2026-08-14T23:19:33-05:00 2025-09-30 911056739 VINE DAHLEN PLLC 3500 188TH STREET SW STE 322 LYNNWOOD WA 98037 990 2024-10-01 743237319 BRAIDED RIVER BRAI 2064060417 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY STE 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 HELEN CHERULLO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2064060417 2026-08-13 1 0 LORI L SCOTT CPA P01452038 4257716055 2026-08-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z HELEN CHERULLO 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY STE 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 502166 0 X WWW.BRAIDEDRIVER.ORG X 2007 WA WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PROTECT WILD PLACES THROUGH IMAGES AND STORIES THAT CHANGE PERSPECTIVES. 6 6 0 18 0 0 292085 412930 158656 85644 3519 3592 3000 0 457260 502166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3756 4138 483748 573579 483748 577335 -26488 -75169 522153 479971 15740 34485 506413 445486 X WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PROTECT WILD PLACES THROUGH IMAGES AND STORIES THAT CHANGE PERSPECTIVES, WESTERN NORTH AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS ARE UNDER THREAT. USING THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL IMAGES, WE PUBLISH PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS AND CREATE MULTIMEDIA ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THESE CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS. WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS, WRITERS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TURN AWE INTO ACTION. 0 0 32802 IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS THIS BOOK, IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS, WAS WRITTEN TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCREASE UNDERSTANDING, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND MOMENTUM, AND INSPIRE ACTION TO SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND RESTORE OUR REGION'S IMPERILED LANDS, WATERS, AND LIFEWAYS. THE BOOK WAS INSPIRED BY AN INDIGENOUS GATHERING, WHERE THOSE PRESENT SPOKE FROM THE HEART AND THE MIND ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS. THE VISION OF IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS IS TO DRAW ON ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE TO FURTHER EMPOWER AND INSPIRE INDIGENOUS-LED ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS WITH NON-INDIGENOUS ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MOTHER EARTH AND ALL HER RELATIONS DOWN TO THE SEVENTH GENERATION. PUBLISHED BY SE'SI'LE, WITH BRAIDED RIVER. SE'SI'LE IS AN INDIGENOUS-LED, BELLINGHAM-BASED NONPROFIT THAT WORKS TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS AREAS, RESOURCES, AND SACRED SITES. THE LAUNCH OF THIS BOOK INCLUDED A PANEL EVENT WITH LUMMI CHAIRMAN JAY JULIUS, SE'SI'LE, AND BRAIDED RIVER THAT DREW OVER 250 ATTENDEES, AND MORE THAN 600 BOOKS WERE GIVEN AWAY AT COMMUNITY EVENTS UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY. 64719 GUARDIANS OF LIFE - GUARDIANS OF LIFE BRAIDED RIVER IS PROJECTED TO RELEASE AND PUBLISH GUARDIANS OF LIFE IN FEBRUARY 2026. THE BOOK IS A VISUAL JOURNEY THAT REVEALS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AS EARTH'S MOST POWERFUL PROTECTORS. THE ODYSSEY SPANS THE GLOBE, FROM PALAU'S CORAL REEFS AND MONGOLIA'S STEPPES TO GREENLAND'S SEA ICE. GUARDIANS OF LIFE IS POWERED BY THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN INDIGENOUS VOICES, INCLUDING ACTIVIST QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE AND PALAUAN STATESMAN TOMMY REMENGESAU JR. THEIR EXPERTISE IS BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOJOURNALIST KILIII YYAN'S STRIKING IMAGERY, THE POWERFUL WRITING OF BESTSELLING AUTHOR (1491) CHARLES MANN, AND WRITER GLEB RAYGORODETSKY'S INSIGHTS. TOGETHER, THIS COLLECTION OF POWERFUL IMAGES AND STORIES PROVES HOW TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN INNOVATION UNITE TO SAFEGUARD THE PLANET. THE TEAM FACILITATED EVENT PREPARATION AND A MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN 2025 TO PREPARE FOR THE 2026 LAUNCH. 193441 LIVING RIVER - THIS BOOK AND VISUAL CAMPAIGN RELEASED IN APRIL 2023 HAS BEEN EDUCATING ABOUT THE IMPERILLED COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED. IN 2024, THE AUTHOR DAVE SHOWALTER HAS PRESENTED AT 15 IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL EVENTS AS PART OF THE LIVING RIVER EVENTS SERIES, REACHING A TOTAL OF 4,435 PEOPLE IN PERSON IN COLORADO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND CALIFORNIA. THE LARGEST IN-PERSON SPEAKING EVENT WAS A 60-PERSON GROUP AT THE UTAH DIN BIKEYAH SUMMER GATHERING AT THE KIGALIA GUARD STATION CAMPGROUND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UTAH DIN BIKYAH. THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN HAS ACHIEVED OVER TEN MILLION IMPRESSIONS, REACHING ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS IN PRINT AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. THE BOOK HAD NATIONAL AUDIENCE REACH IN THE NATURAL HISTORY AND LITERARY SPACE, WITH PROMINENT FEATURES ON NBC AND AFFILIATE STATIONS, ORION, AND NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE. LIVING RIVER WAS AWARDED THE INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARD FOR U.S. WEST-MOUNTAIN BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION, AND ALSO AWARDED THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD AND WAS A HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST. IN 2025, THE LIVING RIVER TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBIT WAS PRINTED AND PLACED AT THE HEADWATERS MUSEUM IN WINTER PARK, COLORADO, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. WITH 2-3 PUBLIC EVENTS IN EACH LOCATION, THE REACH OF LIVING RIVER HAS EXPANDED. 