Tampa Sister Cities is the nonprofit organization helping Tampa build lasting international relationships through citizen diplomacy, cultural exchange, education, economic connection, and people-to-people understanding.
As the organizing body behind TIDES — the Tampa International Diplomacy and Exchange Summit — Tampa Sister Cities brings decades of experience connecting Tampa with communities around the world. Its mission is rooted in the belief that global relationships are built not only by governments, but by people, institutions, businesses, educators, artists, students, and civic leaders working together across borders.
Tampa Sister Cities operates as a nonprofit organization dedicated to charitable, cultural, educational, scientific, and related public purposes. Its bylaws specifically describe its purpose as fostering international understanding on a people-to-people basis by working with citizens of Tampa’s Sister Cities and the broader community so that “hands of friendship and comity can be extended across the seas.”