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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SACRED EARTH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$855,826
Total expenses
$809,746
Contributions and grants received
$426,394
Grants paid
$5,000
Program service revenue
$408,568
Investment income
$12,898
Other revenue
$7,966
Total assets, end of year
$3,666,561
Total liabilities, end of year
$292,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,373,610
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$599,342
Management and general expenses
$88,495
Fundraising expenses
$121,909
Program service expenses (Part III)
$599,342

Program services were 74.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $55,830

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $370,564

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Camps

    total $302,502 · related or exempt $302,502

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Cemetery

    total $101,336 · related or exempt $101,336

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Conservation

    total $4,730 · related or exempt $4,730

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,819 · related or exempt $6,819

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,750

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,750

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,750 · related or exempt $4,750

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $6,250

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

    other assets $171

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $6,079

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,079 · related or exempt $6,079

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $14,326

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

    $55,830

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,632

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $694 · excluded $694

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,786

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,263

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,523 · related or exempt $2,523

  • 11a · Other revenue: Rounding Error

    total -$1 · related or exempt -$1

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$1

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,955 · program services $27,430 · management and general $15,239 · fundraising $18,286

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $60,373 · program services $49,364 · management and general $11,009

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $307,856 · program services $229,754 · management and general $28,808 · fundraising $49,294

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,542 · program services $37,305 · management and general $6,830 · fundraising $8,407

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $833 · program services $833

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,729 · management and general $3,729

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,200 · fundraising $5,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,485 · program services $19,852 · management and general $281 · fundraising $352

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,808 · program services $5,484 · management and general $140 · fundraising $184

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,187 · program services $9,657 · management and general $194 · fundraising $11,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,580 · program services $2,279 · management and general $173 · fundraising $3,128

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,435 · program services $22,811 · management and general $1,850 · fundraising $3,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,410 · program services $10,230 · management and general $230 · fundraising $5,950

  • 20 · Interest

    total $8,237 · program services $6,181 · management and general $913 · fundraising $1,143

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $55,383 · program services $41,537 · management and general $6,092 · fundraising $7,754

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,132 · program services $16,608 · management and general $10,452 · fundraising $3,072

  • 24a · Other expenses: Animal Expenses

    total $35,316 · program services $35,316

  • 24b · Other expenses: Food

    total $24,201 · program services $24,201

  • 24c · Other expenses: Taxes & Government Fees

    total $19,248 · program services $17,752 · management and general $664 · fundraising $832

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies & Materials

    total $13,451 · program services $11,697 · management and general $502 · fundraising $1,252

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,210 · program services $26,051 · management and general $1,214 · fundraising $1,945

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,816 · end of year $110,827

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $469,627 · end of year $645,196

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $40

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

    $3,098,192

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

    $307,080

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,948,769 · end of year $2,791,112

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $104,259 · end of year $119,386

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $848,956 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $296,191 · end of year $292,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,100,566 · end of year $3,122,927

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $221,670 · end of year $250,683

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ACTIVELY LOVE THE UPPER ROCK CREEK WATERSHED AND SHARE IN TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING, STEWARDSHIP, AND GROWTH WITH PEOPLE AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE.

  • GREEN BURIAL SERVICES. WHITE EAGLE MEMORIAL PRESERVE, ONE OF JUST 10 CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUNDS IN THE NATION, OFFERS A SIMPLE, NATURAL WAY TO RETURN OUR BODIES TO THE EARTH ON WILD LAND.

    Expenses $65,237 · Revenue $103,151

  • LAND CONSERVATION & STEWARDSHIP. SACRED EARTH FOUNDATION PROTECTS 1,263 ACRES OF THE ROCK CREEK WATERSHED, THE MOST IMPORTANT WATERWAY IN EASTERN KLICKITAT COUNTY, AN EXPANSE OF OAK/PINE FOREST, MEADOWS, PONDS, AND CANYONLANDS.

    Expenses $75,040 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $6,747

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. EKONE SUMMER CAMP IMMERSES CHILDREN INTO LIFE ON THE RANCH, WITH SPACIOUS PLAY, MEANINGFUL WORK, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, AND NATURAL LEARNING. ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, WORKSHOPS, RETREATS, COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND FAMILIES BUILD SKILLS, COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION TO SELF AND PLACE.

    Expenses $459,065 · Revenue $318,840

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Morgaine Trine

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Wright Baumhackl

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zaakera Stratman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandi Scheinberg

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Usha Noble

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chrystal Bell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merriah Fairchild

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Keefe

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Houk

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy McDaniel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Pufahl

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria DeCillo

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shonie Schlotzhauer

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $60,955
    From this org
    $60,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533129349300828

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