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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VISIT ISSAQUAH.

Totals

Total revenue
$209,767
Total expenses
$205,496
Contributions and grants received
$209,767
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$32,692
Total liabilities, end of year
$444
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,248
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$145,284
Management and general expenses
$48,325
Fundraising expenses
$11,887
Program service expenses (Part III)
$145,284

Program services were 70.7% 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)

    $209,767

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,000 · program services $77,000 · management and general $22,000 · fundraising $11,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,871 · program services $6,210 · management and general $1,774 · fundraising $887

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,831 · management and general $2,831

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,570 · management and general $13,570

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $547 · management and general $547

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,943 · program services $44,943

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,199 · management and general $2,199

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,802 · program services $4,458 · management and general $1,344

  • 17 · Travel

    total $866 · program services $866

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,342 · program services $7,342

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,697 · management and general $1,697

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,503 · management and general $1,503

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $4,465 · program services $4,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $860 · management and general $860

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $31,293 · end of year $271

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,972

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $125 · end of year $420

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,029

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,160 · end of year $444

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $28,258 · end of year $32,248

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO INCREASE THE TAX REVENUE OF THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH BY IMPROVING THE BUSINESS CONDITIONS FOR RETAIL, MEETINGS, HOSPITALITY, RECREATION, LODGING, AND ACTIVITIES, THEREBY ALLEVIATING FISCAL AND PERSONNEL BURDENS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE AS ISSAQUAH'S DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION (DMO), AND TO INCREASE TOURISM IN THE REGION BY MARKETING ISSAQUAH'S HOTELS, AMENITIES, ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS.

  • VISIT ISSAQUAH SERVES AS THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH'S OFFICIAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND STRIVES TO INCREASE TAX REVENUE AND TOURISM IN THE REGION BY MARKETING ISSAQUAH AS A DESTINATION FOR TOURISM AND MARKETING ISSAQUAH'S BUSINESSES, AMENITIES, ATTRACTIONS, AND EVENTS. VISIT ISSAQUAH PROVIDES REPRESENTATION ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDING A VOICE OF THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY COMMISSION, CREATIVE ARTS DISTRICT COMMITTEE, AND VISION PARTNERS COMMITTEE. OUR ACTIVITY BEGAN IN 2018 AND OCCURS LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND NATIONALLY.

    Expenses $145,284

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Parizek

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Dawood

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lisa Shennum

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bill Rossman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melia Wilkinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christy Garrard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    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
2023
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441309349304684

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