2024-08-14T16:33:04-05:00 2023-09-30 912011386 JACOBSON JARVIS & CO PLLC 200 1ST AVE W SUITE 200 SEATTLE WA 98119 990 2022-10-01 743237319 BRAIDED RIVER BRAI 2062236303 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 HELEN CHERULLO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2062236303 2024-08-12 1 0 ZOE JOENS CPA P02389255 2066288990 2024-08-12 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z HELEN CHERULLO 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 1149523 0 X WWW.BRAIDEDRIVER.ORG X 2007 WA WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PROTECT WILD PLACES THROUGH IMAGES AND STORIES THAT CHANGE PERSPECTIVES. WESTERN NORTH AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS ARE UNDER THREAT. USING THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL IMAGES, WE PUBLISH PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS AND CREATE MULTIMEDIA ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THESE CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS. WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS, WRITERS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS. 7 7 0 15 0 0 709339 1050453 0 0 465 2948 0 96122 709804 1149523 0 0 0 0 72858 246930 309 4467 4988 239945 842612 313112 1094009 396692 55514 1311786 548427 834399 15526 477387 532901 X WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PROTECT WILD PLACES THROUGH IMAGES AND STORIES THAT CHANGE PERSPECTIVES. WESTERN NORTH AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS ARE UNDER THREAT. USING THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL IMAGES, WE PUBLISH PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS AND CREATE MULTIMEDIA ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THESE CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS. WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS, WRITERS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BUILD GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS. 0 0 653605 FREEDOM TO ROAM: CALIFORNIA PROJECT - FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT HAVE GONE TOWARDS THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLUE-CHIP NATURE DOCUMENTARY "FREEDOM TO ROAM" (WORKING TITLE). BASED ON BRAIDED RIVER BOOK WITH FLORIAN SCHULZ, THE WILD EDGE AND OTHER FREEDOM TO ROAM ASSETS, THIS FILM PROJECT IS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALLEN PREGER AND THE MARGOT MACDOUGALL FAMILY FOUNDATION. GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE PACIFIC COAST'S MAJOR MARINE CORRIDOR FROM BAJA, CALIFORNIA TO BEAUFORT, ALASKA AND TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIORS AND POLICIES THAT MAINTAIN BIOLOGICAL HOTSPOTS CORE TO INTERCONNECTED WILDLIFE CORRIDORS INTACT AND HEALTHY. POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES. 105779 LIVING RIVER - THIS BOOK AND VISUAL CAMPAIGN RELEASED IN APRIL 2023 HAS BEEN EDUCATING ABOUT THE IMPERILED COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED. TO DATE, THE AUTHOR DAVE SHOWALTER HAS PRESENTED AT 19 IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL EVENTS AS A PART OF THE LIVING RIVER EVENTS SERIES, REACHING A TOTAL OF 4105 PEOPLE IN PERSON IN COLORADO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING, AND CALIFORNIA. LARGEST IN-PERSON SPEAKING EVENT WAS 380-PERSON AUDIENCE AT DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE IN THEIR IMAX THEATER, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUDUBON ROCKIES. THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS, WITH A CONSERVATIVE TEN MILLION IMPRESSIONS, REACHING ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS IN PRINT, RADIO INTERVIEWS, AND AT LEAST 92 TELEVISION SPOTS IN REGIONAL MARKETS FROM ANCHORAGE TO ALBUQUERQUE. THE BOOK HAD NATIONAL AUDIENCE REACH IN THE NATURAL HISTORY AND LITERARY SPACE, WITH PROMINENT FEATURES IN NBC AND AFFILIATE STATIONS, ORION, NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE, AND TERRAIN.ORG. LIVING RIVER WAS AWARDED THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD FOR NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO WAS NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' 100 BEST INDIE BOOKS OF 2023. 99399 AMERICA'S ARCTIC - BRAIDED RIVER IS A MEDIA PARTNER ALONGSIDE A COALITION OF NATIONAL CONSERVATION AND INDIGENOUS NONPROFITS SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND CULTURAL EDUCATION AROUND THE ALASKAN ARCTIC. