Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237442827
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kodiak, AK, USA
Phone
9076549888
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,160
Expenses
$104,319
Assets
$170,377
Liabilities
$321

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rebecca Skinner (CEO)
  • Patrick O'Donnell (President)
  • Kori Allen (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Rebecca Skinner (CEO)
  • Patrick O'Donnell (President)
  • Michael Schones (Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association fosters and promotes the interest of trawl-oriented seafood harvesters, represents members, acts as a centralized agency for members, and improves industry conditions

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025 AWTA held an Annual Membership Meeting; held semi-monthly Board meetings and/or meetings prior to each fisheries regulatory meeting; participated in public fisheries regulatory meetings (North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Alaska Board of Fish, International Pacific Halibut Commission); represented members at commercial fishing trade associations (United Fishermen of Alaska, Seafood Harvesters of America, Alaska Groundfish Data Bank, Marine Conservation Alliance); conducted education and outreach regarding seafood industry; tracked development and implementation of policy directives from state and federal administrations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.