Braided Seeds FY2024 filing

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Tukwila, WA501(c)(3)Since 2020EnvironmentEIN 85-2607807

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Braided Seeds provides BIPOC opportunities for rest restoration and reconnection to the land. Specific services include distributing free Discover Passes to the BIPOC community partnering with schools to integrate Black-centered environmentalism and nature connection activities into the curriculum sponsoring rest retreats for low-income Black Indigenous and Latine community members resourcing participants with gear leading hiking camping and outdoor trips for BIPOC predominantly Black youth and working with communities to find local ways to connect with the natural world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$41K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists 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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8K a year · 3% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$41K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $43K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$244K
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$234K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$75K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$244K
FY2024▲ +24%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$97K
FY2022$94K
FY2023$197K
FY2024$244K
FY2025$313K
Expenses
$234K
FY2024
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$234K
FY2025$307K
Net assets
$75K
FY2024▼ -2%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$51K
FY2022$55K
FY2023$77K
FY2024$75K
FY2025$81K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2021.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $158K Management & general 9% · $21K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $41K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$40,977Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ashleigh Shoecraft’s $50K as Executive Director is at the 30th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Ashleigh Shoecraft$49,744$40,977$33,705$29,952$7,488
Erandy Bucio-Flores$27,268————
Chioma Uruakpa$25,008————
Eya Lazaro——$13,275——
Taylor Tinsley——$10,900——
Felicia Tran———$10,377—
Maria Lazaro$9,329————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers BIPOC people chances to rest, restore, and reconnect with the land.

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3 programs · $158K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Youth programs--We facilitated multiple onramps to new experiences for youth including intro to snowboarding intro to kayaking youth campouts youth farming and other youth education programs. We partnered with local organizations to offer ongoing environmental education enrichment and weekly youth reclamation trips.

$94Kprogram expense
02

Community Programs--We facilitated participated in 23 community days and events a BIPOC WFA course and community sponsorship programs that benefited over 100 folks. Our community use gear library extended access to 100+ community members who ventured across the state using borrowed gear.

$39Kprogram expense
03

Community Distributions--We distributed 615 Discover Passes 500 entry tickets and 125 items of gear to community empowering families and individuals to have ownership over their access to the outdoors.

$24Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$43K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$244K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$230K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$234K
Ln 25
Programscol B$158K
Managementcol C$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$75K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$75K
Total assetsLn 16$75K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$230K
Government grantsLn 1e$89K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$25K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$244K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$75K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$75K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$75K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$75K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 643
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$65K$75K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$65K$75K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$65K$75K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$8K$8K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$90K$57K$21K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$21K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$477$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$549$0$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$6K$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$71K$72K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$234K$158K$21K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $313K$307K$6K$81K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $244K$234K$10K$75K 990 PDF
FY2023 $197K$77K 990 PDF
FY2022 $94K$55K 990 PDF
FY2021 $97K$51K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $244,133 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $159,533$229,657
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,142$13,276
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$1,200
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $171,675$244,133
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,032$8,136
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $83,462$135,517
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $71,400$90,558
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $158,894$234,211
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,781$9,922
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $244,133 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$6,725
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$89,190
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$140,467
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$25,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$229,657
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$13,276
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,200
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-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$244,133
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $234,211 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $8,000$8,136
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,846 · Management $20,653 · Fundraising $0$89,614
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,327
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,878 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$18,417
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,159
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$477
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,248
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,816
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$549
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,138
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,240
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,694
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $71,796 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$71,396
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $157,520 · Management $20,653 · Fundraising $0$234,211
Part X · Balance sheet $75,169 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $65,247$75,169
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-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart 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 $65,247$75,169
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 $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $54,247$64,909
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,000$10,260
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $65,247$75,169
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $65,247$75,169
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $75,169 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$244,133
XI-2 Total expenses$234,211
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$9,922
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$65,247
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$75,169

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