180301 85644 AMERICA'S ARCTIC - BRAIDED RIVER IS A MEDIA PARTNER ALONGSIDE A COALITION OF NATIONAL CONSERVATION AND INDIGENOUS NONPROFITS SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND CULTURAL EDUCATION AROUND THE ALASKAN ARCTIC. IN PARTICULAR, THE WESTERN ARCTIC AND THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL FOCUS. THROUGH MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LEGISLATIVE ACTION, AND SUPPORT FOR GROUP TRIPS TO AMERICA'S ARCTIC, BRAIDED RIVER HAS PROVIDED EDUCATION THROUGH MEDIA ABOUT PROTECTING THE ARCTIC FROM UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. BRAIDED RIVER ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER FLORIAN SCHULZ ON FIELDWORK SURROUNDING PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM OF SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES OF THE ARCTIC. WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE IMPACT CAMPAIGN FOR AN EDUCATIONAL GIANT SCREEN FILM CALLED "THE ARCTIC: OUR LAST GREAT WILDERNESS." THE FILM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DATE AT MORE THAN 20 THEATERS AT MAJOR SCIENCE CENTERS, FOR MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SEVERAL THOUSAND SCHOOL GROUPS AND EDUCATORS. WE HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED FILM AND STORYTELLING EFFORTS DIGITALLY, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A WEB PLATFORM PROTECTTHEARCTIC.ORGC, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 58,000 FOLLOWERS. COLUMBIA RIVER - THIS BOOK AND VISUAL STORYTELLING CAMPAIGN RELEASED ON MAY 22ND OF 2024 HAS BEEN EDUCATING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM AND ITS EXPANSIVE WATERSHED FROM SEA TO SOURCE. TO DATE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID MOSKOWITZ AND THE AUTHOR EILEEN DELEHANTY PEARKES HAVE PRESENTED AT 11 IN-PERSON EVENTS AS PART OF THE BIG RIVER EVENT SERIES, REACHING A TOTAL OF 450 PEOPLE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE LARGEST IN-PERSON SPEAKING EVENT WAS A 115-PERSON AUDIENCE AT THE OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 350 PDX, COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER, AND SAVE OUR WILD SALMON. THE TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS, REACHING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN CANADA MARKETS IN PRINT AND SOCIAL MEDIA. BIG RIVER IS A FOREWARDS INDIES FINALIST FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR. IN 2025, THE BIG RIVER TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBIT WAS CREATED, IS SLOTTED TO TRAVEL TO EASTERN WASHINGTON IN 2026 AND 2027. OTHER PROGRAMS - (1) IN 2024, BRAIDED RIVER SUPPORTED THE WE ARE PUGET SOUND TRAVELING MUSEUM TRAVELING EVENTS, WHICH WERE VIEWED BY MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY. (2) BOOK DEVELOPMENT OF WOODPECKER: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF NORTH AMERICAN WOODPECKERS - A PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK AND CAMPAIGN ON ALL 41 SPECIES OF WOODPECKERS IN NORTH AMERICA. THE BOOK'S FIELDWORK, EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LAYOUT WERE COMPLETED IN 2024, WITH A PUBLICATION DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2025. 180301 85644 471263 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 WA X THE ORGANIZATION 2064060417 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY STE 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 X JOSEPH BOGAARD PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GABE AESCHLIMAN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOANN MILLS SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 COLIN LINGLE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ARDI KVEVEN MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROB SMITH MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 HELEN CHERULLO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45200 367730 412930 PROGRAM FEES 900099 85644 85644 85644 3592 3592 502166 85644 0 3592 X 210061 167198 42863 5236 5236 3756 3756 80037 54183 25854 5408 4573 835 3745 1329 2364 52 6706 513 6193 37416 33676 3740 2398 605 1793 DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES 108318 107258 1060 BOOK PUBLICATION 64925 64925 HONORARIUM/AUTHOR EXPEN 35641 35641 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 13688 1362 11996 330 577335 471263 101934 4138 141943 141430 379585 337916 625 625 522153 479971 15740 34485 15740 34485 X 146662 222228 359751 223258 506413 445486 522153 479971 -75169 14242 0 X 0 0 0 X 274546 709339 1050453 292085 412930 2739353 274546 709339 1050453 292085 412930 2739353 1569436 1169917 465 2948 3519 3592 10524 103 96122 3000 99225 2849102 0.41060 0.38890 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BYLAWS WERE UPDATED FOR THE CHANGE WITH THE MOUNTAINEERS. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2024, THE MOUNTAINEERS NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OVER BRAIDED RIVER AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A RELATED PARTY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 54,183. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 25,854. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 80,037.