Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,568,230
- Total expenses
- $1,676,671
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,501,503
- Grants paid
- $10,200
- Program service revenue
- $40,870
- Investment income
- $25,857
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,540,347
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $483,494
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,056,853
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,283,422
- Management and general expenses
- $200,888
- Fundraising expenses
- $192,361
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,283,422
Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,501,503
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$7,858
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2a · Program service revenue: Fee for Service
total $40,870 · related or exempt $40,870
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3 · Investment income
total $25,857 · excluded $25,857
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $10,200 · program services $10,200
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $574,053 · program services $440,412 · management and general $41,354 · fundraising $92,287
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $361,580 · program services $277,403 · management and general $26,048 · fundraising $58,129
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $25,909 · program services $19,093 · management and general $2,599 · fundraising $4,217
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $71,536 · program services $48,445 · management and general $12,322 · fundraising $10,769
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $66,309 · program services $50,653 · management and general $5,075 · fundraising $10,581
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11b · Fees: legal
total $9,482 · program services $118 · management and general $9,364
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $41,165 · management and general $41,165
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $21,000 · program services $21,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $356,828 · program services $324,112 · management and general $32,677 · fundraising $39
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,950 · program services $7,201 · management and general $1,640 · fundraising $109
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14 · Information technology
total $30,068 · program services $19,918 · management and general $5,617 · fundraising $4,533
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17 · Travel
total $32,409 · program services $26,173 · management and general $429 · fundraising $5,807
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $46,572 · program services $36,870 · management and general $4,381 · fundraising $5,321
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23 · Insurance
total $3,036 · management and general $3,036
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24a · Other expenses: Staff Training
total $13,580 · program services $0 · management and general $13,580 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $3,994 · program services $1,824 · management and general $1,601 · fundraising $569
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $941,711 · end of year $994,947
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $330,000 · end of year $535,400
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $106,417 · end of year $87,864
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $395,630
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $835,294 · end of year $506,853
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $330,000 · end of year $550,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Upstream sparks innovative solutions to plastic pollution by helping people, businesses, and communities shift from single-use to reuse.
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Policy: Influencing the passage and quality rollout of reuse policy; develop and share policy resources across our networks. Strategic Initiatives: We are creating a reuse system in the Grand Canyon National Park that will significantly reduce foodservice waste, litter, and pollution in the Park.Social Impact: Sharing reuse content across our owned channels, including website, newsletter, top 10% podcast, socials, and livestreams; measures a 140% increase in earned press coverage for reuse over 5 years.
Expenses $1,283,422 · Grants $10,200 · Revenue $40,870
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ashley Craig
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Linda Corrado
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve Sherman
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Daniel Velez
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dana Calder
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joshua Chaitin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jon Hinck
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marion Hunt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Stitzhal
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam Sharma
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Crystal Dreisbach
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $176,335
- From this org
- $172,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,535
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,800
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,658
- Nontaxable benefits
- $877
- Filer's total
- $176,335
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Julie Lamy
Chief Operations Officer
- Total calculated
- $134,987
- From this org
- $127,702
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,285
- Hours/week
- 32
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Sydney Harris
Policy Director
- Total calculated
- $117,373
- From this org
- $112,608
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,765
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Vanessa Tiongson
Chief Marketing Officer
- Total calculated
- $161,844
- From this org
- $160,944
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $900
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,944
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $900
- Filer's total
- $161,844
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3
- Compensation of the CEO/ED is reviewed annually by board leadership. Competitive and equitable salaries are set and adjusted using market metrics for the profession, accounting for location.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202542909349301464
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