Refugee Artisan Initiative
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$2.5m
$1m liabilities
Net assets
$1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.5y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Elta Ratliff
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Refugee Artisan Initiative's network
12 peoplei12 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
12 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elta Ratliff Chair | Develop Comm Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Hayden Bixby Chair | Governance Comm Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Brittany Mehl | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Cleo Escarez | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Heather Bridges | Vice Board ChairTreas | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kathi Lentzsch | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Leang Chung | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Maju Qureshi | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman | Executive Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Shannon Walker | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Yumiko Damashek | Board ChairEx Comm Ch | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Ziba-Kaboli Gerbrands | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman | Executive Director | 40 | $109k | ||
| Yumiko Damashek | Board ChairEx Comm Ch | 4 | $0 | ||
| Heather Bridges | Vice Board ChairTreas | 3 | $0 | ||
| Brittany Mehl | Secretary | 3 | $0 | ||
| Hayden Bixby | Governance Comm Chair | 3 | $0 | ||
| Kathi Lentzsch | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Leang Chung | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Elta Ratliff | Develop Comm Chair | 3 | $0 | ||
| Cleo Escarez | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Maju Qureshi | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Shannon Walker | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Ziba-Kaboli Gerbrands | Director | 3 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Refugee Artisan Initiative
- EIN
- 820961407
- Address
- 12337 Lake City Way Ne, Seattle, WA, 98125-5401
- State
- Washington
- Mission
- RAI partners with refugee and immigrant women to foster an inclusive, prosperous transition to the US through artisan skills training and micro business development. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S20 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- Principal officer
- MingMing TungEdelman (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2017
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsHayden Bixby
≥6years on the filingsBrittany Mehl
≥6years on the filingsMing-Ming Tung-Edelman
≥6years on the filingsYumiko Damashek
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
- $2.5m
- Total liabilities
- $1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4m | $1.2m | $181k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.