Tacoma Community College Foundation
The Tacoma Community College Foundation assists the college in its mission by increasing financial resources and expanding educational opportunities through community advocacy, teamwork, and innovation.
Tacoma Community College Foundation at a glance
In short: Tacoma Community College Foundation gave $974K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $974K), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $974,232
- +25.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $974,232
- +25.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $974,232
- Total assets
- $12,208,585
- +13.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Tacoma Community College Foundation
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Tacoma Community College Foundation
Who Tacoma Community College Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Tacoma Community College ($974K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Tacoma Community College Foundation gives
- Giving grew 122% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $438K (2022) to $1.3M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $974K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA | Scholarships, Grants and Program Allocations | $974,232 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $12,208,585 | $2,074,145 | $1,321,893 | $974,232 | 1 | $283,156 |
| 2024 | $10,770,798 | $1,537,744 | $1,155,233 | $775,557 | 1 | $555,577 |
| 2023 | $9,965,989 | $782,179 | $1,234,370 | $657,098 | 1 | $-323,707 |
| 2022 | $9,516,618 | $2,238,933 | $682,085 | $438,179 | 1 | $1,691,298 |
| 2021 | $10,629,628 | $957,715 | $866,400 | $576,843 | 1 | $316,594 |
| 2020 | $9,381,980 | $1,823,436 | $1,345,676 | $1,104,987 | 1 | $269,300 |
| 2019 | $9,212,468 | $1,728,354 | $1,534,041 | $1,299,488 | 1 | $370,535 |
About Tacoma Community College Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Tacoma Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Tacoma, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $12.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $974K. Net investment income was $283K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Tacoma Community College Foundation is led by Brandon Ervin, President since 2022 (on filings since 2019); none of the 16 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Brandon Ervin
President
Secretary → Vice President, 2021
Vice President → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ivan Harrell II
President & Tcc
Director → President & Tcc, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Mendez-Bryant
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Unterbrink
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Flood
Director
Vice President → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Keith
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Heinze
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Georgia Riddle
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Martin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ken Wenglewski
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rafael Saucedo
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Meehan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sergio Flores
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Sorenson
Vice President
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Feldbush
Secreatry
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Secreatry, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ali Kemp
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Jun Chea (2019–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Mark Mariani (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Andre Stout (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Kerry Bunkowske (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Ivann Harrel II (2024) — Director
- Former: J. Manny Santiago (2024) — Director
- Former: Bill Ryberg (2019–2023) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Tina Hagedorn (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Tony Lindgren (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Ali Criss (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Pat Shuman (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Rosemarie Burke (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Rose Shandrow (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Chris Saffer (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: John Eyre (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Theron Meier (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lois Bernstein (2019) — Director
- Former: Mark Lindquist (2019) — Director
- Former: Max Harned (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Tacoma Community College Foundation
How much does Tacoma Community College Foundation give each year?
Tacoma Community College Foundation gave $974K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $776K across 1 grant.
How large is Tacoma Community College Foundation?
Tacoma Community College Foundation reported $12.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.1M.
What is Tacoma Community College Foundation?
Tacoma Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Tacoma, WA. It holds $12.2M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Tacoma Community College Foundation operate?
Tacoma Community College Foundation has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Tacoma Community College Foundation's EIN?
Tacoma Community College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-6073780. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 27, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 28, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 23, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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