Washington · Nonprofit
SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP
SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $794,713 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($514,689). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $795k
- Net assets
- $493k
What South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group does
Mission
To protect and restore salmon populations and aquatic habitat with an emphasis on ecosystem function through scientifically informed projects, community education, and volunteer involvement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization conducts salmon restoration projects within our region. Projects vary in size, scope, cost and complexity. The organization completed or did major work on twenty four restoration projects during the current tax year.
$3,659,103 spent98% of program spendingThe organization conducts regional assessments and monitoring projects. These projects typically lead to on the ground restoration efforts or a study of the effects of a completed project.
$21,393 spent1% of program spendingThe organization conducts regional community outreach and education. The organization hosts the kennedy creek salmon trail, which had over 6,000 visitors in the current tax year who learned more about the life cycle of salmon. In addition, the organization participates in about 20 other local educational efforts such as festivals, workshops, and printed materials.
$38,891 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,719,387.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $452k to $1.2M (+169%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 2023 97% · 2024 95% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lance Winecka
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $20k → $498k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 45% · 2021 73% · 2022 78% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
17% of SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $172k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $623k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP's revenue grew 51% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.5M on record.
- Department of Commerce$8.4M
- Department of the Interior$149k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP?
- SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $794,713 to it, the largest being GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($514,689). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $794,713 in grants to SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP?
- GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $514,689 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH PUGET SOUND SALMON ENHANCEMENT GROUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing