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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FUSE INNOVATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,579,322
Total expenses
$1,072,288
Contributions and grants received
$1,571,706
Grants paid
$113,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,616
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,463,236
Total liabilities, end of year
$555,859
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$907,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$889,053
Management and general expenses
$90,568
Fundraising expenses
$92,667
Program service expenses (Part III)
$889,053

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $45,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,526,706

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $110,223

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,616 · related or exempt $7,616

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $113,000 · program services $113,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,530 · program services $54,477 · management and general $3,027 · fundraising $3,026

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $532,069 · program services $399,052 · management and general $53,207 · fundraising $79,810

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,304 · program services $40,575 · management and general $3,873 · fundraising $3,856

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,464 · program services $38,582 · management and general $4,646 · fundraising $3,236

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,338 · management and general $5,338

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $102,279 · program services $102,279

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,479 · program services $7,479

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,311 · program services $28,432 · management and general $1,879

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,156 · program services $32,891 · management and general $3,916 · fundraising $2,349

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,936 · program services $5,597 · management and general $339

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,018 · program services $595 · management and general $33 · fundraising $390

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,215 · management and general $4,215

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment Rental, Maintenance, and Updates

    total $1,586 · program services $284 · management and general $1,302

  • 24b · Other expenses: Appreciation Outreach

    total $3,245 · program services $1,171 · management and general $2,074

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Processing Fees

    total $963 · management and general $963

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues Subscriptions

    total $16,398 · program services $10,642 · management and general $5,756

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $53,997 · program services $53,997

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $420,740 · end of year $999,146

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $357,890 · end of year $464,090

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $6,169

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,169

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,688 · end of year $5,435

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $370,094 · end of year $550,424

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,497 · end of year $605,045

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,351 · end of year $302,332

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To develop creative programs to educate and engage activists about critical issues in Washington State

  • Outreach and Communications Recruited people and organizations to come together and engage in their communities with innovative programs, earned media, and communications trainings

    Expenses $252,008 · Grants $30,000

  • Education and Engagement Educated and engaged with Washington residents about critical quality of life issues through direct activist contact, email, media and other tools.

    Expenses $381,765 · Grants $82,000

  • General advocacy including expanded organizing in eastern Washington, voting justice advocacy, and community justice program.

    Expenses $255,280 · Grants $1,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron Ostrom

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $141,207
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $131,705
    Other
    $9,502
    Hours/week
    16.6 + 18.4 related
  • Adam Glickman

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Daniel Weise

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Julie Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ahmed Gaya

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dean Nielsen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tom Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jeff Hansen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Lyle Quasim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Leah Snyder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Raman Khanna

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Yazmin Mehdi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jamielyn Wheeler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349314776

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