2024-01-22T05:55:05-07:00 2023-08-31 990 2022-09-01 882164507 CASCADIA IFT CASC 2539700341 1617 99th Ave E Edgewood WA 98371 Christopher Chan Bookkeeper 2539700341 2024-01-22 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Chris Chan 22023 78th Pl W Edmonds WA 98026 110564 0 X https://www.cascadiaift.org X 2022 WA To advance the quality, safety and global relationship of the greater Puget Sound food system while advocating for the cultivation, valuation, and proper compensation of current and future food scientists. 8 8 0 20 0 0 7286 2316 0 109028 0 -780 0 0 7286 110564 83277 45000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63477 90464 146754 135464 -139468 -24900 601845 600870 0 0 601845 600870 To advance the quality, safety and global relationship of the greater Puget Sound food system while advocating for the cultivation, valuation, and proper compensation of current and future food scientists. 0 0 78366 0 105858 Every year this organization organizes an Expo for food professionals of all disciplines in the Pacific Northwest. The event conducted on February 28, 2023 was "Supplier Night Expo" focusing on food supplier. 45000 0 0 Scholarship Night and Dinner happens every May and includes an educational discussion to our members and guests. 10 Scholarship recipients were awarded their checks and iPads during the meeting. The scholarship committee, comprising of 5 members and a few additional volunteers helped with this event. 17276 3170 Golf Outing happens every June, about 15 volunteers help plan and execute this event. The main purpose of this event is to help fund scholarship. 0 0 0 140642 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Tiffany Fegurgur-McGillivray 2539700341 1617 99th Ave E Edgewood WA 98371 X Cherie Cornwell Past-President 5 0 X 0 0 0 Trey Sanders President 5 0 X 0 0 0 Jagriti Sharma President-Elect 5 0 X 0 0 0 Tiffany Fegurgur-McGillivray Treasurer 5 0 X 0 0 0 Yuka Kobayashi Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 Jim Sutton Member-at-Large 2 0 X 0 0 0 Rowan Tych Member-at-Large 2 0 X 0 0 0 Hannah Dressen Member-at-Large 2 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1909 0 0 0 407 0 2316 Golf Outing 713910 3170 3170 0 0 Cascadia Food Suppliers Expo 311999 105858 105858 0 0 0 0 0 0 109028 11531 11531 0 0 -12311 -12311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110564 108248 0 0 0 45000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4188 836 1503 829 1650 78566 1303 Donation to other nonprofits 1360 Licenses 23 Meals and Entertainment 206 135464 0 0 0 27612 19536 5468 5469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 568765 575865 601845 600870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 601845 600870 601845 600870 601845 600870 -24900 23925 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 Scholarship recipients were awarded their checks and iPads during the meeting. The scholarship committee, comprising of 5 members debated and then selected the recipients based on established criteria. 10 4500 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 - We gave assistance to known organizations that are well established and has a long history in our community. Each applicant had to provide their school transcripts, fill out an application and have a signed letter of recommendation from an advisor at the school they are currently enrolled in. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 We have different levels of membership, namely, premier, premier early carrier, networking and engagement, international joint, emeritus and student. These different levels of membership carried different levels of benefits, discounts of IFT resources. None of them carried any voting rights. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 was distributed to the various officers and a meeting was conducted to discuss any issues that arose. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and discussed periodically. Any member with potential conflict of interest must inform the Board of that potential conflict and will be excused from any discussion or vote on the related issue. The President is expected to make inquiries if a conflict appears to exist while the board member concerned has not made it known. The bookkeeper came down with a serious illness and could not file the extension that was due on January. 15, 2024. Further, during that time there was a major winter storm in the Pacific Northwest that prevent him from access the relevant records in the office due to icy conditions which prevented the filing of the return by the due date. Based on these circumstances, we have a reasonable cause for late filing and not due to willful neglect.