Peace Community Center, incorporated in 1996, is a non-profit organization committed to empowering Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood children, youth and young adults to reach their God-given potential. The Center provides programming that supports these students with in-school, after-school and summer academic tutoring and mentoring. Through our academic programming students are able to build meaningful relationships with caring adults, which nurture their holistic development.

Our goal is for the students we serve would be able to attend college, receive a four year degree, gain a living wage job that is meaningful, and give back to their community. To date we have assisted 42 students to graduate from high school, 36 of whom are currently enrolled in college as a freshmen, sophomore or junior. These students have received over $1,000,000 in scholarships to support their goal of a college education.

Our Mission

Peace Community Center is a place of community, committed to the empowerment of children and young adults.  The Center provides the skills and support needed for each to reach their God-given potential.

Our Vision

The children and young adults we serve are confident in their ability to learn, love, and be powerful agents for positive change in our world.

Peace Lutheran: We value Peace Lutheran Church (PLC) as our first partner in fostering spiritual vitality, expressing compassion, and empoweing children and youung adults to become all God intends them to be.

South 21st & Cushman: We value our diverse neighborhood and we committ ourselves and our resources to the development of community, lifegiving relationships, and an attitude of service.

Partnership: We value and commit ourselves to cooperative relationships that bring gifts and opportunities to our common cause.

Holistic Health: We value every person's right to live in safety, experience true family, and acquire confidence in their ability to learn, grow and serve.

Empowerment: We value our community's capacity to create positive change, and we commit to the development of leaders who reflect our community's diversity.