FIRST FIVE FUNDAMENTALS
EIN 80-0209462 · Youth Development Programs (O50)
What they do
FOUNDED IN 2008, FIRST 5 FUNDAMENTALS (F5F) is A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION to UPHOLD COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES IN ACHIEVING THEIR COLLECTIVE GOALS for CHILDREN and FAMILIES. OUR TEAM is PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE for CHILDREN and FAMILIES BY HARNESSING THE STRENGTHS and IDEAS THAT LIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES. AS OUR NAME STATES, THE FIRST 5 YEARS of LIFE ARE FUNDAMENTAL. OUR ROLE is to SUPPORT CROSS-SECTOR LEADERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, to HELP MAKE THEIR COLLECTIVE VISION for CHILDREN and FAMILIES A REALITY. F5F CURRENTLY SUPPORTS FOUR GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVES PIERCE COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK, WASHINGTON COMMUNITIES for CHILDREN, NORTHWEST EARLY LEARNING COALITION, and VISIONS for EARLY LEARNING.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- 1501 PACIFIC AVE STE 201, TACOMA, WA 98402-3317
- County
- Pierce
- In care of
- MAILE HADLEY