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WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON FOUNDATION

EIN 46-2155218 ABERDEEN, WA

Revenue 2024
$897,236
Expenses 2024
$854,854

Program services were 89.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D30
Classification
1000
Street
100 S I ST STE 103

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

THE FOUNDATION BOARD IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERTISE WHO DEVOTE THEIR SHARED COMMITMENT AND PASSION TO COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE WASHINGTON COAST REGION SALMON BY PROVIDING RESOURCES AND HELPING GUIDE ECOSYSTEM AND SCIENCE-BASED, COMMUNITY-INFORMED APPROACHES. THE BOARD SUPPORTS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS OF THE COAST SALMON PARTNERSHIP WITH AN EMPHASIS ON OUTCOMES THAT ARE RESISTENT TO LONG-TERM CHANGE. THE FOUNDATION SECURES DIVERSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO EMPOWER THE PARTNERSHIP'S DURABLE SALMON RECOVERY OUTCOMES IN WATERSHEDS THROUGHOUT THE WASHINGTON COAST REGION.

  • THE WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) IS THE SISTER ORGANIZATION AND FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON PARTNERSHIP (PARTNERSHIP). TOGETHER, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WORK TO PROTECT AND RESTORE PACIFIC SALMON POPULATIONS IN THE WASHINGTON COAST REGION, WHICH COMPRISES ALL WATERSHEDS THAT DRAIN DIRECTLY INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN BETWEEN CAPE FLATTERY AND CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT (3.75 MILLION ACRES). THIS WORK IS GUIDED BY THE WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON PLAN (SALMON PLAN). THE FOUNDATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, CONTRACTING, FUNDRAISING, AND OUTREACH NEEDED FOR THE PARTNERSHIP TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE SALMON PLAN. FOUNDATION STAFF SUPPORT BOTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCIAL, FUNDRAISING, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. SALMON PLAN IMPLEMENTATION: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SALMON PLAN INCLUDES COORDINATING WITH LOCAL WATERSHED GROUPS ON THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS, WHICH ARE THEN PROPOSED FOR FUNDING THROUGH ELIGIBLE FUNDING SOURCES. EACH YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF 1.7 MILLION ON-THE-GROUND HABITAT RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROJECTS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE REGION THROUGH GRANTS FROM WASHINGTON STATE'S SALMON RECOVERY FUNDING BOARD. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SECURING AN ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION IN HABITAT PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE STATE CAPITAL BUDGET THROUGH THE WASHINGTON COAST RESTORATION AND RESILIENCY INITIATIVE. THIS EFFORT HAS INVOLVED A BROAD COALITION OF LOCAL, STATE, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES WHO WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE COAST ECOSYSTEMS THEREBY BENEFITING COASTAL COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND ON THEM. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUALLY PURSUES ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SALMON PLAN. IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THIS HAS INCLUDED MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT THE COLDWATER CONNECTION CAMPAIGN. THIS CAMPAIGN WILL ACCELERATE RESTORATION WORK WITH THE GOAL OF 50 PROJECTS IN 10 YEARS TO RE-CONNECT 40% OF THE COLD-WATER SALMON AND STEELHEAD STREAMS THAT ARE BLOCKED BY OUTDATED CULVERTS AND OTHER "MINI-DAMS" ON RIVERS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA. COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH: A COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED IN 2016 TO ELEVATE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SALMON PLAN. THE FOUNDATION IS IMPLEMENTING THIS STRATEGY WITH ITS STRONG SALMON FUTURE CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROJECT SIGNAGE, FIELD TOURS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND LOCAL BUSINESS OUTREACH. PUBLIC SPEAKING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS AT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN-PERSON DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS. ACTIVITIES ALSO LEVERAGE MEDIA PLATFORMS INCLUDING A WEBSITE, AN E-NEWSLETTER, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GUEST FEATURES IN REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND PARTNER NEWSLETTERS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS TO COMMUNICATE HOW THE WORK OF THE COAST SALMON PARTNERSHIP CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY OF THE WASHINGTON COAST REGION. ESA-LISTED SALMON SPECIES: THE WASHINGTON COAST REGION IS THE ONLY SALMON RECOVERY REGION WITHIN WASHINGTON STATE THAT IS NOT DOMINATED BY SALMON SPECIES LISTED AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT(ESA). HOWEVER, LAKE OZETTE SOCKEYE SALMON AND BULL TROUT ARE LISTED AS THREATENED UNDER ESA. AS THE REGIONAL SALMON RECOVERY ORGANIZATION, THE PARTNERSHIP WORKS WITH NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS STATE AGENCIES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAKE OZETTE SOCKEYE RECOVERY PLAN AND WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BULL TROUT RECOVERY PLAN. TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIES IN THE WAHSINGTON COAST REGION ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR LISTING UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT - OLYMPIC PENINSULA STEELHEAD AND WASHINGTON COAST SPRING CHINOOK.

    Expenses $763,757

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

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.

  • MARA ZIMMERMAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $119,915
    From this org
    $98,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,653
    Hours/week
    40

  • BERNARD AFTERBUFFALO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MAGGIE BOCKART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHRISTINE DRIVDAHL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • FRANCIS ESTALILLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • DAVID FINKEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK GEYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TYSON JOHNSTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN BRYSON JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TOM KOLLASCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE KRUEGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • DAVID LEWIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RICHARD LINCOLN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT RUSSELL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK SWARTOUT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • JANE ATHA

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $897,236
    Expenses
    $854,854
    Contributions
    $881,649
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $841,558
    Expenses
    $910,916
    Contributions
    $837,311
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $819,737
    Expenses
    $887,910
    Contributions
    $818,436
    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
    $776,832
    Expenses
    $792,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $470,722

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $840,702
    Expenses
    $705,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $787,337

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $834,428
    Expenses
    $474,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $637,973

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $430,305
    Expenses
    $331,924
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,555

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,983
    Expenses
    $333,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,235

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $378,585
    Expenses
    $295,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,937

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $318,876
    Expenses
    $313,924
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,129

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $226,544
    Expenses
    $237,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,877

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $230,234
    Expenses
    $229,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,492

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.

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.