GROUNDEDBY OUR ROOTS & REACHING

NEW HEIGHTS

Gratitude Report 2012

MISSION STATEMENTTacoma Community House creates opportunities for immigrants and other community members in the Puget Sound region through comprehensive services focused on self-sufficiency, inclusion and advocacy.

VISION STATEMENTWe are a pathway to change leading to generations of self-sufficient people and a region welcoming of immigrants and refugees.

VOICES OF TCHVisit our website and learn how our participants are reaching new heights.

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Scan the QR code with your smartphone to read success stories about our participants.

For many, the immigrant experience brings challenges beyond learning a new language. Once arriving in their new community, they may feel isolated as they navigate life in an unfamiliar country, often with limited financial resources and support systems. Access to services in the health and education systems, jobs and housing, as well as emotional isolation, prejudice, and basic cultural differences shape the ability of newcomers to be successful in their own lives.

At Tacoma Community House, our hope and plan is to support them throughout their journey, along with the hundreds of other community members we have capacity to serve each year. With so much need, though, the demand for our services has never been greater. Still, the prospects for our future have never been more promising.

Last year, we provided comprehensive services to nearly 3,000 immigrants and other community members, helping them regain their independence and start life anew.

But that’s just the beginning.

Seeking to reach new heights, our vision for the future includes expanding services in more areas of the county in order to lead more people toward successful lives. Our vision also includes launching a defined social advocacy program for immigrant rights and low-income issues. Because of your generous support, you have helped us make excellent progress in seeing this vision become realized.

In our Read2Me program, for instance, we were able to expand the reading literacy program into two additional elementary schools earlier this year. We also established a new anti-human-trafficking task force made up of various community organizations, law enforcement, advocates, and others.

These new initiatives, along with our existing programs and services, could not be undertaken without the generous investments being made to Tacoma Community House. Thank you for believing – for investing – in our work.

Sincerely,

Rev. Wesley StantonPresidentBoard of Directors

Liz DunbarExecutive Director

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This past year, we stayed grounded in our roots of service by supporting nearly 3,000 immigrants, refugees and other community members in need.

1,324Individuals provided with accredited immigration and citizenship services, of whom 187 became new citizens.

968Adults, youth, and children who learned English as a Second Language, improved their basic reading, writing and math skills in our Adult Basic Education and Read2Me programs.12,538

Fulfilled requests for interpretation and translation services through The Language Bank. 337

Individuals moved towards economicsecurity through job readiness training, financial education, paid internships, and other employment services.

2,625Service hours to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes.

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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own. CESAR CHAVEZ

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TOP 20 COUNTRIES SERVED BY TCH:

1. Mexico2. USA3. Vietnam4. Ukraine5. Moldova6. Cambodia 7. Russia 8. Yemen 9. El Salvador 10. Peru

11. Somalia 12. Kenya 13. Samoa 14. Philippines 15. Iraq16. Thailand 17. Cuba 18. Belarus 19. Laos 20. Panama

84We’ve served people from 84 different countries of origin!

The only tired I was, was the tired of giving in.

ROSA PARKS“ “

Jamila Haji is determined to make something

of herself and “BE SOMEBODY.” With help from her mentors, she’s received tutoring assistance, an internship, help applying for college and on-going support to encourage her to pursue her dreams.

Duy Nguyen Pham knows EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT. He came to TCH and enrolled himself in English as a Second Language classes last year. He excelled, quickly moving from ESL level 2 to level 4 in six months.

Dwight Mason, a COMMUNITY-MINDED VOLUNTEER, discovered our Read2Me program almost 6 years ago and has been a tutor ever since. He enjoys working with the young students saying, “You feel like you’re making a difference when you’re one-on-one with a child.”

Working with TCH mentors, Nadya Kotova has received assistance with school and tips to find

employment. NADYA CREDITS TCH for her full and busy life blessed with a job she loves, a career she aspires to and seemingly limitless possibilities unfolding before her.

Noeun Chin, a Buddhist monk from Cambodia, was invited to Tacoma to work at a temple. The only roadblock he experienced was he knew

little English. To BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIER, Noeun signed up for English as a Second Language classes at TCH!

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THANK YOU SUPPORTERSTo the generous individuals who made gifts up to $50 (not listed) we wish to extend heartfelt thanks. Each and every contribution is meaningful and makes a difference in the lives of individuals in the Puget Sound region.

