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Mountain Rescue Council

Tax-deductible

North Bend, WA501(c)(3)Since 1953Human ServicesEIN 91-6049880

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Seattle Mountain Rescue (smr) is a volunteer organization of experienced alpinists dedicated to saving lives in all seasons through search, Rescue, and Mountain safety education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 81 volunteers.
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $192K a year · 64% 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
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
41 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 40.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $153K
Looks good: 5 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
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$399K
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$159K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$399K
FY2025▲ +25%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$153K
FY2021$266K
FY2022$512K
FY2023$152K
FY2024$319K
FY2025$399K
Expenses
$159K
FY2025▲ +9%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$112K
FY2021$41K
FY2022$82K
FY2023$108K
FY2024$145K
FY2025$159K
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +17%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$968K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2010-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2014.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $118K Management & general 11% · $17K Fundraising 15% · $24K

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

13 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Doug McCall
President/Ch
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brent Bishop
Secretary/Vi
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Raquel Lackey
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Doug Caley
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mimi Stone
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Perform backcountry search and rescue, especially technical operations, using volunteers.

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1 program · $118K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

SMR is a group of seasoned alpinists that specializes in technical mountain rescue and wilderness education. In 2025, SMR was involved in 83 missions. Our members trained over 3,500 hours in rigging, medical and technical snow rescue activities as a team and with partner agencies.

$118Kprogram 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
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$65K
One Roof FoundationFY2024$32K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$30K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$25K
Puget Sound Energy FoundationFY2024$500
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$153K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$399K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$380K
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Money outPt IX
$159K
Ln 25
Programscol B$118K
Managementcol C$17K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$541K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$380K
Government grantsLn 1e$4K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$79K
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$1K
Total revenueLn 12$399K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$85K
SavingsLn 2$456K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$541K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$832K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$767K
Other assetsLn 15$102K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 681
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$495K$541K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$665K$832K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$759K$767K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$2.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$12K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$12K$10K$2K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$32K$32K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$72K$69K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$702$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$159K$118K$17K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $399K$159K$240K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $319K$145K$174K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $152K$108K$43K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $512K$82K$430K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $266K$41K$225K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $153K$112K$42K$968K 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $399,192 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,913
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$376,162
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$78,999
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$380,075
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,153$20,153
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$1,036−$1,036
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$1,036 · Excluded from tax $20,153$399,192
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $158,897 across 11 lines filed
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,172$3,172
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $12,220$12,220
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,224$2,224
IX-13 Office expensesFundraising $6,897$6,897
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $7,221$7,221
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,876 · Management $2,469$12,345
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,592$1,592
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $31,630$31,630
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,881 · Management $1,220$6,101
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $69,061 · Fundraising $2,493$71,554
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $702 · Management $3,239$3,941
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $117,742 · Management $17,321 · Fundraising $23,834$158,897
Part X · Balance sheet $2,243,549 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $64,389$85,317
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $430,200$456,056
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $758,883$767,321
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $664,691$832,373
X-15 Other assets$102,482
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,918,163$2,243,549
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,796,732$2,073,873
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $121,431$169,675
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,918,163$2,243,548
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,918,163$2,243,548
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,243,549 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$399,192
XI-2 Total expenses$158,897
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$240,295
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,918,163
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$85,090
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,243,549

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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