Tag: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
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It Takes A Community To Build A Community For All Ages
The Mustard Seed Project on Key Peninsula, like most nonprofit businesses, achieves its mission through a mix of vision, funding, and broad community support. As the organization has grown its > Continue Reading
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Flexible Funding Makes the Magic Happen Sooner
At a time when more people than ever are accessing food banks, a larger warehouse will expand Emergency Food Network’s (EFN) ability to distribute food to Pierce County people in > Continue Reading
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Loving Tacoma for the Long Term
Sitting around the dining room table at her family’s Tacoma home, Ann Wiborg and a group of fellow local leaders met in the Fall of 1977. They shared a vision > Continue Reading
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Trust-Based Philanthropy in the South Sound
During the pandemic, many foundations changed their funding processes in response to the urgent needs faced by communities. To ease the burden on organizations and get funds to where they > Continue Reading
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Government Volume, Philanthropic Flexibility Ensure CARES Act Dollars Reach Pierce County Residents
Even with a massive infusion of federal dollars, getting money to those who need it most isn’t easy. When Pierce County received $158 million in CARES Act funding last summer, > Continue Reading
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Deep Dive: Helping Kids with Big Feelings
Join us 12/4 12:00-2:00 for our second Deep Dive workshop: Helping Kids with Big Feelings. Adults can be powerful models and coaches as kids learn to experience, name, and cope > Continue Reading
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The Legacy of Mr. Rogers In Tacoma’s Whole Child Virtual Expanded Learning
For more than 30 years Mister Rogers used his groundbreaking PBS television show to make a personal connection with millions of children. Speaking directly into the camera, he invited his viewers to join him in learning new things, playing together, and reflecting on what it means to be a good > Continue Reading
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From A Mess of Intense Moments to Meaning: Storytelling Tools to Help Others Engage In Your Work
Under COVID-19 conditions, nonprofits are mobilizing rapidly to support communities through complex and constantly changing situations. How can that impact be shared in a way that engages donors and supporters? > Continue Reading
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Local Online Learning Adapts For Youth Who Don’t Want To Feel Alone
‘I just don’t like feeling alone.’ The youth Choreographer’s Workshop at Tacoma Arts Live looked a lot different this summer. Gathering on screen via Zoom, instead of in a dance > Continue Reading
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Giving USA and the New Age of Philanthropy in the Pacific Northwest
The Alford Group will present the recently-released Giving USA report looking back at 2019 giving, which will inform our look forward for the Pacific Northwest region. A panel of local > Continue Reading