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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FUSE INNOVATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,217,518
Total expenses
$1,871,877
Contributions and grants received
$1,213,843
Grants paid
$111,295
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,675
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$398,595
Total liabilities, end of year
$145,577
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$253,018
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,440,403
Management and general expenses
$275,493
Fundraising expenses
$155,981
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,440,403

Program services were 76.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $9,100

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,204,743

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $149,536

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,675 · related or exempt $3,675

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

    $9,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $111,295 · program services $111,295

  • 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 $82,528 · program services $60,245 · management and general $13,204 · fundraising $9,079

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,047,861 · program services $764,938 · management and general $167,658 · fundraising $115,265

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $86,212 · program services $60,256 · management and general $17,176 · fundraising $8,780

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,058 · program services $57,712 · management and general $12,650 · fundraising $8,696

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,574 · management and general $4,574

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $301,311 · program services $291,383 · management and general $1,735 · fundraising $8,193

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,660 · program services $38,660

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,473 · program services $2,166 · management and general $28,085 · fundraising $222

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,306 · program services $30,883 · management and general $6,769 · fundraising $4,654

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,179 · program services $2,482 · management and general $697

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,360 · program services $151 · management and general $1,606 · fundraising $603

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,411 · management and general $4,411

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

    total $1,897 · program services $251 · management and general $1,646

  • 24b · Other expenses: Appreciation Outreach

    total $834 · management and general $772 · fundraising $62

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Processing Fees

    total $975 · management and general $975

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues Subscriptions

    total $33,943 · program services $19,981 · management and general $13,535 · fundraising $427

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $999,146 · end of year $207,491

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $464,090 · end of year $191,104

  • 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 $5,435 · end of year $197

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $550,424 · end of year $145,380

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $605,045 · end of year $208,792

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $302,332 · end of year $44,226

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $376,070

  • 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 $558,938

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

    Expenses $505,395

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron Ostrom

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $157,010
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $145,533
    Other
    $11,477
    Hours/week
    25 + 13 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $94,096 + $51,438 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,823 + $1,543 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,597 + $2,823 related
    Filer's total
    $101,516 + $55,804 related
  • Reiny Cohen

    Senior Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $125,896
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $115,343
    Other
    $10,553
    Hours/week
    24 + 14 related
  • Adam Glickman

    Chair

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

    Director

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

    Director

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

    Treasurer

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

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 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

    Vice Chair

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

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Christopher Lampkin

    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. 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 committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202621279349300407

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