Friends of the San Juans
“Protect the San Juan Islands ecosystem through science, education, and advocacy.”
7 comments to the agencies, 83 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Conservation of San Juan Islands including San Juan Island National Historical Park (NPS) and national wildlife refuge lands. Marine and terrestrial conservation.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “The Friends of the San Juans is a public interest non-profit 501c3 organization with a mission to protect and restore the san juan islands and the salish sea for people and nature.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Protect and restore the san juan islands
$1.3M, 83% of spendingAnd the salish sea for people and nature.
Read it as they filed it
TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND THE SALISH SEA FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
83 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$1,345,950 programs, $217,912 management, $67,299 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Friends of the San Juans? Claim this page.
Those 85 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Friends of the San Juans is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
15 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $494,566 |
| 2012 | $539,382 |
| 2013 | $331,751 |
| 2013 | $823,481 |
| 2014 | $573,245 |
| 2015 | $884,949 |
| 2016 | $1,261,280 |
| 2017 | $926,656 |
| 2018 | $627,231 |
| 2019 | $945,804 |
| 2020 | $1,277,690 |
| 2021 | $1,220,997 |
| 2022 | $1,658,049 |
| 2023 | $1,317,390 |
| 2024 | $1,630,451 |
From $495K in 2011 to $1.6M in FY24, across 15 public filings.
The record
On the record with the agencies
7 comments on federal decisions since 2023, each filed under the group’s own name on regulations.gov, none yet on a decision we track. Read them on regulations.gov.
Year by year
The record, in order
- 1979Friends of the San Juans is formed.the return, formation year
- 20256 comments, all to the Fish and Wildlife Service, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20261 comment to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 7 comments filed under its own name. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
Friends of the San Juans is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Washington congressional delegation averages 79 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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