The Environmental Science Center promotes environmental stewardship and academic achievement through science-based education. We help people feel a deeper connection and a motivation to want to protect the environment by using nature as our teacher at local beaches, streams, school gardens, and forests in south King County of Washington. Our programs increase scientific literacy, provide an opportunity for more diversity in STEM career fields, and increase healthy every-day choices that affect the Salish Sea community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 36 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)(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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
Worth a look: 61% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.0 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
$70K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$924K
+54% vs prior year
Spent
$862K
To programs
61%
Net assets
$837K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$924K
FY2025▲ +54%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$498K
FY2022$533K
FY2023$697K
FY2024$601K
FY2025$924K
Expenses
$862K
FY2025▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$450K
FY2022$553K
FY2023$655K
FY2024$707K
FY2025$862K
Net assets
$837K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$856K
FY2022$831K
FY2023$875K
FY2024$772K
FY2025$837K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2000.

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Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $527K Management & general 26% · $225K Fundraising 13% · $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

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joanna Stodden’s $59K as Executive Dir. is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1990 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joanna Stodden$59,040$59,035$60,571$51,162

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

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3 programs · $492K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In-School K-12 Educational Programs

$336Kprogram expense
02

Educational Community Programs

$98Kprogram expense
03

Other Program Services

Extracurricular K-12, Festivals, Summer Camps, Teacher Professional Development

$59Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$924K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$935K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$862K
Ln 25
Programscol B$527K
Managementcol C$225K
Fundraisingcol D$110K
Owns and owesPt X
$837K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$216K
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$70K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$935K
Government grantsLn 1e$441K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$96K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$924K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$70K
SavingsLn 2$146K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$216K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$555K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$70K
Net assetsLn 32$837K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 536
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$218K$216K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$601K$555K
Total assetsLn 16$827K$908K
LiabilitiesLn 26$54K$70K
Net assetsLn 32$772K$837K
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$62K$12K$32K$18K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$407K$317K$28K$62K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$6K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$54K$39K$10K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$51K$36K$6K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$2K$2K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$17K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$329
Office expensesLn 13$40K$19K$12K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$344$944$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$21K$20K$740
TravelLn 17$28K$28K$33$25
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$546$546
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$53K$828$52K$179
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$62K$51K$10K$599
All other expensesLn 24e$969$456$505$8
Total functional expensesLn 25$862K$527K$225K$110K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $924K$862K$62K$837K 990 PDF
FY2024 $601K$707K−$106K$772K 990 PDF
FY2023 $697K$655K$42K$875K 990 PDF
FY2022 $533K$553K−$21K$831K 990 PDF
FY2021 $498K$450K$47K$856K 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 $924,254 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $607,434$935,377
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,828$31,885
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,512$5,294
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$23,738−$48,302
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $601,036$924,254
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $458,303$584,636
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$2,175
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $249,085$275,434
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $707,388$862,245
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$106,352$62,009
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $924,254 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$95,612
VIII-1e Government grants$441,422
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$398,343
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,480
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$935,377
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,885$31,885
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,294$5,294
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$48,304
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2$2
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $31,885 · Excluded from tax $5,296$924,254
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $862,245 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 staffPrograms $12,100 · Management $31,684 · Fundraising $18,126$61,910
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $317,039 · Management $27,910 · Fundraising $62,280$407,229
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,592 · Management $4,980$10,572
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,075 · Management $9,814 · Fundraising $5,265$54,154
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,895 · Management $6,148 · Fundraising $8,728$50,771
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,862$23,862
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $2,175$2,175
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,983 · Management $12,100$29,083
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,900 · Fundraising $329$2,229
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,336 · Management $11,695 · Fundraising $8,624$39,655
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $344 · Management $944 · Fundraising $2,975$4,263
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $20,080 · Fundraising $740$20,820
IX-17 TravelPrograms $27,842 · Management $33 · Fundraising $25$27,900
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $546$546
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $828 · Management $51,973 · Fundraising $179$52,980
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $11,466$11,466
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $51,169 · Management $9,893 · Fundraising $599$61,661
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $456 · Management $505 · Fundraising $8$969
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $527,205 · Management $224,987 · Fundraising $110,053$862,245
Part X · Balance sheet $907,583 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,949$70,253
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $177,779$146,086
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $856$135,091
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,278$661
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $600,882$555,492
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $826,744$907,583
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $54,498$70,310
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $54,498$70,310
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $772,246$837,273
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $772,246$837,273
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $826,744$907,583
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $837,273 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$924,254
XI-2 Total expenses$862,245
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$62,009
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$772,246
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,018
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$837,273

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