DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT
EIN 91-1435394 · Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines (G81Z)
What they do
TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE is THE FIRST LEGALLY SANCTIONED SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM (SEP) IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS FOUNDED BY DAVE PURCHASE, A DRUG and ALCOHOL COUNSELOR, IN AUGUST 1988 IN RESPONSE to THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC. TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE WAS INCORPORATED AS THE POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS (PDAP), A NOT-FOR- PROFIT 501 (C)(3) ON DECEMBER 5, 1988. IN 1993, to MEET THE NEEDS of A NASCENT US HARM REDUCTION MOVEMENT, PDAP EXPANDED NATIONALLY and FORMED THE NORTH AMERICAN SYRINGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (NASEN) to PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, LOW COST, HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES to SEPS THROUGHOUT THE US. IN AUGUST 2018, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY of ITS FOUNDING, POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS FORMALLY CHANGED ITS NAME to DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT (DPP) IN HONOR of ITS FOUNDER. TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE (TNE) and THE NORTH AMERICAN SYRINGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (NASEN) ARE BOTH INITIATIVES of DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT.
Financial picture
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1993
- Location
- 535 DOCK ST 113, TACOMA, WA 98402
- County
- Pierce
- In care of
- PAUL LAKOSKY
- Primary officer
- PAUL LAKOSKY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- JOHNSON STONE & PAGANO PS
- NTEE classification
- Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines (G81Z)
- IRS tax category
- Voluntary Health Organizations
More public IRS record details
These are classification codes from the organization’s public nonprofit record.
- Subsection
- 03
- Affiliation
- 3
- Classification
- 1000
- Deductibility
- 1
- Foundation
- 15
- Activity
- 320000000
- Organization
- 1