2024-11-07T07:29:35-06:00 2023-12-31 910870697 AIKEN & SANDERS INC PS 324 S MAIN ST UNIT A MONTESANO WA 985634502 990 2023-01-01 911484389 STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT TASK FORCE DBA SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS STIL 4252526686 712 3RD STREET B MUKILTEO WA 98275 MARY BRUEGGEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4252526686 2024-11-04 1 0 LONNIE RICH CPA P00333655 3605333370 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z MARY BRUEGGEMAN 712 3RD STREET B MUKILTEO WA 98275 1080409 0 X WWW.SOUNDSALMONSOLUTIONS.ORG X 1990 WA TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF SALMON IN THE STILLAGUAMISH, SNOHOMISH AND ISLAND COUNTY WATERSHEDS. 7 7 18 400 0 0 785297 1080368 0 0 43 41 -80 0 785260 1080409 0 0 0 0 588911 649727 0 0 66 257066 286170 845977 935897 -60717 144512 277240 412478 106322 97048 170918 315430 X TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF SALMON IN THE STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOHOMISH RIVER BASINS AND ISLAND COUNTY WATERSHEDS. 0 0 485623 HABITAT PROGRAM: IN 2023, SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS WORKED ON 15 HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECTSTHROUGHOUT THE SNOHOMISH, STILLAGUAMISH, AND ISLAND WATERSHEDS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SALMON HABITAT. WITH THE HELP OF STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS, AND STUDENTS, SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS CONTROLLED 61 ACRES OF INVASIVE VEGETATION AND PLANTED 19,580 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS ON 13.12 ACRES. 198012 EDUCATION AND HATCHERY PROGRAMS:OUR HATCHERY LOCATED AT THE WILLOW CREEK SALMON AND WATERSHED EDUCATION CENTER RAISED 40,000 COHO SALMON WHICH WERE THEN RELEASED INTO 8 LOCAL TRIBUTARIES WITHIN LAKE WASHINGTON WATERSHED. VOLUNTEERS HELPED WITH EVERY STAGE OF THE SALMON REARING PROCESS, GIVING OVER 900 HOURS IN THE YEAR 2023.IN 2023 SSS ENGAGED YOUTH AND ADULTS IN LESSONS THAT FORGED A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SALMON RECOVERY WHILE EMPOWERING PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE OF PACIFIC SALMON.OUR SALMON IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM BROUGHT COHO SALMON TO 21 SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS RAISED THEM FROM THE EGG TO FRY STAGE WHILE LEARNING THE IMPORTANCE OF SALMON TO OUR ECOSYSTEM, ECONOMY, AND CULTURE IN WASHINGTON. STUDENTS THEN JOINED SSS EDUCATORS ON A FIELD TRIP WHERE THEY RELEASED THEIR SALMON INTO A LOCAL STREAM.SSS PARTNERED WITH THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY JUVENILE COURT TO PROVIDE THE YOUTH EXPLORING STREAM SCIENCE (YESS) PROGRAM. YESS ENGAGES YOUTH FROM THE SCJC DIVERSION PROGRAM IN MEANINGFUL AND HANDS-ON WATERSHED SCIENCE EXPERIENCES. YOUTH WHO QUALIFY FOR DIVERSION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME AND SENTENCED TO DETENTION, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LOW RISK OF RE-OFFENSE, HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING WITH SSS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SUCCESS AS WE HAVE SEEN STUDENTS WHO HAD THE 'TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL' PERSONA BLOSSOM INTO BUDDING SCIENTISTS, FULL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SALMON AND THEIR HABITAT. SSS HOSTED A SUMMER CAMP AT THE HATCHERY IN EDMONDS WHERE CAMPERS SPENT TIME OUTSIDE LEARNING ABOUT THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY CAN BE STEWARDS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. 3 WEEKS OF CAMP WERE OFFERED IN 2023, HOSTING 50 CAMPERS TOTAL. SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SCOUT TROOPS ALSO VISITED THE HATCHERY FOR OUTDOOR FIELD TRIPS. 1205 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM:IN 2023 SSS'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ENGAGED NEARLY 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES IN SALMON RECOVERY. THESE VOLUNTEERS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SALMON RECOVERY BY ASSISTING WITH EVERY STAGE OF THE SALMON-REARING PROCESS AT OUR HATCHERY IN EDMONDS AND CONTRIBUTED TO RESTORING SALMON SPAWNING HABITAT THROUGH RIPARIAN RESTORATION. ADDITIONALLY, OUR EDMONDS STEWARDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE CITY OF EDMONDS, ENGAGED TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE RESTORATION OF CITY OF EDMONDS PARKS THAT INCLUDE TRADITIONAL SALMON HABITAT OR OLD GROWTH FOREST. THESE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS ACT AS LEADERS IN STEWARDSHIP AND LEAD WEEKLY PUBLIC EVENTS THAT EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOVING INVASIVE VEGETATION AND PLANTING NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. SSS'S 2023 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTED OVER 1600 HOURS OF SERVICE AND INSPIRED COUNTLESS OTHERS TO TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS THEY CAN TO IMPROVE SALMON POPULATIONS.FURTHERMORE, SSS PROVIDED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY AT TABLING EVENTS SUCH AS FESTIVALS, SCHOOL SCIENCE NIGHTS, AND CITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOHOMISH WATERSHEDS. THESE EVENTS WERE VITAL IN RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS ON SALMON RECOVERY AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY. 684840 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 WA X THE ORGANIZATION 4252526686 712 3RD STREET B MUKILTEO WA 98275 ERIC GILMORE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ED STAY VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHELLE MAYNARD TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JAKE KIRCHNER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAN MCGOVERN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE BAHNICK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MACI MATA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY L BRUEGGEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 32.00 X 80047 0 10391 80047 0 10391 0 0 0 0 0 1054831 25537 1080368 41 41 1080409 0 0 41 90438 90438 444400 352834 91566 6838 6050 788 42840 34139 8701 65211 43874 21337 22925 15424 7501 2362 2362 10231 1367 8821 43 3257 563 2694 45146 34199 10947 20988 18687 2278 23 660 660 10875 7317 3558 PROJECT EXPENSE 163842 163842 BAD DEBTS 5884 5884 935897 684840 250991 66 42931 153374 179787 232553 3299 3299 98671 95891 3439 2780 47784 20472 277240 412478 55721 74814 50601 22234 106322 97048 X 166430 313890 4488 1540 170918 315430 277240 412478 144512 0 X X 1 X 0 0 0 X 1437901 836460 815824 785297 1080368 4955850 1437901 836460 815824 785297 1080368 4955850 4955850 36 33 41 43 41 194 4956044 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 98671 95891 2780 2780 LEASE LIABILITY 22234 22234 X PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION REPORTED NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2023. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THERE ARE SEVERAL CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP BASED ON DONATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT PROVIDES A COPY OF FORM 990 TO THE BOARD BEFORE FILING. THE BOARD IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, COMMENT, AND MAKE CHANGES PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THERE IS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN. THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY AND AS THEY ARISE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION THE ORGANIZATION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT COMPENSATION PAID BY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS FOR EQUIVALENT POSITIONS IN THE SAME COMMUNITY OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, AND POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.