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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NOOKSACK SALMON ENHANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,551,878
Total expenses
$2,498,277
Contributions and grants received
$3,141,838
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$214,325
Investment income
$148,112
Other revenue
$47,603
Total assets, end of year
$6,752,108
Total liabilities, end of year
$298,086
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,454,022
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,855,125
Management and general expenses
$583,817
Fundraising expenses
$59,335
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,855,125

Program services were 74.3% 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)

    $823,179

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,318,659

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,038,552

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE GRANTS

    total $167,729 · related or exempt $167,729

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAMP TUITION

    total $46,529 · related or exempt $46,529

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NURSERY INCOME

    total $67 · related or exempt $67

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $148,112 · excluded $148,112

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,873

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $34,623

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $25,250

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $22,353 · excluded $22,353

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22,353

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $229,654 · program services $169,514 · management and general $54,263 · fundraising $5,877

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,120,083 · program services $826,764 · management and general $264,653 · fundraising $28,666

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,751 · program services $9,412 · management and general $3,013 · fundraising $326

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,283 · program services $56,307 · management and general $18,024 · fundraising $1,952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $132,082 · program services $97,493 · management and general $31,208 · fundraising $3,381

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,250 · management and general $16,250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,725 · program services $1,725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,506 · program services $4,376 · management and general $7,671 · fundraising $7,459

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,765 · program services $1,142 · management and general $27,623

  • 20 · Interest

    total $250 · management and general $250

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,900 · program services $45,463 · management and general $10,703 · fundraising $2,734

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM & PROJECT

    total $558,611 · program services $527,187 · management and general $28,949 · fundraising $2,475

  • 24b · Other expenses: NURSERY

    total $64,940 · program services $64,940

  • 24c · Other expenses: FACILITIES

    total $60,096 · program services $2,128 · management and general $57,968

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT

    total $51,828 · program services $35,107 · management and general $16,721

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $66,553 · program services $13,567 · management and general $46,521 · fundraising $6,465

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,174 · end of year $189,606

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $61,601 · end of year $91,041

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $396,760 · end of year $225,449

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,000

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

    $1,469,599

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

    $445,186

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,067,905 · end of year $1,024,413

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,734,470 · end of year $4,981,560

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $177,716 · end of year $240,039

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $115,595 · end of year $157,468

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $200,583 · end of year $140,618

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $140,785

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,359,687 · end of year $1,893,627

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,787,976 · end of year $4,560,395

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO RECOVER SALMON BY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY IN RESTORATION, EDUCATION, AND STEWARDSHIP.

  • HABITAT RESTORATION: NSEA'S SALMON RECOVERY FOCUSED HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION IN SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY AND ARE PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED WITH MANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE, TRIBAL, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, NSEA COMPLETED SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS INCLUDING FOURTEEN LARGE WOODY DEBRIS PROJECTS AND THE REMOVAL OF THREE FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS WHICH IMPROVED ACCESS TO 3.5 MILES OF UPSTREAM HABITAT. NSEA ALSO IMPROVED STREAMBANK RIPARIAN THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE VEGETATION AND THE PLANTING OF OVER 19,742 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. IN ADDITION TO NEW RESTORATION PROJECTS, 56 PAST SITES WERE MONITORED AND MAINTAINED.

    Expenses $895,198 · Revenue $167,796

  • EDUCATION: NSEA PROVIDES SCIENCE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMMING. DURING 2024, NSEA STAFF WORKED TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE MORE THAN 1,975 FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT WHATCOM COUNTY IN THE STUDENTS FOR SALMON PROGRAM. THIS FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, STARTED IN 2000, PROVIDES EACH CLASS WITH A CLASSROOM PRESENTATION AND, IN 2024, FACILITATED 83 FIELD TRIPS TO STUDY STREAM ECOLOGY. ADDITIONALLY, NSEA INSTRUCTORS LEAD CLASSES THROUGH STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES WHICH OFTEN INCLUDE RESTORATION PROJECTS. NSEA PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO LEAD 61 EDUCATORS IN TEACHER TRAINING THROUGH THE TEN-HOUR CLIME TIME PROGRAM. CAMP KEYSTONE CELEBRATED ITS FOURTH YEAR IN 2024 WITH 178 CAMP PARTICIPANTS OVER NINE WEEKS OF SUMMER CAMP.

    Expenses $627,830 · Revenue $46,529

  • STEWARDSHIP: NSEA IS A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AND STRIVES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SALMON RECOVERY. VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HELP A SMALL CORE STAFF ACCOMPLISH FAR MORE THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ARE CENTRAL TO THE MISSION OF INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY IN SALMON RECOVERY. IN 2024, 4,422 HOURS WERE DONATED BY 1,474 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO RESTORE ABOUT 21.75 ACRES OF RIPARIAN HABITAT. INTERNS AND STUDENTS FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE, WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE PROVIDE CRITICAL SUPPORT TO NSEAS PROGRAMS INCLUDING EDUCATION, MONITORING, AND STEWARDSHIP. SUMMER AND FALL OF 2024 BROUGHT INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR NSEA STAFF AND INTERNS TO DO OUTREACH: NSEAS SUMMER RIVER STEWARDS PROGRAM LED GUIDED RIVER WALKS ALONG THE NOOKSACK RIVER AND HOSTED OUTREACH EVENTS. DURING THE FALL, WE HOSTED 14 SALMON SIGHTING EVENTS ALONG SEVERAL CREEKS, ENGAGING OVER 930 PEOPLE. THESE EVENTS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT SALMON, SALMON HABITAT, AND HOW WE, AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A COMMUNITY, CAN SUPPORT SALMON RECOVERY.

    Expenses $332,097

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rachel Vasak

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $139,429
    From this org
    $126,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,039
    Hours/week
    40

  • Katherine Underwood

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $90,225
    From this org
    $85,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,609
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rose Anne Featherston

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Ranz

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jocelyn Hoey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Seaton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Carpenter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phelps McIlvaine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Asa Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Lawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shoshana Paige

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyler Dockins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Dierx

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Free Borsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513199349302416

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