Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF SALMON IN THE STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOHOMISH RIVER BASINS AND ISLAND COUNTY WATERSHEDS.
- Income
- $1.0 million
- Spending
- $1.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 73%
- Reserves
- 3.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 94%
- Employees
- 19
- Volunteers
- 300
- Highest pay
- $101,716, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 14% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1573% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 94 out of 100. Higher than 68% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
9 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (3)
- $586,296 spent. HABITAT PROGRAM: IN 2024, SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS WORKED ON 19 HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE SNOHOMISH, STILLAGUAMISH, AND ISLAND WATERSHEDS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND SALMON HABITAT. WITH THE HELP OF STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS, AND STUDENTS, SOUND SALMON SOLUTIONS CONTROLLED 17.29 ACRES OF INVASIVE VEGETATION AND PLANTED 14,117 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS ON 4.99 LINEAR MILES.
- $155,836 spent. EDUCATION AND HATCHERY PROGRAMS:OUR HATCHERY LOCATED AT THE WILLOW CREEK SALMON AND WATERSHED EDUCATION CENTER RAISED 80,000 COHO SALMON WHICH WERE THEN RELEASED INTO 9 LOCAL TRIBUTARIES WITHIN LAKE WASHINGTON AND PUGET SOUND WATERSHEDS. VOLUNTEERS HELPED WITH EVERY STAGE OF THE SALMON REARING PROCESS, GIVING OVER 1892 HOURS IN THE YEAR 2024.IN 2024, SSS ENGAGED 7226 YOUTH AND ADULTS IN LESSONS THAT FORGED A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SALMON RECOVERY WHILE EMPOWERING PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE OF PACIFIC SALMON.OUR SALMON IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM BROUGHT COHO SALMON TO 26 SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS RAISED THEM FROM THE EGG TO FRY STAGE WHILE LEARNING THE IMPORTANCE OF SALMON TO OUR ECOSYSTEM, ECONOMY, AND CULTURE IN WASHINGTON. STUDENTS THEN JOINED SSS EDUCATORS ON A FIELD TRIP WHERE THEY RELEASED THEIR SALMON INTO A LOCAL STREAM.SSS PARTNERED WITH THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY JUVENILE COURT TO PROVIDE THE YOUTH EXPLORING STREAM SCIENCE (YESS) PROGRAM. YESS ENGAGES YOUTH FROM THE SCJC DIVERSION PROGRAM IN MEANINGFUL AND HANDS-ON WATERSHED SCIENCE EXPERIENCES. YOUTH WHO QUALIFY FOR DIVERSION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME AND SENTENCED TO DETENTION, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LOW RISK OF RE-OFFENSE, HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING WITH SSS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SUCCESS AS WE HAVE SEEN STUDENTS WHO HAD THE 'TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL' PERSONA BLOSSOM INTO BUDDING SCIENTISTS, FULL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SALMON AND THEIR HABITAT. SSS HOSTED A SUMMER CAMP AT THE HATCHERY IN EDMONDS WHERE CAMPERS SPENT TIME OUTSIDE LEARNING ABOUT THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY CAN BE STEWARDS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. 3 WEEKS OF CAMP WERE OFFERED IN 2024, HOSTING 58 CAMPERS TOTAL. SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SCOUT TROOPS ALSO VISITED THE HATCHERY FOR OUTDOOR FIELD TRIPS REACHING OVER 6336 YOUTH.
- $11,753 spent. STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM:IN 2024 SSS'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ENGAGED NEARLY 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES IN SALMON RECOVERY. THESE VOLUNTEERS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SALMON RECOVERY BY ASSISTING WITH EVERY STAGE OF THE SALMON-REARING PROCESS AT OUR HATCHERY IN EDMONDS AND CONTRIBUTED TO RESTORING SALMON SPAWNING HABITAT THROUGH RIPARIAN RESTORATION. ADDITIONALLY, OUR EDMONDS STEWARDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE CITY OF EDMONDS, ENGAGED TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE RESTORATION OF CITY OF EDMONDS PARKS THAT INCLUDE TRADITIONAL SALMON HABITAT OR OLD GROWTH FOREST. THESE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS ACT AS LEADERS IN STEWARDSHIP AND LEAD WEEKLY PUBLIC EVENTS THAT EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOVING INVASIVE VEGETATION AND PLANTING NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. SSS'S 2024 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTED OVER 1892 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF SERVICE AND INSPIRED COUNTLESS OTHERS TO TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS THEY CAN TO IMPROVE SALMON POPULATIONS.FURTHERMORE, SSS PROVIDED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY AT TABLING EVENTS SUCH AS FESTIVALS, SCHOOL SCIENCE NIGHTS, AND CITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOHOMISH WATERSHEDS. THESE EVENTS REACHED OVER 2,169 PARTICIPANTS AND WERE VITAL IN RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS ON SALMON RECOVERY AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1991.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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