What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
- Total revenue
- $34,496 changed to $137,925
- Total expenses
- $24,114 changed to $132,328
- Contributions and grants received
- $34,496 changed to $137,925
- Total assets, end of year
- $19,344 changed to $24,941
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $19,344 changed to $24,941
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $17,022 changed to $110,449
Listed under a different title
- Jason Benway: Vice President and Secretary then Vice President & Secretary
Totals
- Total revenue
- $137,925
- Total expenses
- $132,328
- Contributions and grants received
- $137,925
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $24,941
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $24,941
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $110,449
Program services were 83.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
The mission of Spokane Alliance United is to conduct training, public education, leadership development and research in order to build broad-based non-partisan civic power organizations in the Spokane region to address the fundamental common needs of the community including the inequities, and injustices facing low-income people and persons subjected to oppression or discrimination.
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Community Organizing Training: During the fiscal year, the organization provided community organizing training to approximately 92 individuals. Two Foundations of Community Organizing trainings were conducted in October 2024 and March 2025, each consisting of 16 instructional hours over two days and serving a total of 55 participants. In May 2025, the organization hosted a 5-Day Regional Community Organizing Training for 37 leaders from across the Pacific Northwest to strengthen leadership and civic engagement skills. Public Education and Civic Engagement: In Fall 2024, the organization facilitated a series of small-group meetings engaging 210 participants in discussions on local community issues. These meetings culminated in a Discernment Assembly attended by more than 150 individuals, where participants identified priority areas for action, including housing equity, access to quality jobs, and support for the public education system. Leadership Formation and Citizen-Led Research: The organization supported four Research Action Teams composed of educators, union members, faith representatives, and community leaders. These teams conducted issue research and developed proposals to address local challenges in education, housing, and workforce development.
Expenses $36,816
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Public Education and Civic Engagement: In Fall 2024, the organization facilitated a series of small-group meetings engaging 210 participants in discussions on local community issues. These meetings culminated in a Discernment Assembly attended by more than 150 individuals, where participants identified priority areas for action, including housing equity, access to quality jobs, and support for the public education system.
Expenses $36,816
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Leadership Formation and Citizen-Led Research: The organization supported four Research Action Teams composed of educators, union members, faith representatives, and community leaders. These teams conducted issue research and developed proposals to address local challenges in education, housing, and workforce development.
Expenses $36,817
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Laurel Fish
Lead Organizer & Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 22
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Kimberly Meinecke
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Jason Benway
Vice President & Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Faith Hayflich
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Mary Lou Johnson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Kerra Bower
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202543099349200049
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