What We Do
Give Love Away Foundation have been serving the inner city community for over 20 years. We value the spirit of serving others and allowing love to be the vehicle to those in our community. Our history of service has been deeply inspired through personal life lessons and life experiences. These acts unfortunate circumstances compels us to give back, and constantly reminds us of how it feels to need help throughout such hopeless times and situations.
OUR MISSION & VISION
Our Mission : is to to strengthen the economical, social, and environmental state of our community.
Our Vision : is to impact the world by loving one community at a time.
We believe in the saying that love conquers all, and above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
‘‘Our aim is to build successful infrastructure programs designed to operate on the principles of great mentorship.’’
Give Love Away Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. Every dollar contributed helps us grow our program and changes lives.
The City of Tacoma - which has an imprisonment rate seven times higher than the state average and the highest imprisonment rate of Washington large cities (612 per 100,000) - is home to less than 3% of the state’s residents, but a disproportionate 9% of residents in state prisons.
HOMELESS, MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE
There were 34 homicides in Tacoma in 2023, which is down from 45 in 2022. That is about a 24 percent decrease from that year. Tacoma average about 18 homicides per year, according to the city of Tacoma’s website, but that number fluctuates.
DRUG ADDITION & OVERDOSE
INCARCERATION
The number of people living homeless in Washington rose 2,825 people to 28,036 from 2022, according to the state’s Point-in-Time Count. In 2022, State of Mental Health in America report, Mental Health America ranked each state on factors associated with poor mental health, by youth and adults. In ranking youth and adults overall, Washington placed 38th and 32nd respectively. More than 1,000 Washington residents die by suicide every year. 20 percent of tenth grade students in Washington have seriously considered suicide. For every person who dies by suicide in the U.S., 60 will survive a suicide attempt. Suicide can be prevented. Suicide can be prevented.
CRIME & HOMICIDE
Washington saw 25.3% more reported drug overdose deaths in March 2023 than in the same month in 2022. The change in predicted drug overdose deaths was even higher, 28.4% this past March. In March 2022, Washington reported 2,351 drug overdose deaths, and in March 2023 Washington reported 2.948 deaths.