Small Public Charity

Friends of the Salish Sea

Friends of the Salish Sea is a nonprofit organization categorized as Small Public Charity based in Anacortes, WA. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $145K, expenses of $98K, total assets of $108K. Imperigo tracks 6 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $206K.

EIN: 263040713 Anacortes, WA Single Organization Support NTEE: C11 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$145K
Total Expenses$98K
Total Assets$108K
Grant Records6
Funding Total$206K
Filing Years2023–2025

Mission

The Friends of the Salish Sea organization provides volunteer environmental activities and programs for the communities that border marine shorelines Salish Sea Puget Sound and nearshore waters. The activities and programs further our mission to educate and to provide both citizen science and stewardship opportunities.

Where $100 goes at Friends of the Salish Sea

How Friends of the Salish Sea divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 3 years.

$58 Programs the work itself
$42 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $58 for programs

$15
Stormwater Monitoring Project
About 25% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 90 volunteers
$15
Lecture Series 2024 -A very popular series of 4 lectures during the late fall and winter featuring top regional speakers mostly in the scientific fields that help the…
About 25% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 7,400 people
$14
Fidalgo Bay Day
About 25% (cost not reported)

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
CONSERVATION EDUCATION
$5,310
2024
MONITOR SALISH SEA STORMWATER FOR ORCA HEALTH
$54,267
2023
SALISH SEA STORMWATER MONITORING FOR KILLER WHALES
$63,524
2022
KILLER WHALE CONSERVATION
$58,286
2021
MONITORING STORMWATER POLLUTE
$5,075

Showing up to 5 of 6 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Vice-President Betty Carteret
Treasurer Lillian Spadoni
President Tim Gohrke

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation
$78,286 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$54,267 1 grant
Education
$5,310 1 grant
Unspecified
$68,599 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $145K $98K $108K
2024 $100K $104K $62K
2023 $104K $57K $65K

Between 2023 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $104K to $145K (+40%), with total assets most recently reported at $108K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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