Great care was taken to ensure the accuracy of this listing, which covers the timeframe of 1/1/12 - 12/31/12. We would appreciate you alerting us to any errors or omissions. Please contact the Development and Communications Department at 253-383-3951 or info@tacomacommunityhouse.org.

$5,000 - $7,499.99Mike and Elizabeth DunbarRichard Radford

$2,500 - $4,999.99Joe and Carol StortiniWes Stanton and Kathy BogueDavid Wright and Peggy Ann Hannon

$1,000 - $2,499.99Suzanne AkamatsuRich and Leslie BegertKaren BellamyJoseph and Valentina DiazRalph and Minh-Anh HodgeJohn and Leanne KennedySok-Khieng LimGeorgia LomaxMichael and Peggy McKasyEd and Stacey OgleDavid and Anne RichardsonCarol WebsterRobert and Michie Yamashita

$500 - $999.99Russell BattenSono BegertAndrew Buffington and Jill YamamotoPatricia ChaseAnnie ConantPeter and Ann DarlingDouglas and Kathleen DorrRichard GouldDale G. Hall and Susan Russell HallJoe HammondJim and Enid Harris

Harry and Sandy HollidayOttie and Clara LaddLinda LeeSusan SchreursBruce McDowell and Karen HardingWain and Karen MillerNeel Parikh and Pat GuyFrances PoselChristine Quinn-BrintnallCathie ReidScott SilverTodd and Teresa SilverBarbara WeikertDavid and Alice WilhydeChris WilkieJerry and Vera Zimmerman

$250 - $499.99Thomas and Kathy AbsherMichael Begert and Annette ClearCharles BrantleyJeffrey CaseyAnthony L-T Chen and Shin- Ping TuAlice ConwayCindy DarlandJeannie Darneille and Howard GrahamDave Edwards and Pat ShumanJacob FeyDennis FlanniganDavid Haapala and Priscilla LisicichOtis and Jane HollarRobert and Rae IwamotoKaren JensenSandra Lawrence

James and Raynette LewisDorothy McCarthyDeborah McClain and Linda HensonHelen McGovernJames and Patricia MortonPeter NatkhaJanice L. OlsonSally Porter-SmithEd RamosWilliam and Dorothy RhodesJohn ScalesJohn and Barbara ShafferMark and Brandy SmithJeff and Estella Wallace

$100 - $249.99Anonymous (6)Charlotte AshSally BairdMiriam and Daniel BarnettRichard BenedettiBarry and Sharon BensonTobias BentonDana BoalesCathy BohlaeJack and Joan BreggerDelphine BriandShirley BrockmannRobert and Sharon Camner

Joseph Miller and Kathleen CampbellMarvin and Narene CampeauRichard and Frances CarrMike and Danna ClancyAndrew and Susan ClarkeRandy and Robin ClausenAlec Colovos and Sheila KoyamaWilliam CosgroveRobert and Yanina CosmeKenneth and Edith CountrymanDave and Florence CoveyBruce and Lauren DammeierFelice DavisDavid Larsen and Holly Deatherage-LarsenJanet DeteringAmy DiehrLoren White and Leslie DillsKelli DionPatricia DodsonPamela Duncan-PierceMargaret EasterbrooksBruce and Paula ForemanJanet FranklinRoland and Annette FunkGrant and Laura GardnerDaniel GinsbergHolly GorskiDoris GraberRobert Gramenz and Carol J. Ramm GramenzWendy Hamai and Henry StollMarshall HamptonJohn Harkins

James and Patricia HarnishEdwin Hidano and Nancy ChinDeborah HowellDorothy HudsonSomchith HuongChristian JensenJohn and Andrea JewellLaurie Jinkins and Laura WulfRichard Woo and Arlene JoeCraig and Tina JohnsonEileen KelleyBruce and Joyce KellmanCharles and Ann KirbyRon and Margo KleinVictor Bode and Leslie KnightCorine KnudsenFrank and Denise LadenburgStuart LaneSteven Lansing and Bonnie ValitonSusan LarsonDave and Kristy LawrenceYoung LeeKatherine LeFurgeyRebecca ListerPatricia MailBartholda Manderville and Twila VeyseyRoberta MarshLinda MawCassandra McGaryDouglas and Janice McLemoreDarrell and Janet MedcalfSharon MoeRoger and Nancy MoltChris Morton and Kathy HintzTim and Cathryne MullenBill and Cindy NiemiMarty and Deanne O’ConnorThomas and Pam OsborneTim and Roseanne OwensE. Lee PeppardMary PetersonClare PetrichTrung Pham & Ha Cam Truong

