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WESTERN STATE STRATEGIES

EIN 93-1316666 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$208,010
Expenses 2024
$226,228

Program services were 95.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
W20
Classification
1000
Street
3519 NE 15TH AVE 117

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY THROUGH NONPARTISAN EDUCATION ANDADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY THROUGH NONPARTISAN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

  • MOMENTUM: EQUIPPING COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS TO BE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OR ORGANIZED BIGOTRY, THE MOMENTUM PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH THOSE AT THE STATE, LOCAL, AND NATIONAL LEVELS WHO SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO SHRINKING SPACE FOR HATE AND VIOLENCE, CREATING NEW TOOLS AND INNOVATIVE METHODS DESIGNED IN CONCERT WITH EACH COMMUNITY AND COALITION WE SUPPORT.

    Expenses $215,026 · Revenue $1,500

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.

  • Mariotta Gary-Smith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Emma Jordan-Simpson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Leslie Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Mary Morten

    DIRECTOR (01/01/24-03/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Amy Herzfeld-Copple

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $197,046
    From this org
    $6,230
    From related orgs
    $181,870
    Other
    $8,946
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $6,230 + $181,870 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $125 + $8,030 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72 + $719 related
    Filer's total
    $6,427 + $190,619 related

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
    $208,010
    Expenses
    $226,228
    Contributions
    $206,510
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $801
    Expenses
    $70,560
    Contributions
    $801
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $328,769
    Expenses
    $873,534
    Contributions
    $328,769
    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
    $56,377
    Expenses
    $175,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $950,137
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,377
    Expenses
    $175,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $950,137
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $864,100
    Expenses
    $419
    Assets (EOY)
    $914,316
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $864,100
    Expenses
    $20,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $914,316

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 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
Dan Petegorsky
Mailing address
PO Box 40305Portland OR 97240

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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