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← SOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTH SOUND ESTUARY ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$610,791
Total expenses
$534,293
Contributions and grants received
$609,633
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,158
Total assets, end of year
$292,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$292,655
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$433,090
Management and general expenses
$66,505
Fundraising expenses
$34,698
Program service expenses (Part III)
$433,090

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $210,666

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $398,967

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,158 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $1,158 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,158

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $48,942 · program services $48,942

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $299,052 · program services $299,052

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,636 · program services $8,636

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,518 · program services $27,518

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $395 · fundraising $395

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,452 · management and general $30,452

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,192 · management and general $8,192

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,515 · management and general $15,515

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,533 · management and general $5,533

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,988 · management and general $1,988

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,709 · management and general $2,709

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $2,001 · program services $0 · management and general $2,001 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Building Repair

    total $115 · program services $0 · management and general $115 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Capital Campaign

    total $34,303 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $34,303

  • 24d · Other expenses: Contract Transportation

    total $48,942 · program services $48,942 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $110,329 · end of year $33,371

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $102,389 · end of year $174,998

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,439 · end of year $84,286

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $216,157 · end of year $292,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Environmental education with a marine/estuary focus to inspire people of all ages to protect Puget Sound. In 2023. 10,031 K-12 students and 79,363 adults took part in an environmental education opportunity focused on marine and estuary subjects.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Environmental education with a marine/estuary focus to inspire people of all ages to learn about, enjoy and protect Puget Sound.

  • Aquarium and marine science facility where staff and volunteers guide students and adults to learn about South Puget Sound through a variety of educational opportunities

    Expenses $249,376 · Revenue $68,012

  • K-12 STEM and career focused marine/estuary education offered at schools, on field trips or virtually to students from regional K-12 schools and home-school groups

    Expenses $168,295 · Grants $190,563 · Revenue $228,326

  • Marine/estuary education and outreach to the general public. Staff and volunteer docents provide: intertidal marine life interpretation at local beaches during weekend summer low-tides; underwater viewing of marine life at night from a local pier; interpretative walks of downtown Olympia's historic shoreline, focusing on the cultural and industrial history; lead bird walks to identify the birds that live near and depend on a healthy Puget Sound;robotic exploration of under sea life

    Expenses $15,419 · Revenue $15,924

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Clarissa Felling

    Program and Volunteer Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $41,920
    From this org
    $41,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Rhema Neas-Gass

    Environmental Educator & Lead Interpreter

    Total calculated
    $37,021
    From this org
    $37,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Anthony Terzoli

    Education Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $35,797
    From this org
    $35,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Payton Kammerer

    Visitor Experience Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $28,190
    From this org
    $28,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Nantz McMillian

    Lead Aquarist & Interpreter

    Total calculated
    $27,421
    From this org
    $27,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Kylie Rench

    Commications & Development Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $20,171
    From this org
    $20,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Leslie L Clemons

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $9,690
    From this org
    $9,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Tia Nes-Gass

    Lead Interpreter

    Total calculated
    $7,160
    From this org
    $7,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Chris Chapman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrea Parrish

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sandy Zeiner

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lorie Thompson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Noah Kalb

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Diana Larsen-Mills

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Timmie Maturan-Lee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tim Chard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521029349300602

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