Totals
- Total revenue
- $116,766
- Total expenses
- $205,459
- Contributions and grants received
- $104,619
- Grants paid
- $2,503
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $12,147
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $489,717
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $489,717
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $65,694
Program services were 32.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
TO SUPPORT NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANT GATHERING TRADITIONS FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRIBES.
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L.I.G.H.T. FOUNDATION (LF) RETAINS FOUR EMPLOYEES, 2 FULL-TIME AND 2 PART-TIME. LF REVISED ONE INITIATIVE TO "RIGHT RELATIONS" WITH THE INTENT TO FACILITATE AND SUPPORT RECIPROCAL AND SUSTAINING ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS. DURING 2025, LF AWARDED THE ERIC STENSGAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME, LAUNCHED "EMBERS" (A NEWSLETTER SUPPORTING CULTURAL FIRE TRADITIONS), STARTED AS CONVENER AND FACILITATOR FOR TWO CONSERVATION COLLABORATIONS (NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BURNING NETWORK AND TRIBAL GREENHOUSE PROGRAMS), FACILITATED TWO WORKSHOPS/TRAINING EVENTS (MN TRIBAL CLIMATE CAMP AND STN GOOD FIRE GATHERING). ADDITIONALLY, LF GAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC, WORK GROUPS, AND STUDENTS, PUBLISHED FOUR CONSERVATION ARTICLES ON LF WEBSITE, AND PROVIDED FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. LF STAFF CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN THREE ADVISORY GROUPS AND HOST THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT.
Expenses $65,694 · Grants $2,503
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
-
Amelia MarchandAMELIA MARCHAND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $64,988
- Compensation
- $64,988
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Joaquin MarchandJOAQUIN MARCHAND
BUDGET AND FINANCE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $46,671
- Compensation
- $46,671
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
John Stensgar JrJOHN STENSGAR JR
PROJECT COORDINATOR
- Total calculated
- $23,110
- Compensation
- $23,110
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Justin WilliamsonJUSTIN WILLIAMSON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Theresa WilliamsonTHERESA WILLIAMSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dr Kim RichardsDR KIM RICHARDS
FINANCE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Maria HinesMARIA HINES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mike BuckMIKE BUCK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 26 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202620859349201507
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