Faaluaina PritchardLyle Quasim and Shelagh TaylorLeo and Debbie RegalaTeri ReidJona SasakiLiz SavitzJason and Jessica ScalesJoan SchaefferCharles and Mary SchroffKaren SeinfeldEstell SleavinJames and Elizabeth SmithKathleen SommersRonald StoneTheron and Joanne StoneWilliam StreetMarilyn StricklandSue SwansonGregory and Barbara TanbaraElsie TaniguchiThomas and Karen ThomasKaterina ThompsonStuart Grover and Pamela TransueGuy and Nola TresslarJack and Marjorie TuellRon and Nancy VignecLauren WalkerAllison Wallace and Diana WallaceArthur Wang and Nancy NortonElizabeth WarmanLarry and Bonnie WarrenJohn and Christine WestJames and Kathryn WhitacreJoel and Lucinda WingardMelissa WinterJames and Nancy WitterJanice YoshiwaraMarina Zhukov

$50 - $99.99Edward and Geraldine AdamsAnonymous (2) 8

Ronnie and Barbara AsaharaLorraine BakerW. William and Joyzelle BarnesIzac and Rebecca BellewRobert and Azile BennettNels and Winifred BjarkeWes and Mary BowlbyElizabeth BoydStephen and Mary BoydLinda BremerDave and Ann BrownArthur and Margaret CampbellKelvin CeasarCathy CloverRichard and Robin CorakJerry CostelloTerry CronkTom and Carmen CroppiPat CummingsRobert and Deborah DruggeJerome and Joan DurbinJeff and Jennifer DurhamVirginia DymentAnn EachusDrew and CJ EbersoleThomas and Gwendolyn EdmondJames Eiffert and Karen WatsonBill and Sheri ElfordBrien and Cathy ElvinsMel EricksonViktor and Natalya FedoretsLyn FirkinsGary and Becky FontaineJulsimo FrankenbergerBrett FreshwatersGary and Regina GallwasAlan Nasser and Julia GarnettAndrea (Andie) H. GernonDon GernonKen GibsonJohn GintherNadezhka GordonLaura Greer

Keisha HarrisLance and Mary HarrisDonna HaynesChuck and Sue HellarFrank and Cathy HewinsChristine HickeyLynne HoffmanBobbie HubbardMark and Agnes JensenMel and Gretchen JorgensenHana KatoScott KlauminzerLacey LefflerMichael and Suzanne LewisMark LindquistKathryn LookerJacqueline LownieJames and Simone LynchJanet MasellaDiana MaurerJo Ann MaxwellApril McCombCarolyn McDougalHal and Mary MillerTherese Marie MirandeRichard and Marcia MoeJeanne MunroTuyet NguyenKathleen O’ConnorRobert OrtmeyerKaryn OsborneTracy PeacockNancy PeeleAndre PenalverConnie PentacostSally PerkinsSteve PierceMichael PowerGisela RatajskiDarrell and Lucille ReeckJay and Patti ReifelJohn and Gayle RieberHelen and Ronald RobinsonStan RumbaughBernard and Nancy RyanWilliam and Evelyn RybergDelores SalatinoAmi Schroeder

Darren SchuldheissJessica ScruggsMarlena SessionsKatherine ShabenJames SimpsonJudy SkogMaya SkolmikCarol SmithDavid and Colette SmithDebbie SmithStephen SmithAndrew SpringerWilliam and Lois StewartGary and Christine SuherJames and Kathy SullivantWally and Patsy O’ConnellRobert Sweet and Annette KruzicFrances TanakaPete and Kristine TaylorRuth TooleyRalph TurcoChinh VuEileen WattersonPaula WhiteLisa WoodsLinda Wright

Rivers United Methodist WomenAuburn First United Methodist ChurchBethany United Methodist WomenBothell United Methodist ChurchCoupeville United Methodist WomenEllensburg United Methodist WomenFairwood United Methodist MenGarden Street United Methodist WomenGig Harbor United Methodist ChurchGresham United Methodist WomenJoseph United Methodist WomenNational Office of the United Methodist ChurchPacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist ChurchSeabold United Methodist WomenSpanaway United Methodist WomenSt. Mark’s Lutheran Church By The NarrowsSummit United Methodist Women

