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CHILDREN OF THE SETTING SUN PRODUCTIONS

EIN 47-5005550 BELLINGHAM, WA

Largest nonprofits in Washington

Revenue 2024
$6,992,892
Expenses 2024
$3,499,366

Program services were 73.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T50
Classification
2000
Street
1571 BOX

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN LED NON-PROFIT WHO UTILIZES THE POWER OF STORYTELLING TO CREATE, EDUCATE AND SHARE ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN LIFEWAY.

  • PRODUCTION: CREATING INDIGINOUS FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES. IN 2024 WE FINISHED POST-PRODUCTION ON PRESERVING A WAY OF LIFE AND WERE IN POST-PRODUCTION ON THE ELWAH, BOTH SALMON PEOPLE FILMS.

    Expenses $806,051 · Revenue $1,732,366

  • INSTITUTE: CSSP HOSTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SHARE STORIES, EDUCATE OTHERS AND INSPIRE CHANGE. 2024 COMMUNITY STORIES INCLUDED HOLDING A TREATY DAY FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR 4TH, 7TH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS, HOSTING A GATHERING OF SALMON PEOPLE AT KLAMATH FALLS, HOLDING A SONG, DANCE AND STORYTELLING PEFORMANCE FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER IN SEATTLE AND CO-HOSTING AN INDIGENOUS DAY EVENT WITH LOCAL COLLEGES.

    Expenses $575,849 · Revenue $465,950

  • EVENTS: GATHERINGS TO SHARE WITH AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT INDIGENOUS WAYS. ANNUAL EVENTS INCLUDE SALMON PEOPLE GATHERINGS THAT BRING COAST SALISH PEOPLE TOGETHER, TREATY DAY FILM FESTIVALS FOR THE PUBLIC AND STUDENTS, AND OUR EARTH DAY PUBLIC EVENT.

    Expenses $350,622 · Revenue $174,674

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: YOUNG TRIBAL LEADERS PROGRAM, A CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAM. YOUNG AND INDIGENOUS PODCAST, 16 EPISODES OF INTERVIEWS ON TOPICS IMPACTING INDIGENOUS YOUTH. COMMUNITY PROJECTS, ORGANIZING AND RECORDING A VARIETY OF INDIGENOUS PROJECTS, EVENTS AND GATHERINGS.

    Expenses $826,828 · Revenue $1,576,260

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Darrell Hillaire

    CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $108,442
    From this org
    $108,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Vendiola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,441
    From this org
    $12,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,050
    Hours/week
    16

  • Tahnee Kawakone

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $3,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,475
    Hours/week
    11

  • Danita Washington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,700
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,700
    Hours/week
    14

  • Ron Tso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,700
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,700
    Hours/week
    14

  • Barbara Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,200
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,200
    Hours/week
    13

  • Hannah Jantz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $2,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,000
    Hours/week
    10

  • Candice Wilson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,300
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,300
    Hours/week
    8

  • Craig Bill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,200
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,200
    Hours/week
    6

  • Tony Hillaire

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $800
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $800
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rayanne Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $400
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $400
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,992,892
    Expenses
    $3,499,366
    Contributions
    $2,978,277
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,148,729
    Expenses
    $2,358,997
    Contributions
    $806,565
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,942,451
    Expenses
    $1,883,179
    Contributions
    $319,811
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,398,162
    Expenses
    $1,102,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $752,376

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $845,692
    Expenses
    $898,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $452,671

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $569,794
    Expenses
    $472,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,583

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
Darrell Hillaire
Mailing address
PO Box 1571BELLINGHAM WA 98227
Website
settingsunproductions.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.