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FISH

EIN 91-1059920 ELLENSBURG, WA

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Revenue 2024
$4,885,843
Expenses 2024
$3,606,371

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T99Z
Classification
1000
Street
804 ELMVIEW RD

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

A COMMUNITY-BUILDING PARTNER CONNECTING OUR NEIGHBORS TO FOOD, RESOURCES, AND HOPE.

  • FISH IS THE ONLY FOOD BANK AND SUPPLIES FOOD AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE FOOD PANTRIES IN KITTITAS COUNTY. IN 2025, FISH SUPPLIED 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH THE FOOD BANK. FISH'S FOOD PANTRY IS THE LARGEST IN KITTITAS COUNTY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES TO MORE THAN 40% OF THE COUNTY'S RESIDENTS. THE STATIONARY PANTRY IS LOCATED IN ELLENSBURG AND MOBILE PANTRIES OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY.OPEN TABLE, FISH'S FOOD SERVICE DIVISION, SUPPLIES HOME-DELIVERED MEALS AND CONGREGATE SENIOR MEALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY LUNCH WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO IS HUNGRY, OPEN TABLE PROVIDES 60,000 MEALS TO THE RESIDENTS OF KITTITAS COUNTY.FISH'S OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE USDA SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN, MEDICALLY-TAILORED-MEALS, AND MEDICAL-NUTRITION-THERAPY FOR THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASES, KITTITAS COUNTY DIAPER BANK, COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR SENIORS, BASIC FOOD AND SNAP REGISTRATION FOR THE COUNTY.

    Expenses $3,276,651 · Grants $917,792 · Revenue $54,739

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.

  • Gary Berndt

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robin Reed

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Phil Backlund

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ruth Townsend

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Greg Schatzlein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Pearson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norm Redberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Walsh MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Bye

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (START 05/25)

    Total calculated
    $80,240
    From this org
    $80,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Peggy Morache

    CEO (START 04/25)

    Total calculated
    $170,600
    From this org
    $170,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,600

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,885,843
    Expenses
    $3,606,371
    Contributions
    $4,829,149
    Grants paid
    $917,792
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,038,188
    Expenses
    $3,347,202
    Contributions
    $4,009,768
    Grants paid
    $1,020,130
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,247,911
    Expenses
    $2,891,183
    Contributions
    $3,209,933
    Grants paid
    $942,258

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
    $3,897,725
    Expenses
    $2,910,867
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,095,925
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,084,474
    Expenses
    $2,463,556
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,698,785
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,854,632
    Expenses
    $1,777,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $882,387
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,250,873
    Expenses
    $1,260,787
    Assets (EOY)
    $540,360
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,253,743
    Expenses
    $1,215,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,929
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,017,737
    Expenses
    $1,106,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $484,251
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,146,497
    Expenses
    $1,306,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $554,576
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,391,702
    Expenses
    $1,060,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $920,350
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,011,659
    Expenses
    $1,001,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $571,022
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $873,307
    Assets (EOY)
    $582,819

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.