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← SOLID GROUND WASHINGTON

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOLID GROUND WASHINGTON.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,715,481
Total expenses
$30,500,440
Contributions and grants received
$3,276,755
Grants paid
$6,180,344
Program service revenue
$26,167,182
Investment income
$93,272
Other revenue
$178,272
Total assets, end of year
$22,445,720
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,592,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,853,254
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,718,728
Management and general expenses
$3,470,277
Fundraising expenses
$1,311,435
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,718,728

Program services were 84.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $3,500

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $130,414

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,142,841

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $205,004

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRANSPORTATION

    total $11,550,836 · related or exempt $11,550,836

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

    total $5,283,201 · related or exempt $5,283,201

  • 2c · Program service revenue: STABILIZATION SERVICES

    total $5,232,916 · related or exempt $5,232,916

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER SERVICES

    total $4,100,229 · related or exempt $4,100,229

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92,971 · excluded $92,971

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $184,184

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $184,184

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $184,184 · excluded $184,184

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,320

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $34,019

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $301

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $301 · excluded $301

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,106

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $130,414

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,343

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$42,237 · excluded -$42,237

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $36,325 · excluded $36,325

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $36,325

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,180,344 · program services $6,180,344

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $401,624 · management and general $401,624

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,257,466 · program services $10,631,805 · management and general $1,722,172 · fundraising $903,489

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $438,576 · program services $348,896 · management and general $58,325 · fundraising $31,355

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,126,856 · program services $1,828,492 · management and general $215,203 · fundraising $83,161

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $980,921 · program services $794,241 · management and general $118,131 · fundraising $68,549

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,428 · management and general $12,428

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,302 · management and general $63,302

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $84,000 · program services $84,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,471 · program services $7,452 · management and general $8,521 · fundraising $6,498

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $170,949 · program services $54,537 · management and general $48,902 · fundraising $67,510

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $91,834 · program services $69,289 · management and general $16,782 · fundraising $5,763

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $372,637 · program services $328,438 · management and general $20,597 · fundraising $23,602

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,179 · program services $22,313 · management and general $3,318 · fundraising $548

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $77,989 · program services $33,223 · management and general $42,756 · fundraising $2,010

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $245,126 · management and general $245,126

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,781,780 · program services $1,703,191 · management and general $69,520 · fundraising $9,069

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $2,671,123 · program services $2,377,175 · management and general $242,312 · fundraising $51,636

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $1,090,263 · program services $1,032,875 · management and general $52,761 · fundraising $4,627

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $222,804 · program services $165,498 · management and general $52,376 · fundraising $4,930

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $146,790 · program services $56,959 · management and general $48,140 · fundraising $41,691

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,978 · management and general $27,981 · fundraising $6,997

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,114,980 · end of year $874,213

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,130,792 · end of year $4,214,918

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,512,898 · end of year $4,767,337

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $921,639 · end of year $1,002,121

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $5,227,793 · end of year $5,227,793

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $618,414 · end of year $605,960

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

    $11,500,883

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

    $7,202,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,228,849 · end of year $4,297,929

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,125,669 · end of year $1,455,449

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,060,254 · end of year $1,326,724

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,569,983 · end of year $2,552,679

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $125,000 · end of year $112,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $487,584 · end of year $600,563

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,838,148 · end of year $16,151,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,800,065 · end of year $1,701,535

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AT SOLID GROUND, WE WORK PASSIONATELY TO END POVERTY AND BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. OUR SERVICES SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY HELPING THEM ACHIEVE STABILITY AND EXPAND THEIR SKILLS TO REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. AND THAT'S JUST WHERE OUR WORK BEGINS! IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SERVICES, WE ORGANIZE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY POVERTY, TO PARTICIPATE IN ADVOCACY THAT MAKES OUR REGION MORE JUST FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SOLID GROUND IS A COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY WHICH WORKS TO END POVERTY AND UNDO RACISM.

