BRAIDED RIVER

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY STE 201, SEATTLE, WA 98134-1161

In care of

% CRAIG ROWLEY

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

HELEN CHERULLO, 1001 SW KLICKITAT WAY STE 201, SEATTLE, WA 98134

Signed the 990

HELEN CHERULLO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(206) 406-0417

Website

WWW.BRAIDEDRIVER.ORG

Return prepared by

VINE DAHLEN PLLC

Mission

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 AND TURN AWE INTO ACTION.

Program accomplishments

• IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS THIS BOOK, IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS, WAS WRITTEN TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCREASE UNDERSTANDING, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND MOMENTUM, AND INSPIRE ACTION TO SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND RESTORE OUR REGION'S IMPERILED LANDS, WATERS, AND LIFEWAYS. THE BOOK WAS INSPIRED BY AN INDIGENOUS GATHERING, WHERE THOSE PRESENT SPOKE FROM THE HEART AND THE MIND ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS. THE VISION OF IN THE SPIRIT OF RIGHT AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONS IS TO DRAW ON ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE TO FURTHER EMPOWER AND INSPIRE INDIGENOUS-LED ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS WITH NON-INDIGENOUS ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MOTHER EARTH AND ALL HER RELATIONS DOWN TO THE SEVENTH GENERATION. PUBLISHED BY SE'SI'LE, WITH BRAIDED RIVER. SE'SI'LE IS AN INDIGENOUS-LED, BELLINGHAM-BASED NONPROFIT THAT WORKS TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS AREAS, RESOURCES, AND SACRED SITES. THE LAUNCH OF THIS BOOK INCLUDED A PANEL EVENT WITH LUMMI CHAIRMAN JAY JULIUS, SE'SI'LE, AND BRAIDED RIVER THAT DREW OVER 250 ATTENDEES, AND MORE THAN 600 BOOKS WERE GIVEN AWAY AT COMMUNITY EVENTS UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY.
  Expenses $32,802
• GUARDIANS OF LIFE - GUARDIANS OF LIFE BRAIDED RIVER IS PROJECTED TO RELEASE AND PUBLISH GUARDIANS OF LIFE IN FEBRUARY 2026. THE BOOK IS A VISUAL JOURNEY THAT REVEALS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AS EARTH'S MOST POWERFUL PROTECTORS. THE ODYSSEY SPANS THE GLOBE, FROM PALAU'S CORAL REEFS AND MONGOLIA'S STEPPES TO GREENLAND'S SEA ICE. GUARDIANS OF LIFE IS POWERED BY THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN INDIGENOUS VOICES, INCLUDING ACTIVIST QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE AND PALAUAN STATESMAN TOMMY REMENGESAU JR. THEIR EXPERTISE IS BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOJOURNALIST KILIII YYAN'S STRIKING IMAGERY, THE POWERFUL WRITING OF BESTSELLING AUTHOR (1491) CHARLES MANN, AND WRITER GLEB RAYGORODETSKY'S INSIGHTS. TOGETHER, THIS COLLECTION OF POWERFUL IMAGES AND STORIES PROVES HOW TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN INNOVATION UNITE TO SAFEGUARD THE PLANET. THE TEAM FACILITATED EVENT PREPARATION AND A MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN 2025 TO PREPARE FOR THE 2026 LAUNCH.
  Expenses $64,719
• LIVING RIVER - THIS BOOK AND VISUAL CAMPAIGN RELEASED IN APRIL 2023 HAS BEEN EDUCATING ABOUT THE IMPERILLED COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED. IN 2024, THE AUTHOR DAVE SHOWALTER HAS PRESENTED AT 15 IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL EVENTS AS PART OF THE LIVING RIVER EVENTS SERIES, REACHING A TOTAL OF 4,435 PEOPLE IN PERSON IN COLORADO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND CALIFORNIA. THE LARGEST IN-PERSON SPEAKING EVENT WAS A 60-PERSON GROUP AT THE UTAH DIN BIKEYAH SUMMER GATHERING AT THE KIGALIA GUARD STATION CAMPGROUND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UTAH DIN BIKYAH. THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN HAS ACHIEVED OVER TEN MILLION IMPRESSIONS, REACHING ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS IN PRINT AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. THE BOOK HAD NATIONAL AUDIENCE REACH IN THE NATURAL HISTORY AND LITERARY SPACE, WITH PROMINENT FEATURES ON NBC AND AFFILIATE STATIONS, ORION, AND NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE. LIVING RIVER WAS AWARDED THE INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARD FOR U.S. WEST-MOUNTAIN BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION, AND ALSO AWARDED THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD AND WAS A HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST. IN 2025, THE LIVING RIVER TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBIT WAS PRINTED AND PLACED AT THE HEADWATERS MUSEUM IN WINTER PARK, COLORADO, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. WITH 2-3 PUBLIC EVENTS IN EACH LOCATION, THE REACH OF LIVING RIVER HAS EXPANDED.