Sumner United Methodist WomenThe Micah ProjectTibbetts United Methodist WomenTrinity United Methodist Women of WenatcheeUnited Methodist Church of KentUnited Methodist Church of PuyallupUnited Methodist WomenUnited Methodist Women Pacific Regional SchoolWesley United Methodist Church

THANK YOU FAITH PARTNERS

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ABSHER Construction CompanyAcme Bowling, Billiards & EventsAdriatic GrillAffairs Chocolate & DessertsAlbers & Company, Inc.Arthur Murray School of DanceAssociation Korean Women’s AssociationAV FactoryBank of America FoundationBroadway Center for the Performing ArtsCapers Take Home EateryCarollo, Inc.Chuckals, Inc.City of TacomaColumbia BankCommunity Health CareCourtyard by Marriott TacomaDavies Pearson, P.C.Dimitriou’s Jazz AlleyDwyer, Pemberton & Coulson, P.C.Elephant Car WasheScripFarrelli’s Wood Fire PizzaFrog n Kiwi CafeGibson’s Frozen YogurtGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.Group Health CooperativeGTM Transformations, LLChello! cupcakeHothouse Spa & SaunaIl LucanoJoeseppi’s Italian RistoranteKatie Downs Waterfront

RestaurantKeyBank FoundationKorean Women’s AssociationMcNiel Homes, LLCMichael Dunbar, CFP, LLCMicrosoftMurray Pacific Management, Inc.Museum Quality FramingNorth Sound Homes, LLCOneAmericaPacific GrillPacific Science CenterPittock MansionPropel InsuranceRefugee & Immigrant Services NorthwestRotary Club of Tacoma #8Rotary Club of Tacoma NorthSafeway, Inc.SAVI Day SpaSeattle MarinersSeattle SeahawksSeattle SoundersSelden’s Home FurnishingsSource YogaState of WashingtonSumner Meadows Golf LinksTacoma DomeTacoma Glass Blowing StudioTacoma GoodwillTacoma Little TheatreTacoma Public SchoolsThe Bamford FoundationThe Boeing CompanyThe Florence B. Kilworth FoundationThe Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation

The Grand CinemaThe Greater Tacoma Community FoundationThe Hub RestaurantThe Paul G. Allen Family FoundationThe Russell Family FoundationThe SparThrowing Mud GalleryTotem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.Tower LanesUmpqua BankUnited Way of King CountyUnited Way of Pierce CountyVino AquinoWashington State Board for Community and Technical CollegesWashington State Department of CommerceWashington State Department of Social and Health ServicesWashington State Historical SocietyWashington State Office of the Attorney GeneralWashington Student Achievement CouncilWICS Tacoma-Pierce CountyWoodland Park ZooWorkForce Central

THANK YOU CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERSTaylor AbshireDawoon AgbavonAdrian AguilarSuzanne AkamatsuSusan AndersonKathleen AndersonMariam AndersonGarner AndrewsSarah ArayaChaurita AsaeliCharlotte AshDana AshJared AussererJack BaarsMaureen BalaChris BayeGavin BeaudryAzile BennettRobert BennettBill BergstenCathy BohlaeTerry BoxJacquette BrackettCarolyn BradenJoan BreggerJohn BreggerCarole BreitenbachCathy BrewisGreg BrewisDelphine BriandZenaida BroadswordAlexa BrockampCandice BryantThomas BurkeMarsha BurnsAndrew BusseySharon CagleDaniel CagleConstance-Joy CalongeDavid CampbellBernice CampbellMaureen CantwellHeidi CarslayTatiana CaryPeter CaseyJeanine CassinoPatricia Chapin

Suzanne CongressMichaela CooleyMatthew CoreyWilliam CosgroveMaria CourogenCynthia CrowderPeter DarlingFelice DavisJudith DavisKaryn DerbyYvonne DiceJanie DowningPamela DoyleDavid DrogePamela Duncan-PierceArrie DunlapArthur DunnJoan DurbinArlee EhlersAlocasia EllisonCarolyn ElseEric EmbreeSadia EmbreeCrystal EngBarbara FarnsworthTeresa FerreiraLyn FirkinsKaren FlamoeCynthia FordJulsimo FrankenbergerKathleen FranzKarlin Frederick

Kelly FrettVallery FrinkErin GaedeLisa GallinatElizabeth GalloLaura GardnerBrock GarretChristine GeorgeRiley GillardSharron GlennAnne GolloglySusan GordonBen GowdyJennie GrebBrad GrindrodPeter GrosvenorAshok GuptaFernando GutierrezBill HagensNoel HagensChelsea HagerChristine HaightBrittany HakeKathleen HamiltonDaryl Hamilton-ManierMarshall HamptonSherry Hanafee-HerseyJennifer HastingsCheryl HendricksonMichael HensonMike HerseyChristine Hickey

