2025-11-04T09:26:18-07:00 2025-06-30 823726482 Rising Sun Accounting PO Box 25726 Seattle WA 98165 990EZ 2024-07-01 854006710 Spokane Alliance United SPOK 5095321688 1526 E 11th Ave Spokane WA 99202 Laurel Fish Lead Organizer 5095321688 2025-11-04 1 1 Kirea LaRue P03331196 4074465408 2025-11-04 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 137925 X 137925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137925 0 0 0 1122 0 0 131206 132328 5597 19344 0 24941 19344 24941 0 0 0 0 19344 24941 0 0 19344 24941 The mission of Spokane Alliance United is to conduct training, public education, leadership development and research in order to build broad-based non-partisan civic power organizations in the Spokane region to address the fundamental common needs of the community including the inequities, and injustices facing low-income people and persons subjected to oppression or discrimination. Community Organizing Training: During the fiscal year, the organization provided community organizing training to approximately 92 individuals. Two Foundations of Community Organizing trainings were conducted in October 2024 and March 2025, each consisting of 16 instructional hours over two days and serving a total of 55 participants. In May 2025, the organization hosted a 5-Day Regional Community Organizing Training for 37 leaders from across the Pacific Northwest to strengthen leadership and civic engagement skills. Public Education and Civic Engagement: In Fall 2024, the organization facilitated a series of small-group meetings engaging 210 participants in discussions on local community issues. These meetings culminated in a Discernment Assembly attended by more than 150 individuals, where participants identified priority areas for action, including housing equity, access to quality jobs, and support for the public education system. Leadership Formation and Citizen-Led Research: The organization supported four Research Action Teams composed of educators, union members, faith representatives, and community leaders. These teams conducted issue research and developed proposals to address local challenges in education, housing, and workforce development. 0 36816 Public Education and Civic Engagement: In Fall 2024, the organization facilitated a series of small-group meetings engaging 210 participants in discussions on local community issues. These meetings culminated in a Discernment Assembly attended by more than 150 individuals, where participants identified priority areas for action, including housing equity, access to quality jobs, and support for the public education system. 0 36816 Leadership Formation and Citizen-Led Research: The organization supported four Research Action Teams composed of educators, union members, faith representatives, and community leaders. These teams conducted issue research and developed proposals to address local challenges in education, housing, and workforce development. 0 36817 110449 Laurel Fish Lead Organizer & Executive Director 22 0 0 0 Kimberly Meinecke President 3 0 0 0 Jason Benway Vice President & Secretary 3 0 0 0 Faith Hayflich Treasurer 3 0 0 0 Mary Lou Johnson Director 3 0 0 0 Kerra Bower Director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Laurel Fish 1526 E 11th Ave Spokane WA 99202 5095321688 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 1 0 NONE NONE 1 X 49900 49971 120298 34496 137925 392590 49900 49971 120298 34496 137925 392590 270493 122097 392590 0.31100 0.2588 X Our organization exists to serve the general public by building broad-based community leadership and advancing the common good across Spokane County. We do not operate for private interests and no individual, business, or small group benefits personally from our work. Instead, our mission is to develop local leadership, increase civic participation, and organize collective action on issues affecting the well-being of Spokane residents-such as housing, workforce development, childcare, and education. We are a membership-based organization that represents a broad base of the public through 37 affiliated faith, labor, nonprofit, student, and neighborhood organizations. Our primary decision-making body includes over 70 representatives from these member institutions, ensuring that our priorities and actions reflect community needs rather than private interests. We maintain conflict of interest policies to prevent private benefit and ensure accountability to the public. We engage the public and broader community in multiple ways: Public leadership development and civic education: We train community members in leadership, organizing, and public action through workshops, organizing institutes, and issue campaigns. Volunteer involvement: Hundreds of volunteer leaders participate each year in research actions and community listening campaigns. Public fundraising: We maintain a continuous and bona fide program for public solicitation of funds. This includes: Regular fundraising appeals to our newsletter list of 2,000+ people, individual donor outreach at public meetings and assemblies of 50-200 people, online public donation opportunities, ongoing stewardship of 20+ recurring or major donors. Through these activities, our organization engages and serves the general public by developing local leadership, strengthening civic participation, and building solutions that reflect the diverse interests of Spokane County residents. Only three out of 20 donors contribute more than $2000 annually. The vast majority of our individual donors contribute between $5 and $100 monthly. Our Board is composed of unrelated individuals who represent a broad cross-section of the Spokane community and its diverse public interests. Current board members include: Sarah Lickfold - Executive Director of Transitions, a nonprofit providing housing and supportive services to women and families experiencing homelessness, Jillian Hull - Community Organizer with Health Equity Circle, an interprofessional, student-led organization advancing health equity across four Spokane university campuses, Faith Hayflich - Member of Congregation Emanu-El, representing the Reform Jewish community of Spokane, Mary Lou Johnson - Member of the Inland Northwest Unitarian Universalist Community of Spokane. Together, our board reflects a diversity of perspectives from nonprofit leadership, faith communities, education and student advocacy. No board members are related by family or business. Schedule A, Part II, Line 1 The amounts reported on Column 1d reflect a short tax year for the period beginning January 2024-July 2024. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Shared Services by Related Organization;116907|Office Expenses;1082|Program Expenses;13217^Total;131206^ Form 990-EZ, Part VI, Line 49 There is a Shared Service Agreement between Spokane Alliance (SA) and Spokane Alliance United (SAU) (Related Organizations). In 2024, SAU paid SA $109,981.10 under this agreement for expenses incurred from the use of SA's resources (staff, overhead, etc). SAU has no employees and instead contracts with SA.