2025-08-21T14:41:50-05:00 2024-12-31 882533599 WERSEN NONPROFIT CPAS LLC 4513 Lakeway Drive Bellingham WA 98229 990 2024-01-01 810924820 Sacred Lands Conservancy SACR 3603055880 2321 West Street Bellingham WA 98225 Julie Trimingham Secretary/Treasurer 3603055880 2025-08-21 1 0 Keaton Wersen CPA P01957642 3607709369 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sacred Sea Julie Trimingham 2321 West Street Bellingham WA 98225 464941 0 X www.sacredsea.org X 2015 WA Indigenous-led non-profit committed to promoting ancestral knowledge and practices for the protection and revitalization of the waters, culture, life and sacred sites of the Salish Sea. 5 2 0 3 0 0 134811 262192 0 0 0 -3586 0 0 134811 258606 0 16000 0 0 28885 50400 0 0 3677 20430 14294 49315 80694 85496 177912 185822 363734 0 0 185822 363734 X The Sacred Lands Conservancy / Sacred Sea is dedicated to protecting and revitalizing the life, waters, sacred sites, and traditional culture of the Salish Sea. The way we do this is by storytelling, art, and community engagement and education. 0 0 64466 16000 In 2024, our efforts were focused on:EDUCATION1) Sa'le Q'ewet Netse-lh/Our Hearts Beat as One, a bilingual Xwlemi Chosen/English children's book about the Lummi people's special connection to the captive orca Lolita/Tokitae/Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut. The story told in the book is the story lived by Lummi people and their supporters as they worked to bring their orca relation out of captivity at the Miami Seaquarium and back home to the Salish Sea. The book is written in English, with Lummi language translation. It is illustrated by Coast Salish artist Jason LaClair. The back pages are filled with educational materials and activities related to the story, to orcas, to the Lummi people, and to Coast Salish art. The book is being taught as part of the Since Time Immemorial curriculum in the Bellingham School district.2) The Mountaineers: we wrote a series of articles and blog posts for the Mountaineers magazine, educating the public on regional treaties, land acknowledgments, and Indigenous place names.3) Our Hearts Honoring Ceremony: we invited the public to witness the story of how Lummi tribal members worked to bring their relation Tokitae. We blanketed the Lummi tribal members, invited speakers to the floor, and shared a multi-media presentation of "Sa'le Q'ewet Netse'lh/Our Hearts Beat as One." This event was free and open to the public.4) ongoing readings and classroom visits pertaining to the bookMEDIA PRESENCE AND RELATIONS1) ongoing interviews, film festival screenings, panel discussions related to the documentary films "Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving A Way of Life," "Resident Orca, and "The Last Reefnetter."2) ongoing monthly "Since Time Immemorial" interview/photo series in Bellingham Alive! magazineCULTURAL PROJECTSWe continued to develop "The Protector" idea, in which a statue of a traditional Lummi woman would serve both as protector of all Lummi people out on the water and as a memorial to those lost at sea. 64466 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Jan Bowman and Associates Inc 3607330956 2200 Pacific Street Bellingham WA 98229 Ellie Kinley President 10.00 X X 16800 0 0 Cyaltsa April Finkbonner Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Julie Trimingham Secretary/Treasurer 20.00 X X 33600 0 0 Lucas Kinley Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Tino Kurtz Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 50400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262192 262192 202749 206335 -3586 -3586 -3586 258606 0 0 -3586 16000 16000 50400 40320 7560 2520 320 320 2639 2639 2454 816 856 782 867 867 1300 975 325 Community outreach & ed 6212 6212 502 251 201 50 80694 64466 12551 3677 185822 8734 355000 185822 363734 0 0 X 123765 316177 62057 47557 185822 363734 185822 363734 177912 0 X 0 0 0 X 40250 159670 149041 134811 55857 539629 40250 159670 149041 134811 55857 539629 213414 326215 539629 0.60450 X Schedule A, Part VI, List of Unusual Grants: Description: One-time estate bequest receipt Date: 02/23/24 Amount: 206335. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 Northwest Indian College Foundation 2522 Kwina Rd Bellingham WA 98226 943057654 501(c)(3) 16000 0 Sk'ali Legacy Scholarship 1 Part I, Line 2: The Organization requests periodic reports on the use of the funds granted. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Ellie Kinley (Board President) and Lucas Kinley (Board Member) have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 draft is review by the Secretary/Treasurer before filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 These documents are available upon request.