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Vu HoangKate HowlandHannah HunthausenAdrienne HussKim HuynhJoakin HvalbyRae IwamotoMarie JamiesonRonald JohnsonDennis JohnsonSandra JohnstonWillie JohnstoneMarilyn JorgensonShanaiah JoyceRuth KallesDikka KartikaAlison Kautz-AyalaMadison KeeleBryan KelleyLinda KelleyJohn KennedyLorene KerbyAnn KirbyCharles KirbySusan KunkelThuan LamVirginia LaneMackenzie LanumSusan LarsonSharon LeeDon LeebrickGarrett LequeDennis LeuthauserJennie MacEachernBarbara MadsenCalisa MangoldKristen MarshDwight MasonSchynequa MathisLinda MawDorothy McCabeMischa McCannKevin McCannDorothy McCarthyVictoria McCloskeyBruce McDowellAbi McLaneWarren McNeelyJackson Miller

Hugh MitchellAllen MorrisInge MorrisJohn MorrisHeather MossLucy MusattiAnthony NguyenLinh NguyenMariza NoriegaMeliza NoriegaBen NouriLenora NovakJohn NuismerEdgardo NunezCarolyn OhlsonJerry OldfieldPatrick OlsonJames O’NeillBryan OzckusMarian PalasMargo PalmerStephen PanLindsey PaupHolly PepinMelody PetersFaith PetersonAshley PetersonJohn PetersonElizabeth PetrichChar PowellDenise PowellDavid RandTommy RehmLinda ReiterKristoffer RiceKristen RinkerMaricela RiveraMichelle RowlandMark RudZayna SalloumJanna SargentSerena ScaggsAndrea ShapiroStephanie ShinnAnn SimonScott SissonsEstell SleavinColette SmithChristie Smith

James SmithDeborah SmithKathleen SmolicAthena SniderKathleen SommersColleen SorensenAnita StaeheliJanina StarrArlene StebbinsMary Jo StebnerPeter StockerAmy StollMegan StoneClaudia StraayerVirginia StruchenVirginia SuslickNancy SuttonSusan SwansonTom ThomasSteve ThomasCindy ToyayaDenise Turner-WillsBarbara Van HarenSharon Van KirkJim VaughnLoni WalkerHayli WalkerMychelle WaltersCarol WebsterKatharine WeissKari-lynn WencikerSheila WhybrowKara WidergrenAlice WilhydeErica WilliamsMelissa WinterStephanie WrightSandra ZacekIrene Ziemba

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2012

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Allocation of Expenses2012 $3,357,963

19%

30%

10%

3%

8%6%

6%

18%

Fundraising $192,483

Client Advocacy $270,308

General & Administrative $320,213

Education $650,172

Immigration $213,022

Employment $996,956

Interpretation & Translation $600,221

Volunteer Services $114,588

Total Public Support & Revenue2012 $3,754,520

Contributions $126,633

Special Events $6,065

Church Support $200,145

United Way $79,826

Other Revenue $92,724

Investment Gain $46,591

Program Service Fees $745,345

Foundations/Grants $191,882

Contracts $2,265,309

2%

60%

20%

1% 3%

5%4%

5%

>1%

Beginning Net Assets $2,192,449Ending Net Assets $2,589,006

P: 253.383.3951 | F: 253.597.6687PO Box 5107 | 1314 South L Street | Tacoma, WA 98415

info@tacomacommunityhouse.orgwww.tacomacommunityhouse.org

Board of Directors

Rev. Wesley Stanton, PresidentAndrew Buffington, Vice President Rev. David Richardson, SecretaryEd Ramos, Treasurer Annie Jones Barnes Sharon Benson Patricia Chase Anne Marsh CrowleyJoe Diaz (2008-2012) Maria DeVore Rev. Kathryn Everett Lynda FilkinsSandy Holliday (2009-2012) Annie Jones-Barnes Georgia Lomax Conor McCarthyPeggy McKasyKaren Miller (2010-2012)Rev. Pamela OsborneRev. David P. Wright

Ex-Officio Members

Bishop Grant HagiyaKathy LeFurgey Rev. Sharon MoeJenni YeohHortense Tyrell