2026-03-05T11:05:44-05:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 263040713 Friends of the Salish Sea FRIE 4254243294 PO BOX 481 Anacortes WA 98221 Tim Gohke Treasurer 4254243294 2026-03-06 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 144740 X 141970 0 2770 0 0 0 0 0 144740 77684 805 502 19257 98248 46492 61610 108102 61610 108102 61610 108102 61610 108102 X The Friends of the Salish Sea organization provides volunteer environmental activities and programs for the communities that border marine shorelines Salish Sea Puget Sound and nearshore waters. The activities and programs further our mission to educate and to provide both citizen science and stewardship opportunities. Stormwater Monitoring Project - Launched in 2020 in Anacortes WA with a modest grant $20K from the Rose Foundation. The program recruits and trains community volunteers to routinely monitor municipal stormwater outfalls emptying into Puget Sound for various types of pollution and pathogens E.coli. In 2022 the program expanded and included the cities of Shoreline Edmonds Mukilteo and Oak Harbor. In 2023 the program was expanded to include Bellingham and Everett WA. Key Metrics Accomplishments 7 Puget Sound cities currently have an established program. In 2024 90 Volunteers have been recruited and trained. Approximately 35% of tests result in a referral to the responsible municipal stormwater manager for follow-up actions. This allows the cities to focus time and expense on stormwater pollution source elimination and not monitoring. Each year volunteers find significant pollution discharges in several cities. All are resolved either by the city or the state Department of Ecology. Grants 97373 0 Lecture Series 2024 -A very popular series of 4 lectures during the late fall and winter featuring top regional speakers mostly in the scientific fields that help the local community appreciate the environment in which they live. It is free of charge to the public and has been going on since 2005 when it started as a volunteer project. Capacity crowds of 200+ are common and over 7400 people have attended since its inception. Grants 2024 Soroptimist International $500 Local Skagit Business $100 Public Donations $611 ; Expenses 2024 - Contract Services $2,137 Rental $450 Supplies $150. 4999 0 Fidalgo Bay Day - An annual event sponsored by the Skagit Marine Resources Committee that features environmental education stations and events for the entire family. Friends of the Salish Sea is a major contributor to this event. Our organization sponsors the Discovery Passport which is a key part of the learning opportunities offered to families and community members who attend. In 2024 over 150 passports were distributed and prizes awarded to the those who achieve the learning objectives. Expenses 2024: Supplies $576. 0 0 Grants and donations for operations and administration of non profit 38501 5393 5393 Tim Gohrke President 26 0 0 0 Betty Carteret Vice-President 15 0 0 0 Lillian Spadoni Treasurer 10 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false Tim Gohrke PO Box 481 Anacortes WA 98221 2454243294 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 0 52979 100174 144740 297893 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 52979 100174 144740 297893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297893 0 0 15 15 37 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 37 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 247 0 347 0 0 53094 100436 144777 298307 0.9986 0.9975 0.0002 0.0002 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Anacortes Lecture Series venue and meeting costs, $979| Bank Fees, $91| Accounting Fees, $219| Board of director resource support like Grant Station for grant research, $799| Computer software subscriptions, $956| Materials and supplies used in stormwater project, $11355| Supplies used for general administration and special projects: Fidalgo Bay Day event Anacortes Lecture Series, $614| Donations to other nonprofit organizations: Storming the Sound event and Salish Sea Stewards program, $650| Directors and Officers liability insurance, $947| Labor and Industries liability insurance, $138| Non profit liability insurance, $652| License and Fees, $182| Anacortes Lectures venue rental for NWESD building, $1290| Office Supplies, $16| Printing and Copying, $100| Web hosting telephone Internet services and subscriptions, $269|