New to the Foundation Team: Elvin Bucu

The Foundation for Tacoma Students is thrilled to announce our new Director of Cross-Sector Partnership and Alignment, Elvin Bucu! Longtime community partner, Elvin brings nearly two decades of experience in […]
Growing Partnerships
Esteemed Colleagues and Friends, First, I hope 2019 has started strong for all of you. As you launch into the new year, I’d like to introduce you to a project […]
Introducing our 2019 Policy Agenda
All of us here at the Foundation for Tacoma Students are thankful to have had some downtime before jumping into what promises to be our busiest year yet. Kicking off […]
Frequently Asked Questions: Advocacy at the Foundation for Tacoma Students
What type of advocacy will the Foundation for Tacoma Students engage in? The Foundation for Tacoma Students is a 501c3 nonprofit and legally allowed to advocate on the local, regional […]
Advocacy Core Principles
The Foundation for Tacoma Students envisions a Tacoma where every child succeeds in school, career and life. The Foundation’s mission is to build and strengthen Tacoma’s community-wide movement (Graduate Tacoma) […]
2019 Community Impact Report Forum
Join the Foundation for Tacoma Students and our Graduate Tacoma community partners for the release of the 2019 Community Impact Report and discuss the strategies we’ll use as we work […]
Help Us Take A Stand for Students
Dear Partners and Friends, It is because of the amazing community support and the universal willingness to align efforts on behalf of all students in Tacoma that we’ve made the […]
Annual Teacher Impact Awards
Teachers are most often a young person’s closest source of opportunity and future success. By connecting additional resources to students and teachers, the Graduate Tacoma movement lifts up the daily […]
We’re Bringing Books to Barbershops!
This is What It Looks Like when Tacoma Rows in the Same Direction!
Tacoma Rising & Closing Gaps! This isn’t all of us, but it’s definitely a lot of us! Graduate Tacoma community partners gathered April 28 at STAR Center for the 2017 […]