RE Sources 2024 Impact Report

Numbers often don't tell the whole story, but they also help us quantify our impact in communities across Northwest Washington. Behind each action is a person who is engaged, informed and passionate about contributing to this remarkable corner of the world.

Across the environmental nonprofit sector, 2023 was a challenging year, and RE Sources was no exception. With Whatcom County facing a cost of living 20 percent higher than the national average and costs rising across the board, we increased salaries where possible. In a year where environmental giving was down nationally, we were grateful to have added more new donors in 2023 than in the past five years and to see our number of monthly donors reach an all-time high. Unfortunately, total funds from individuals and foundations did not increase at levels commensurate with our expenses. RE Store revenue also underperformed compared to expectations. We responded early in 2024 by honing our programmatic focus and restructuring our staffing, including ensuring that our new co-executive leadership structure resulted in an ongoing net cost savings to the organization. In addition, we’re developing relationships with a host of foundation and government funders to ensure we leverage dollars into tangible science and policies advances here in northwest Washington and serve as replicable, scalable models across the country.

We are grateful for your continued support in this year of generational significance for our region’s lands, waters, climate and communities

If you wish to receive a copy of our 2023 990 Tax Filing —  available by mid year — please reach out to Development Director Callie Hamilton at CallieH@re-sources.org.