2025-08-12T09:13:18-05:00 2024-12-31 882533599 WERSEN NONPROFIT CPAS LLC 4513 Lakeway Drive Bellingham WA 98229 990 2024-01-01 521833599 Sightline Institute SIGH 2064471880 92 Lenora St 189 Seattle WA 98121 Alan Durning Executive Director 2064471880 2025-08-12 1 0 Keaton Wersen CPA P01957642 3607709369 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Alan Durning 92 Lenora St 189 Seattle WA 98121 4671879 0 X www.sightline.org X 1993 WA To make Cascadia a global model of sustainability. 10 9 22 15 0 0 4655854 2338676 1193 650 46457 180813 1338 728 4704842 2520867 22076 35757 0 0 2256234 2433039 23414 18839 528762 643641 762188 2945365 3249823 1759477 -728956 7547705 7176336 448574 684353 7099131 6491983 To make the Cascadia bioregion-from Alaska to Oregon and from the Pacific to the northern Rockies-a global model of sustainability with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. 0 0 2285279 35757 763 Sightline Institute equips the people of Cascadia - including policymakers, advocates, and community leaders - with trusted, actionable research to drive long-term solutions to the region's most pressing challenges. In 2024, the Organization's work informed key policy decisions across the Northwest, including state-level clean energy reforms, new zoning measures to enable more housing options, and efforts to strengthen democratic systems and civic participation. We shared our insights widely through in-depth articles, media commentary, briefings, and public events. All research is freely available under our open-use policy. 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X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Durning Executive Director 198548 0 0 0 0 0 20018 0 9380 0 227946 0 0 0 Meaghan Tracy Managing Director 134850 0 0 0 0 0 14391 0 23646 0 172887 0 0 0 Anna Fahey Principal Director of Strategy 125734 0 0 0 0 0 13645 0 28177 0 167556 0 0 0 Dan Bertolet Senior Director of Housing+Cities 128165 0 0 0 0 0 12864 0 9454 0 150483 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Finance and Audit Committee (FAC) reviews and approves the Form 990, and forwards a copy to the Board Chair to distribute to the full Board. The Board Chair distributes it to the full Board, and informs the Executive Director (ED) that the Form 990 has been reviewed and approved by the FAC and distributed to the Board. The ED reviews the Form 990, signs it, and files it with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Employees, board members, interns, volunteers, and contractors are required by policy to promptly disclose any conflict of interests to a supervisor or fellow board member. Board members are explicitly asked once a year if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest is determined to exist at any level, the interested parties are prohibited from making decisions regarding the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a Annually, a sub-committee of the board reviews the Executive Director's (ED) self-evaluation, meets with the ED to discuss it, and solicits feedback from and meets with senior staff to judge their perspective of the ED's effectiveness. The sub-committee then creates a report that makes a recommendation to the full Board on whether and how much to increase the ED's salary and/or authorize a bonus, based on the members' evaluation of the quality of the ED's performance. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Financial statements are posted on the organization's website, and other governing documents are made available upon written request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Recruiting: Program service expenses 4,050. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,050. Research support: Program service expenses 173,978. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 173,978. Coalition consultation: Program service expenses 85,857. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 85,857. Editing and design: Program service expenses 69,034. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 69,034. Other consultation: Program service expenses 14,166. Management and general expenses 7,357. Fundraising expenses 4,445. Total expenses 25,968. Form 990, Part IX: Per Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the 2024 audited financial statements, the 2023 functional expenses were reclassified to support a consistent allocation method between the current year (2024) and prior year (2023) presented. The most significant reclassification was to functional expenses, updating the payroll and related expenses allocation to conform with the current year's method of allocation. This reclassification resulted in program expenses decreasing $231,638, management and general expenses increasing $205,931, and fundraising expenses increasing $25,707.