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← SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,268,982
Total expenses
$7,815,734
Contributions and grants received
$5,809,797
Grants paid
$694,023
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$377,625
Other revenue
$81,560
Total assets, end of year
$12,471,147
Total liabilities, end of year
$800,827
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,670,320
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,580,787
Management and general expenses
$760,000
Fundraising expenses
$474,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,580,787

Program services were 84.2% 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)

    $2,150,557

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,659,240

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $380,300 · excluded $380,300

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $400

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $400

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $400 · excluded $400

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,231,632

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

    securities $7,234,307

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,675

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,675 · excluded -$2,675

  • 11a · Other revenue: SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS

    total $81,160 · excluded $81,160

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $81,160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $692,523 · program services $692,523

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $511,686 · program services $265,568 · management and general $143,196 · fundraising $102,922

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $935,452 · program services $420,953 · management and general $299,345 · fundraising $215,154

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,993 · program services $7,647 · management and general $5,438 · fundraising $3,908

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $116,653 · program services $52,494 · management and general $37,329 · fundraising $26,830

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $106,562 · program services $47,953 · management and general $34,100 · fundraising $24,509

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,764 · program services $8,764

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,500 · management and general $27,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $22,065 · fundraising $22,065

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $42,724 · management and general $42,724

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,858,737 · program services $1,760,519 · management and general $96,697 · fundraising $1,521

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $84,834 · program services $61,349 · fundraising $23,485

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $219,119 · program services $202,229 · management and general $14,749 · fundraising $2,141

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,388 · program services $48,055 · management and general $30,500 · fundraising $22,833

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,356 · program services $20,410 · management and general $14,514 · fundraising $10,432

  • 17 · Travel

    total $222,929 · program services $217,853 · management and general $2,972 · fundraising $2,104

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,608 · program services $9,608

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $390 · program services $390

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,840 · program services $30,456 · management and general $3,384

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARKS & CAPITAL PROJECT

    total $2,621,515 · program services $2,621,515

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $100,495 · program services $88,702 · fundraising $11,793

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES, LICENSES & TAXES

    total $22,690 · program services $10,359 · management and general $7,122 · fundraising $5,209

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,411 · program services $11,940 · management and general $430 · fundraising $41

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $229,069 · end of year $1,004,145

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,352,507 · end of year $3,547,874

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $568,481 · end of year $473,611

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $370,446 · end of year $656,200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,345 · end of year $20,882

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

    $11,760

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

    $11,760

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $390 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,916,066 · end of year $6,702,090

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $55,711 · end of year $66,345

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,129,848 · end of year $788,609

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $59,342 · end of year $12,218

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,593,834 · end of year $6,855,500

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,752,991 · end of year $4,814,820

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY TO CHAMPION THRIVING AND EQUITABLE PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES.

  • SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION WORKS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ACTIVATE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC SPACES IN SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. WE HAD 8,500 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND OVER 250 CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS. WE BROUGHT IN 38 NEW PARTNERS AND HAVE OVER 100 EXISTING PARTNER GROUPS WORKING ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND REGION.

    Expenses $6,580,787 · Grants $694,023

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Garrett Kephart

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debra Guenther

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jodi Green

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Kirschner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ross Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Bloom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allegra Calder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Grodnik-Nagle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jeremy Hess

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Taylor Hoang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerry Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Kahn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tahreem Kampton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eliana Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maya Mendoza-Extrom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kwadwo Oware

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Purcell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $58,650
    From this org
    $58,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amit Ranade

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neelima Shah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myra Tanita

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Bear

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $203,575
    From this org
    $190,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,877
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,698
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,005
    Filer's total
    $203,575
  • Kristen Milliron

    COO

    Total calculated
    $169,554
    From this org
    $157,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,153
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,401
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,148
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,005
    Filer's total
    $169,554
  • Duane Landon

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FROM 12/23

    Total calculated
    $9,771
    From this org
    $8,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $860
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shava Lawson

    DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

    Total calculated
    $121,965
    From this org
    $110,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,227
    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. 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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501019349300130

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