Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$257,984

Total expenses

$316,846

Contributions and grants received

$257,984

Grants paid

$168,795

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$24,902

Total liabilities, end of year

$652

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$24,250

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$316,846

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$316,846

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE COASTAL SALISH YOUTH COALITION BRANCHED OFF FROM THE MADRONA INSTITUTE TO BECOME ITS OWN INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT, FURTHERING ITS MISSION: EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS YOUTH THROUGH CULTURAL COLLABORATION AND ENVIROMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OF TRADITIONAL FOODS AND ANCESTRAL LANDS. THIS YEAR'S CHALLENGE PADDLE HAD FOUR CANOES ON A 5-DAY JOURNEY,CARRYING ALL THE GEAR NEEDED-TENTS, TABLE, EVEN SOLAR SHOWERS-WITHOUT ANY GROUND CREW, JUST LIKE THEIR ANCESTORS DID. THEY HAD 44 PDDDLERS, INCLUDING 20 YOUTH AND 7 ELDERS, WHO SHARED MEALS OF TRADITIONAL FOODS LIKE CHALEM (EELGRASS) AND Q OYA:CH (ELK) AND SPENT EVENINGS PADDLING THROUGH GLOWING BIOLUMINESCENCE. ALONG THE WAY, YOUTH PRACTICED JOURNEY PROTOCOLS, HONED THEIR SKILLS AS SKIPPERS, AND PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS ON WAVING AND TRADITIONAL GAMES. THE COAST SALISH YOUTH COALITION BROUGHT THEIR BRAND NEW CANOE ON THIS JOURNEY FOR HER FIRST BIG TRIP. THE CLIMATE COMPASS PROJECT GOT UNDERWAY. COMPASS (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTREACH FOR MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ACTION & SUBSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS) IS AN INTERACTIVE, INFORMATIVE CLIMATE EXCERCISE, DESIGNED TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CONVERSATION AND MUTUAL LEARNING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN SAN JUAN COUNTY. ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO GATHER MEANINGFUL COMMENTS FOR THE CLIMATE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND EMPOWER FUTURE ENGAGEMENT. DEVELOPED BY A SMALL TEAM LED BY FAITH VAN DE PUTTE, CHOM GREACEN AND NIKYTA PAIMISANI THROUGH THE MADRONA INSTITUTE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, COMPASS IS SUPPORED BY A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GRANT TO EXPAND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. CEDAR ROCK WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FRIDAY HARBOR LABS CEDAR ROCK, ON BEHALF OF THE COAST SALISH YOUTH COALITION. CEDAR ROCK PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CANOE JURNEYS TO LAND AND FOR TRIBAL YOUTH TO LEARN ABOUT HABITAT RESTORATION. THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS (SJIYCC) OFFERS AN 8-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGED 12-18 ON ORCAS, LOPEZ, AND SAN JUAN ISLANDS. LED BY KNOWLEDGEABLE FIELD GUIDES, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN CONSERVATION PROJECTS, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, AND PROFESSSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WEEKLY THEMES COVER VARIOUS TOPICS, INCLUDING TEAM BUILDING, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, AND ART/ENVIROMENTALISM. DAILY ACTIVITIES INVOLVE FOREST MAPPING, NATIVE PLANT KNOWLEDGE,WILDIFRE RISK REDUCTION, WETLAND RECOVERY, INVASIVE WEED REMOVAL, AND TRAIL BUILDING. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES VALUABLE SKILLS, FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ENVIROMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A FINANCIAL STIPEND FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. AWARDED PAULA FAWN SHARP THE DAVID GIULIANI CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AWARD, HONORING HER WORK AND COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT.

  Expenses $316,846 · Grants $168,795

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• COASTAL SALISH YOUTH COALITION

  $153,395

• SAN JUAN ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRI

  $15,150

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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