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE IMPACT CAMPAIGN FOR AN EDUCATIONAL GIANT SCREEN FILM CALLED THE ARCTIC: OUR LAST GREAT WILDERNESS, WHICH HAS BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING. THE FILM HAS BEEN SHOWN AT MORE THAN 15 THEATERS AT MAJOR SCIENCE CENTERS, FOR MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SEVERAL THOUSAND SCHOOL GROUPS, AND EDUCATORS. WE HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED FILM AND STORYTELLING EFFORTS DIGITALLY, ON A SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB PLATFORM CALLED PROTECT THE ARCTIC, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 70,000 FOLLOWERS. 182069 OTHER PROGRAMS - (1) BOOK DEVELOPMENT OF BIG RIVER: RESILIENCE AND RENEWAL IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN - A BOOK AND VISUAL STORYTELLING CAMPAIGN THAT WILL ILLUMINATE THE BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED COLUMBIA RIVER WATERSHED, FROM SEA TO SOURCE. WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE BOOK'S FIELDWORK, EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LAYOUT WERE COMPLETED IN 2023 ON SCHEDULE. THE BOOK WAS DELIVERED TO THE PRINTER IN JANUARY 2024, WITH A PUBLICATION DATE OF JUNE 1, 2024. (2) IN 2023 BRAIDED RIVER SUPPORTED THE WE ARE PUGET SOUND AND ORCA TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBITS, WHICH WERE VIEWED BY MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY AT MAJOR CULTURAL AND MARINE SCIENCE CENTERS ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE, INCLUDING THE BURKE MUSEUM IN SEATTLE. 182069 1040852 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 WA X GAYLE GRYTHING 2062236303 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY 201 SEATTLE WA 98134 JOEY MANSON PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 COLIN LINGLE SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GABE AESCHLIMAN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ARDI KVEVEN MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROB SMITH MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH BOGAARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOANN MILLER MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 HELEN CHERULLO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 124261 0 11330 124261 0 11330 1 0 0 0 0 30000 1020453 1050453 2948 2948 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 96122 96122 96122 1149523 0 0 99070 136445 118459 17986 86233 74480 11753 6556 6040 516 17696 16439 1257 2520 2520 4467 4467 3780 3780 2518 1850 668 1768 517 1241 10 1944 1084 860 3991 3708 283 1834 578 1106 150 FIELDWORK 671939 671939 BOOK PUBLICATION 73760 73760 HONORARIUM 41100 41100 OUTREACH 29130 28022 1108 8328 2876 5091 361 1094009 1040852 48169 4988 246119 211333 250240 336469 15875 145947 625 653605 1311786 548427 34399 15526 800000 0 834399 15526 X 28228 191288 449159 341613 477387 532901 1311786 548427 55514 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 233971 235765 274546 709339 1050453 2504074 233971 235765 274546 709339 1050453 2504074 1427245 1076829 465 2948 3413 944 440 103 96122 97609 2605096 3233 0.41340 0.54450 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3 BRAIDED RIVER HAS NO EMPLOYEES, BUT USES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR A FEE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE MOUNTAINEERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BRAIDED RIVER BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED ELECTRONIC COPIES OF THE FINAL FORM 990 WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. FORM 990 IS REVIEWED IN PERSON AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING TO ALLOW ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO BE ADDRESSED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A COVERED PERSON HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, THE BOARD MAY COUNSEL THE COVERED PERSON REGARDING SUCH FAILURE AND, IF THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED, MAY CONSIDER ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTION AS APPROPRIATE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT IS POSTED ONLINE AND MAILED TO DONORS. THE MOUNTAINEERS 7700 SANDPOINT WAY NE SEATTLE WA 98115 273009280 EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WA 501(C)(3) LINE 7 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 THE MOUNTAINEERS P 73760 AMOUNT PAID