GTCF fundholder said, “A lightbulb went off!”, when he discovered a sometimes-overlooked opportunity to support a thriving community available after age 72 . It isn’t traditionally seen as > Continue Reading
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Funding Available to Make Sure Your Community Counts in the 2020 Census
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GTCF to Award $400,000 in Grants to Pierce County organizations for 2020 Census Outreach Lifelong Tillicum resident Jonathan Jackson knows firsthand how some Pierce County communities struggle to obtain > Continue Reading
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GTCF’s Socially Responsible Investment Fund Hits Market Sweet Spot
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Over the last three years, GTCF’s Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Fund has outperformed its endowment fund by 1%. GTCF CFO, Mo Mousa, pleased with the SRI fund’s performance since > Continue Reading
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“Fill Out the D@?? Form”, and Other Ways Pierce County Groups are Raising Awareness of the 2020 Census
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The Tacoma Urban League website offers T-shirts and sweatshirts with the phrase “Fill Out the D@?? Form” emblazoned on the front. It’s one of the many ways the Black Caucus > Continue Reading
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Local Organizations Go Beyond the Gala for Deeper Donor Engagement
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When she arrived at her post as president and CEO of Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region in 2017, Lori Forte Harnick wanted to engage donors more deeply in > Continue Reading
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2018 Giving Numbers Point to the Importance of Donor Relationships
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Charitable giving in 2018 set another overall record, reaching $427.71 billion nationally. Although that is an increase of nearly $3 billion in current dollars from 2017, adjusting for inflation, total giving decreased by $7.4 billion. Those numbers came from Giving USA’s annual > Continue Reading