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Rainbow Center

AKA RC, Tacoma Rainbow Center

Tacoma, WA

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Rainbow Center

Also Known As:: RC, Tacoma Rainbow Center
Physical Address:: Tacoma, WA 98402 4434
EIN:: 91-1859897
Web URL:: www.rainbowcntr.org
Leadership:: Michelle Douglas

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Forms 990	2012, 2011, and 2010 Forms 990 filed with the IRS
Mission Objectives	Mission Statement is available
Impact Summary	Impact Summary from the nonprofit is available

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Fiscal Year Starting: Oct 01, 2010
Fiscal Year Ending: Sep 30, 2011

Revenue
Total Revenue	$172,373

Expenses
Total Expenses	$149,340

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Rainbow Center

Also Known As:: RC, Tacoma Rainbow Center
Physical Address:: Tacoma, WA 98402 4434
EIN:: 91-1859897
Web URL:: www.rainbowcntr.org
NTEE Category:: R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy; R26 Lesbian/Gay Rights; S Community Improvement, Capacity Building; S21 Community Coalitions; W Public, Society Benefit; W01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Year Founded:: 1997
Ruling Year:: 1998
How This Organization Is Funded:: Individual Donors - $150,000; Office of Crime Victims Advocacy - Grant - $70,000; Many small grants - $30,000

Mission Statement

<a name="1"></a>Our History Our first physical location was a very small room with enough space for one volunteer, a phone, and a brochure rack.  In the past 14 years we've grown exponentially.  The Rainbow Center now provides space for many groups to meet in our comfortable meeting space.  We have a lending library, resource table, an office area for our employees, public use computers, and free wi-fi, and advocacy for victims of crime. We work with LGBTQA individuals from all over WA state providing resources, advocacy, information, and education.   <a name="2"></a>Who We Are Today The Rainbow Center's mission is to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by providing education, resources, information, advocacy, and opportunities for empowerment to individuals and organization with the south Puget Sound area. We find our activities falling into three general categories. <ul> <li>Educate - working to provide information to all individuals and groups about the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed, Questioning/Queer and Allied individuals community in an effort to eliminate harmful stereotypes </li><li>Advocate - working to ensure that Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed, Questioning/Queer and Allied individuals receive the same basic human rights as all other citizens of pierce County, the State of Washington and the United States. </li><li>Celebrate - working to acknowledge pride in who we are as valuable creative members of a diverse population in this county, state, and country. </li> </ul>

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

The Rainbow Center is a safe, accessible and welcoming community space for meetings, activities and events that strengthen the lives of people in our community. We support Greater Pierce County by providing a centralized source of information, referrals, and advocacy, for and about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. We provide visibility to the history, culture and diversity of our communities. We believe that having a unified voice strengthens the community as a whole by contributing to the richness of diversity found in the South Sound area. We support other like-minded organizations by nurturing their development and providing opportunities for networking across differences. We are passionate about supporting the entrepreneurship of people demonstrating the initiative and talent to develop new opportunities for service and support. We offer free meeting space, volunteer opportunities and the chance to participate in special events.

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Leadership

Michelle Douglas

Term:

Since July 2010

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Program: Community Center

Budget:: $275,000
Category:
Population Served:: Gays/Lesbians; Other Minorities

Program Description:

Tacoma - Pierce County's LGBT Community Center

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