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US nonprofit · EIN 473370136 · Sedro Woolley, WAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 473370136) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2018.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Training Society

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$318k
$18k liabilities
Net assets
$300k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
7.4 years on average
Staff
4
1 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Training Society's network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ann Marie RielsPresident2019
7 yrs
Cindy ElliserCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Stephanie NormanVice President2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Richard RielsExecutive Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ann Marie RielsPresident40$0
Stephanie NormanVice President3$0
Cindy ElliserSecretary3$0
Richard RielsExecutive Director40$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Training Society
EIN
473370136
Address
1003 Iowa Heights Rd, Sedro Woolley, WA, 98284-9574
State
Washington
Mission
Smelts educates communities on how to be stewards of the environment by focusing on the ocean and its global importance to life on earth. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
D30 Animal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Animal-Related
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
Ann Marie Riels (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2018
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsAnn Marie Riels
≥7years on the filingsCindy Elliser
≥7years on the filingsStephanie Norman

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$318k
Total liabilities
$18k
Net assets or fund balances
$300k
Contributions and grants received
$815k
Program service revenue
$727k
Grants and similar paid out
$4k
Employees
4
Volunteers
1