  • TRANSPORTATION: TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES OR ON LOW INCOMES TO ACCESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES. IN 2023, PROVIDED OVER 118,000 TRIPS TO ALMOST 30,000 RIDERS TO GET TO WORK OR OTHER LIFE ENRICHING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $10,673,434 · Revenue $11,550,836

  • STABILIZATION SERVICES: TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH TOOLS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT JEOPARDIZE HOUSING THROUGH HOUSING ADVOCACY, CASE MANAGEMENT AND LIMITED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE FIND AND/OR MAINTAIN SAFE, PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2023, PROVIDED COUNSELING, LOANS AND GRANTS TO HELP 2,900 INDIVIDUALS, LEGAL AID TO 225 HOUSEHOLDS TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, EDUCATED OVER 2,400 ON TENANT RIGHTS, AND OVER 2,400 INDIVIDUALS WERE LINKED TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES THROUGH TELEPHONE REFERRALS.

    Expenses $4,779,440 · Grants $2,901,047 · Revenue $5,283,201

  • RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: TO PROVIDE SERVICE ENRICHED HOUSING, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT HOUSING AND LIFE SKILLS, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS. IN 2023, SAFELY HOUSED 493 HOUSEHOLDS, HELPED ANOTHER 97 HOUSEHOLDS OBTAIN SAFE & AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDED 179 PARENTS AND CHILDREN A SAFE HAVEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $3,750,433 · Grants $435,112 · Revenue $5,232,916

  • TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SKILLS TO THRIVE. HUNGER & FOOD RESOURCES PROVIDED NOURISHING FOOD AND SKILL BUILDING TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY. IN 2023, ALMOST 1,200 CHILDREN WERE INTRODUCED TO HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES THROUGH NUTRITION CLASSES AND ANOTHER 582 INDIVIDUALS GAINED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD. ADVOCACY MOBILIZED OVER 3,200 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVES. COORDINATED 38,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING IN A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING OVER 8,300 HOURS ASSISTING OVER 4,700 PEOPLE OBTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE.

    Expenses $6,515,421 · Grants $2,844,184 · Revenue $4,100,229

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mary Ruffin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.27
  • Hannah Won

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.23
  • Val Pate

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.21
  • Katie Maloney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.23
  • Heidi Eisenstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Chrissy Glaister

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.39
  • Vince Iaci

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.86
  • Andrew Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.81
  • Catarina Ratajczak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.97
  • Julie Silverman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.83
  • Nitant Singh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Villegas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Vlas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.87
  • Stanford Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23
  • Wayne Wyatt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.85
  • Lindsay Zhou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.74
  • Shalimar Gonzales

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $234,149
    From this org
    $202,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,864
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,148
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,716
    Filer's total
    $234,149
  • Shelly Holmes Parrish

    SR DIR FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $167,475
    From this org
    $146,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,918
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,557
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,977
    Filer's total
    $167,475
  • Anna Cronin

    SR DIR PHILANTHROPY & COMM

    Total calculated
    $157,511
    From this org
    $135,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,486
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,939
    Filer's total
    $157,511
  • Kari Ware

    SR DIR TRANSPORTATION

    Total calculated
    $157,555
    From this org
    $131,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,974
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,581
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,336
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,638
    Filer's total
    $157,555
  • Laura Langwell

    SR DIR HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $155,917
    From this org
    $130,594
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,594
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,735
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,588
    Filer's total
    $155,917
  • Paul Hae-Yong Park

    SR DIR PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $168,386
    From this org
    $142,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,969
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,343
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,626
    Filer's total
    $168,386
  • Weldu Teklemarian

    SGT OPERATOR

    Total calculated
    $153,957
    From this org
    $121,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,961
    Hours/week
    67

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,996
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,971
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,990
    Filer's total
    $153,957

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • SAND POINT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS LLC

    LOW INCOME HOUSING · WA · income $17,109 · assets $1,318,313

    Directly controlled by SOLID GROUND WASHINGTON

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • SAND POINT SITE B STAGE 1 LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$61 · share of assets $315,644 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by SAND POINT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS LLC

  • SAND POINT PHASE 2 LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$54 · share of assets $1,918,077 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by SAND POINT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS LLC

  • SPH TWO LLLP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$281,201 · share of assets $1,584,002 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by SAND POINT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS LLC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349305812

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