Improve business conditions for the trade of West Coast groundfish by 1) educating the public and market participants about West Coast groundfish; 2) Provide market research, analysis and information that assists members with their business; 3)provide members with educational programs and pre-competitive forums for discussion

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 12 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $17K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$142K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$300
0.1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$534K
+66% vs prior year
Spent
$494K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$247K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$534K
FY2025▲ +66%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$192K
FY2021$160K
FY2022$220K
FY2023$420K
FY2024$321K
FY2025$534K
Expenses
$494K
FY2025▲ +30%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$212K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$247K
FY2023$230K
FY2024$379K
FY2025$494K
Net assets
$247K
FY2025▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$126K
FY2021$102K
FY2022$75K
FY2023$264K
FY2024$207K
FY2025$247K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2018.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $450K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $142K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$142,060Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jana Hennig’s $142K as Executive Director is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jana Hennig$142,060$132,000$122,003$112,000$102,000$101,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates and provides market insights to improve West Coast groundfish trade.

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3 programs · $450K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

1. Educating the public and market participants about West Coast groundfish: a) We produced and published 52 mini-documentaries and cooking demonstration videos that featured a broad variety of participants in the West Cost groundfish fishery including chefs, fishermen, fishmongers, scientists or artists.

$201Kprogram expense
02

3. Provide members with educational programs and pre-competitive forums for discussion: a). In December 2025, we launched a new educational program geared toward startups and small businesses - the Catch+Create Accelerator.

$155Kprogram expense
03

2. Provide market research, analysis and information that assists members with their business: a). We ran a large-scale analysis of retail sales patterns and trends of seafood in the US, across multiple 5 different categories producing >1000 charts. b).

$95Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2021
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$534K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$534K
Money outPt IX
$494K
Ln 25
Programscol B$450K
Owns and owesPt X
$247K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$247K
Total assetsLn 16$247K
LiabilitiesLn 26$300
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$534K
Government grantsLn 1e$243K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$534K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$247K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$247K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$247K
LiabilitiesLn 26$300
Net assetsLn 32$247K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$208K$247K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$208K$247K
LiabilitiesLn 26$932$300
Net assetsLn 32$207K$247K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$154K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$159K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$27K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$34K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$52K
Office expensesLn 13$7K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K
TravelLn 17$25K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$9
Total functional expensesLn 25$494K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $534K$494K$40K$247K 990 PDF
FY2024 $321K$379K−$58K$207K 990 PDF
FY2023 $420K$230K$190K$264K 990 PDF
FY2022 $220K$247K−$28K$75K 990 PDF
FY2021 $160K$184K−$23K$102K 990 PDF
FY2020 $192K$212K−$20K$126K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $534,100 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $321,070$534,100
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $321,070$534,100
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $276,342$351,956
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $102,414$142,101
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $378,756$494,057
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$57,686$40,043
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $534,100 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$66,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$243,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$225,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$534,100
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$534,100
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $494,057 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$154,259
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$158,863
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$11,624
IX-10 Payroll taxes$27,210
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$11,045
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$34,137
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$52,370
IX-13 Office expenses$6,587
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$2,111
IX-17 Travel$24,685
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$4,419
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$2,964
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$3,774
IX-24e All other expenses$9
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$494,057
Part X · Balance sheet $247,093 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $207,682$247,093
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $207,682$247,093
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $932$300
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $932$300
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,051$19,917
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $204,699$226,876
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $206,750$246,793
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $207,682$247,093
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $246,793 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$534,100
XI-2 Total expenses$494,057
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$40,043
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$206,750
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$246,793

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