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SALISH SEA SCHOOL

EIN 83-3277816 ANACORTES, WA

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Revenue 2024
$448,693
Expenses 2024
$410,990

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60
Classification
2000
Street
4309 GLASGOW WAY

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 SALISH SEA SCHOOLS MISSION IS TO AWAKEN CURIOSITY AND DEEPEN CONNECTIONS WITH THE SEA THROUGH SHORE AND SEA EXPLORATION PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.

  • STUDENT SUMMER CAMPS: THE SALISH SEA SCHOOL OFFERED IMMERSIVE SUMMER CAMPS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COMBINING ADVENTURE WITH EDUCATION TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE CONSERVATION LEADERS. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING OBSERVING MARINE WILDLIFE ON GUIDED BOAT TRIPS, KAYAKING THROUGH KELP FORESTS AND INTERTIDAL ZONES, AND CONDUCTING HANDS-ON MARINE RESEARCH. THESE ACTIVITIES DEEPENED STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE SALISH SEAS ECOSYSTEMS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZED ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, AND PERSONAL GROWTH, HELPING PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD. AS JUNIOR CITIZEN SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS COLLECTED DATA ON SPECIES LIKE TUFTED PUFFINS AND SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES, ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO REAL-WORLD CONSERVATION EFFORTS. IN 2024, STUDENTS TOOK PART IN SMALL-GROUP ACTIVITIES, WHICH PROVIDED IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. SCHOLARSHIPS ENSURED ACCESS FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

    Expenses $392,939 · Grants $7,952 · Revenue $238,020

  • STUDENT FIELD TRIPS: THE SALISH SEA SCHOOL PROVIDED OUTDOOR, EXPERIENTIAL FIELD TRIPS FOR K-12 STUDENTS, FOCUSING ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, SALMON HABITATS, AND WATERSHED HEALTH. THESE PROGRAMS COMBINED SHORE-BASED AND BOAT-BASED ACTIVITIES, IMMERSING STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTERED ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN GUIDED WILDLIFE OBSERVATION, EXPLORED THE SALMON LIFE CYCLE, ANALYZED PLANKTON SAMPLES, AND INVESTIGATED INTERTIDAL ZONES. THESE ACTIVITIES CONNECTED STUDENTS DIRECTLY WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ENHANCING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SALISH SEAS UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION. IN 2024, STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN FIELD TRIPS, INCLUDING MANY FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN SKAGIT COUNTY AND BEYOND. SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE EXPERIENCING THE SALISH SEA FOR THE FIRST TIME.

  • ADULT PROGRAMS: THE SALISH SEA SCHOOL OFFERED DIVERSE CONSERVATION-FOCUSED PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, INCLUDING WILDLIFE AND BIRD ECOTOURS, MINDFULNESS RETREATS, AND ART CLASSES. THESE IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES DEEPENED PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS WHILE FOSTERING A STRONGER CONNECTION TO THE SALISH SEA AND ITS CONSERVATION. IN 2024, ADULT PROGRAMS ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS IN ACTIVITIES LIKE PUFFIN RESEARCH, PORPOISE EDNA COLLECTION, AND MINDFULNESS RETREATS. THESE PROGRAMS PROMOTED MARINE CONSERVATION AWARENESS WHILE SUPPORTING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS.

  • PUFFIN ECOTOURS: PUFFIN ECOTOURS OFFERED GUIDED BOAT TRIPS TO OBSERVE TUFTED PUFFINS AND OTHER SEABIRDS WHILE PROMOTING CONSERVATION AWARENESS. PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTED TO BIRD SURVEYS SUPPORTING THE TUFTED PUFFIN RECOVERY PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE. IN 2024, THESE TOURS ADVANCED RESEARCH ON PUFFIN POPULATIONS AND THEIR PREY WHILE FOSTERING AN APPRECIATION FOR THE SALISH SEAS ECOSYSTEMS. PROCEEDS FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, PROVIDING FIRST-TIME ACCESS TO MARINE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. PUFFIN ECOTOURS DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE SALISH SEA SCHOOLS MISSION TO INSPIRE STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION.

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.

  • Betsey Thoennes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stacy De La O

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cindy Elliser

    TREASURER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $448,693
    Expenses
    $410,990
    Contributions
    $164,712
    Grants paid
    $7,952
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $399,659
    Expenses
    $417,390
    Contributions
    $202,643
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $356,432
    Expenses
    $233,438
    Contributions
    $174,662
    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-EZ

    Revenue
    $173,310
    Expenses
    $119,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,410

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $62,721
    Expenses
    $43,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,560

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 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Amy Eberling
Mailing address
4309 Glasgow WayAnacortes WA 98221
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.