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Ellensburg, WA501(c)(3)Foundations & Grantmakers EIN 91-1059920Revenue $3.1M in FY2021

On file with the IRSkvfish.org804 Elmview Rd, 98926-9339 · Ellensburg, WATax-exempt since Oct 1996Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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A community-building partner connecting our neighbors to food, resources, and hope.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$83K 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $669K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$83K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $186K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.4 months of spending in cash, plus $186K in investments.
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
$2.4M
65% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 65% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
+66% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2021▲ +66%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$4.9M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2021▲ +39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.6M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2021▲ +113%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$603K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$4.6M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · 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 1996.

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Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $2.3M Management & general 2% · $58K Fundraising 4% · $110K

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; $83K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Peggy Morache
Executive Director/CEO
$83,275Pt VII · Sec A
Diane Briggs
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Phil Backlund
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rick Toomey
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kevin Walsh
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Gary Berndt
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peggy Morache’s $171K as CEO (start 04/25) is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peggy Morache$170,600$113,740$102,460$102,460$83,275$52,750
Gary Bye$80,240—————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 2020-2021 the food bank received and stored food commodities from the state of washington and delivered to 4 sub-contractors in kittitas county who then distributed directly to CLIENTS.A client-choice food pantry distributed approximately 1,100,000 pounds of food in 2020-21 to 15,302 households and 48,068 individuals in kittitas…

$2.3Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Meals on Wheels AmericaFY2025$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$58K
Fundraisingcol D$110K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$73K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$731K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$976
Gains on assetsLn 7$3K
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$44K
SavingsLn 2$29K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$73K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$186K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$799K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 6307
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$243K$73K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$144K$186K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$269K$799K
Total assetsLn 16$882K$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$279K$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$603K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.1M$1.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$82K$70K$4K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$482K$410K$24K$48K
Payroll taxesLn 10$47K$40K$2K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K$153$306
Accounting feesLn 11c$26K$22K$1K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$271K$230K$14K$27K
Office expensesLn 13$66K$56K$3K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$71K$60K$4K$7K
TravelLn 17$24K$21K$1K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$319$638
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$53K$53K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$14K$820$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$179K$179K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$5K$314$653
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$2.3M$58K$110K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.9M$3.6M$1.3M$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.0M$3.3M$691K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$2.9M$357K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$2.9M$987K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $3.1M$2.5M$621K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$1.8M$77K$603K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,084,474 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,786,544$3,075,661
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $61,450$1,867
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,738$5,970
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,900$976
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,854,632$3,084,474
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $886,267$1,128,348
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $399,967$611,354
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $490,955$723,854
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,777,189$2,463,556
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $77,443$620,918
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,084,474 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$731,095
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,344,566
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,492,397
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,075,661
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,867$1,867
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,879$2,879
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $3,091$3,091
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $976$976
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,843 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,970$3,084,474
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,463,556 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,128,348$1,128,348
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $69,828 · Management $4,108 · Fundraising $8,215$82,151
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $409,892 · Management $24,111 · Fundraising $48,223$482,226
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,930 · Management $2,349 · Fundraising $4,698$46,977
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,604 · Management $153 · Fundraising $306$3,063
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $22,238 · Management $1,308 · Fundraising $2,616$26,162
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $230,048 · Management $13,532 · Fundraising $27,065$270,645
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $56,301 · Management $3,313 · Fundraising $6,624$66,238
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,969 · Management $3,528 · Fundraising $7,055$70,552
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,633 · Management $1,214 · Fundraising $2,427$24,274
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,420 · Management $319 · Fundraising $638$6,377
IX-20 InterestManagement $2,567$2,567
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $52,636$52,636
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,943 · Management $820 · Fundraising $1,640$16,403
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $178,630$178,630
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,340 · Management $314 · Fundraising $653$6,307
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,295,760 · Management $57,636 · Fundraising $110,160$2,463,556
Part X · Balance sheet $3,698,785 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $31,744$44,390
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $211,478$28,898
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $181,859$69,763
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $27,907$2,558,660
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,913$12,227
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $268,897$798,546
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $143,589$186,301
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $882,387$3,698,785
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,094$59,803
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$2,270,660
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $123,157$85,236
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $279,251$2,415,699
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $603,136$1,283,086
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $603,136$1,283,086
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $882,387$3,698,785
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,283,086 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,084,474
XI-2 Total expenses$2,463,556
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$620,918
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$603,136
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$45,584
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$13,448
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,283,086

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