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Nonprofit · EIN 91-1484389

STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES

Also known as SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS

Tax-exempt · MUKILTEO, WA 98275

Financials

$1.1M$936K2023$1M$1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,048,584$1,033,831$14,753$382,614$52,431$330,183
December 31, 2023990$1,080,409$935,897$144,512$412,478$97,048$315,430
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,035,165
of which government grants
$982,189
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,277
Other revenue
$11,142

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$101,716
Other salaries and wages
$532,582
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$789,087
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$4,675
Occupancy
$45,012
Travel
$20,545
Depreciation
$698
Program services (functional)
$753,885
Management and general (functional)
$279,621
Fundraising (functional)
$325

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$412,478
Total assets, end of year
$382,614
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,431
Net assets, end of year
$330,183
Land, buildings and equipment
$15,743
Net assets without donor restrictions
$330,183
Gross receipts
$1,048,584
Employees
19
Volunteers
300
Year formed
1990
State of legal domicile
WA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARY L BRUEGGEMANEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
32$89,544$12,172
JAKE KIRSCHNERPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MICHELLE BAHNICKVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MACI MATATREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DAN MCGOVERNSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ED STAYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ERIC GILMOREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARY L BRUEGGEMANEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
32$80,047$10,391
ERIC GILMOREPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ED STAYVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MICHELLE MAYNARDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JAKE KIRCHNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAN MCGOVERNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHELLE BAHNICKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MACI MATADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
712 3RD STREET STE B, MUKILTEO, WA 98275-1548
In care of
% ANDY LOCH OR ROBERT SENDREY
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARY BRUEGGEMAN, 712 3RD STREET B, MUKILTEO, WA 98275
Signed the 990
MARY BRUEGGEMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(425) 252-6686
Return prepared by
AIKEN & SANDERS INC PS

Mission

TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF SALMON IN THE STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOHOMISH RIVER BASINS AND ISLAND COUNTY WATERSHEDS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • HABITAT PROGRAM: IN 2024, SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS WORKED ON 19 HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT 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 17.29 ACRES OF INVASIVE VEGETATION AND PLANTED 14,117 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS ON 4.99 LINEAR MILES.
    Expenses $586,296 · revenue $11,142
  • EDUCATION AND HATCHERY PROGRAMS:OUR HATCHERY LOCATED AT THE WILLOW CREEK SALMON AND WATERSHED EDUCATION CENTER RAISED 80,000 COHO SALMON WHICH WERE THEN RELEASED INTO 9 LOCAL TRIBUTARIES WITHIN LAKE WASHINGTON AND PUGET SOUND WATERSHEDS. VOLUNTEERS HELPED WITH EVERY STAGE OF THE SALMON REARING PROCESS, GIVING OVER 1892 HOURS IN THE YEAR 2024.IN 2024, SSS ENGAGED 7226 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 26 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 2024, HOSTING 58 CAMPERS TOTAL. SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SCOUT TROOPS ALSO VISITED THE HATCHERY FOR OUTDOOR FIELD TRIPS REACHING OVER 6336 YOUTH.
    Expenses $155,836
  • STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM:IN 2024 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 2024 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTED OVER 1892 VOLUNTEER 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 REACHED OVER 2,169 PARTICIPANTS AND WERE VITAL IN RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS ON SALMON RECOVERY AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
    Expenses $11,753

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
91-1484389
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1991
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Animal-related (D330)
Assets (IRS master file)
$382,614
Income (IRS master file)
$1,048,584

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,048,584$1,033,831$382,614XML
990December 2023$1,080,409$935,897$412,478XML
990December 2022$785,260$845,977$229,456IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 91-1484389).

Questions about STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES

What is the EIN of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES?
The employer identification number (EIN) of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES is 91-1484389.
Is STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.
Are donations to STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MARY BRUEGGEMAN.
Who are the officers and directors of STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $89,544 (MARY L BRUEGGEMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does STILLY-SNOHOMISH FISHERIES have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,048,584, expenses of $1,033,831 and total assets of $382,614 at year end.

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