Public Charity

TACOMA ARTS LIVE

TACOMA ARTS LIVE is a Public Charity headquartered in TACOMA, WA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.3M revenue, $4.9M expenses, $9.8M total assets. 75 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 911106878 TACOMA, WA Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.3M
Total Expenses$4.9M
Total Assets$9.8M
Grant Records75
Funding Total$1.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TACOMA ARTS LIVES MISSION IS TO ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PERFORMANCE AND TO CELEBRATE ALL CULTURES AND ENJOY OUR SHARED PROSPERITY. DEVELOPING YOUTH IS A MAIN PROGRAM ELEMENT THROUGH A WHOLD-CHILD LENS WITH EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION.

Where $100 goes at Tacoma Arts Live

How Tacoma Arts Live divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$15 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$76
Tacoma Arts Live served 99,957 patrons in its fiscal year 2024/2025 season
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Amanda Nathan
TRUSTEE Bret Maddox
BOARD VICE CHAIR Brian Bergren
TRUSTEE Chris Staudinger
COO Christopher Tubig
BOARD SECRETARY Dana Carlisle

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$992,937 40 grants
Education
$129,017 9 grants
Arts & Culture
$90,790 9 grants
Youth Development
$31,300 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$22,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.3M $4.9M $9.8M
2024 $6.2M $7.6M $11.9M
2023 $10.8M $6.4M $10.8M
2022 $6.9M $5.1M $3.8M
2021 $3.5M $3.0M $3.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.5M to $4.3M (+24%), with total assets most recently reported at $9.8M.

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