Quota of Tacoma is a women’s service organization that shares our time and effort by giving back to our local community and we have a blast while doing it!

What do Quota Members DO?

We host fundraising activities, select and support deserving non-profit organizations and their efforts to reach those in need. We hold service events where we volunteer with hands-on activities.

Want to learn more about Quota of Tacoma?

Please consider joining us at an upcoming meeting or service event. Use the Contact Us section in the upper right-hand corner of this website to send a message to us.

Our Mission:

Empower women, children, and those in our Pierce County community who are struggling and in need of support.

 Our Goals

• Serve our community through volunteering time, energy, and enthusiasm.

• Strive to have a positive and sustainable impact within our community.

• Focusing on women, teens, and children experiencing troubling times, gain an awareness of the deeper needs within our community.

• Form lifelong awesome friendships through shared interests in community service and fundraising.

• Celebrate our work and our fellow Quotarians.

• Experience personal growth via a commitment to look beyond ourselves and share our individual talents.

Our Impact and Service

Family Renewal Shelter

domesticviolencehelp.org
Over $10,000 donated
Time donated in multi-year projects

TESTIMONIAL: Family Renewal Shelter is a confidential domestic violence program that serves high-risk victims who have been forced to flee life-threatening abuse. We are so thankful that Quota of Tacoma has been our committed partner for over 30 years, helping us to provide compassionate support to thousands of women and children. That support includes shelter, food, emergency motel housing, and relocation to safety. Through your generosity, Family Renewal Shelter can continue to help our most vulnerable neighbors to find safety, peace, and new hopeful lives. Thank You!
Keith Galbraith, Executive Director - Family Renewal Shelter

My Sister’s Pantry

mysisterspantry.org
$3,000 donated in 2023
Time donated

TESTIMONIAL: Quota International of Tacoma has been a supporter of My Sister’s Pantry Food & Clothing Bank for many years. Not only have club members volunteered in the Pantry but the club has donated financial support as well as shelf stable food and gently used clothing. This support has benefited the Pantry clientele. We are most grateful for all of their support.
Martha Curwen, Executive Director – My Sister’s Pantry

Raising Girls

raisinggirls.org
$1,000 in 2023
Trunkloads of toiletries
Time donated

TESTIMONIAL: Raising Girls is deeply grateful to Quota International for their generous financial contribution and invaluable support. With funds that we have received from Quota, we have been able to provide care bags filled with essential hygiene and sanitary supplies to students in need, helping ensure that young people have access to the basic necessities for maintaining their dignity and health. This support has helped us to expand our reach and make a significant difference in the lives of youth throughout our community.

In addition to their financial support, Quota International’s volunteers have been instrumental in furthering our mission. Their willingness to lend a helping hand to pack care bags as well as write inspirational cards, has strengthened our efforts, in making our work more impactful. Raising Girls sincerely appreciates Quota International’s commitment to supporting our cause and helping us uplift the youth who we serve. Together, we are building a brighter, more empowered future for young people in our community. Thank you Quota International!"
Sharon Chambers Gordon, Founder & CEO – Raising Girls

LASA Living Access Support Alliance

lasapierce.org
$1,500 donated in 2023
Time donated

LASA is a community-supported agency committed to the prevention of homelessness and recurrent homelessness. LASA programs offer hygiene centers and essentials, permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, affordable housing, rental and utility assistance, emergency shelter, essential needs and diaper closets, pantry, winter clothing, little library with more programs planned.

Toy Rescue Mission

toyrescuemission.org

$1,500 donated in 2024 to Kids Health and Safety Fair - used for coats and backpacks
$2,500 donated in 2023
Peanut butter collection filled a truckbed!
Time donated = Over 50 hours on an annual basis

Requirements to Apply

• First-generation female student

• Currently enrolled — or recently accepted — as a student at a post-secondary institution (part-time or full-time study)

• Must be in good standing

How to Apply

Our scholarship application window has closed for 2024. We welcome early inquiries for the 2025/2026 school year. Please use our ‘Contact Us’ link in the upper right of our website.

WHEN to Apply

Our annual deadline is the final day of May, and our current year’s scholarship deadline has passed.

For the current 2024/2025 school year, Scholarship applications and supplemental information were due by the end of the day on Friday, May 31, 2024. Recipients will be notified by the close of business Monday, June 17th, 2024.