  Expenses $193,441
• 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. IN PARTICULAR, THE WESTERN ARCTIC AND THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL FOCUS. THROUGH MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LEGISLATIVE ACTION, AND SUPPORT FOR GROUP TRIPS TO AMERICA'S ARCTIC, BRAIDED RIVER HAS PROVIDED EDUCATION THROUGH MEDIA ABOUT PROTECTING THE ARCTIC FROM UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. BRAIDED RIVER ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER FLORIAN SCHULZ ON FIELDWORK SURROUNDING PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM OF SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE PLACES OF THE ARCTIC. WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE IMPACT CAMPAIGN FOR AN EDUCATIONAL GIANT SCREEN FILM CALLED "THE ARCTIC: OUR LAST GREAT WILDERNESS." THE FILM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DATE AT MORE THAN 20 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 SOCIAL MEDIA AND A WEB PLATFORM PROTECTTHEARCTIC.ORGC, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 58,000 FOLLOWERS. COLUMBIA RIVER - THIS BOOK AND VISUAL STORYTELLING CAMPAIGN RELEASED ON MAY 22ND OF 2024 HAS BEEN EDUCATING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM AND ITS EXPANSIVE WATERSHED FROM SEA TO SOURCE. TO DATE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID MOSKOWITZ AND THE AUTHOR EILEEN DELEHANTY PEARKES HAVE PRESENTED AT 11 IN-PERSON EVENTS AS PART OF THE BIG RIVER EVENT SERIES, REACHING A TOTAL OF 450 PEOPLE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE LARGEST IN-PERSON SPEAKING EVENT WAS A 115-PERSON AUDIENCE AT THE OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 350 PDX, COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER, AND SAVE OUR WILD SALMON. THE TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS, REACHING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN CANADA MARKETS IN PRINT AND SOCIAL MEDIA. BIG RIVER IS A FOREWARDS INDIES FINALIST FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR. IN 2025, THE BIG RIVER TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBIT WAS CREATED, IS SLOTTED TO TRAVEL TO EASTERN WASHINGTON IN 2026 AND 2027. OTHER PROGRAMS - (1) IN 2024, BRAIDED RIVER SUPPORTED THE WE ARE PUGET SOUND TRAVELING MUSEUM TRAVELING EVENTS, WHICH WERE VIEWED BY MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY. (2) BOOK DEVELOPMENT OF WOODPECKER: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF NORTH AMERICAN WOODPECKERS - A PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK AND CAMPAIGN ON ALL 41 SPECIES OF WOODPECKERS IN NORTH AMERICA. THE BOOK'S FIELDWORK, EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LAYOUT WERE COMPLETED IN 2024, WITH A PUBLICATION DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2025.
  Expenses $180,301 · revenue $85,644

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

74-3237319

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2008

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C123)

Assets (IRS master file)

$479,971

Income (IRS master file)

$502,166

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-3237319).

Questions about BRAIDED RIVER

What is the EIN of BRAIDED RIVER?

The employer identification number (EIN) of BRAIDED RIVER is 74-3237319.

Is BRAIDED RIVER tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2008.

Are donations to BRAIDED RIVER tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does BRAIDED RIVER file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of BRAIDED RIVER due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did BRAIDED RIVER last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of BRAIDED RIVER?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names HELEN CHERULLO.

Who are the officers and directors of BRAIDED RIVER?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does BRAIDED RIVER have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $502,166, expenses of $577,335 and total assets of $479,971 at year end.

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