Visit Bainbridge Island
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What it says it does
Visit Bainbridge Island promotes a tourist destination for enhancing employment opportunities and economic prosperity with a primary focus on the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the broader Kitsap County as needed.
- Income
- $537,396
- Spending
- $534,854
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $37,030, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $299,370 spent. In 2025, VBI operated Kitsap Tourism Committee to deliver additional destination marketing services and programs for the broader Kitsap County region. KTC serves as a collaborative conduit, supporting county-wide tourism promotion and economic-development efforts across Kitsap County. Promoting tourism to the greater county also promoted Bainbridge Island as the gateway to the area. Working closely with local stakeholders and lodging partners, KTC coordinated marketing initiatives, visitor-readiness programs, and regional brand development designed to strengthen Kitsap's collective tourism identity. The organizations work emphasized alignment, cross-community collaboration, and resource sharing, laying the foundation for a unified county-wide destination-marketing framework in advance of future independent operations.
- $149,667 spent. Visit Bainbridge Island VBI operates as the official Destination Marketing Organization DMO for Bainbridge Island, Washington. VBI is dedicated to promoting the island's attractions, businesses and lifestyle as an ideal destination for leisure and special event travelers to the island and region. Through collaborative partnerships with other island tourism entities, creating island-wide advertising campaigns, maintaining a robust visitor website and social media, and hosting travel media through familiarization tours, VBI aims to grow Bainbridge Island's visibility leading to increased visitor spending and overnight stays. This in turn creates long-term and sustainable economic growth for the island and its many tourism partners.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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