Be Seattle Organizing

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812172232
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065527472
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,587
Expenses
$188,708
Assets
$10,236
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kate Rubin (Co-Executive Director and Officer)
  • Tanya Moore (Co-Executive Director and Officer)
  • Cecelia Black (President)
  • Holly Blue (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kate Rubin (Co-Executive Director and Officer)
  • Tanya Moore (Co-Executive Director and Officer)
  • Cecelia Black (President)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Be: Seattle is to build the power and leadership of renters and people experiencing homelessness to fight displacement and increase access to housing in Seattle that is healthy, safe and affordable for all. Through renter education and organizing, street outreach and mutual aid, and advocating for policies that prioritize housing safety, equity, and stability, Be: Seattle works to make Seattle more livable for those most impacted by housing injustice.

What it reported doing in 2023

Program 1: Tenant Outreach and Education: Be: Seattle builds the power and leadership of renters and people experiencing homelessness to fight displacement and increase access to affordable housing in Seattle through renter education, organizing, mutual aid, and advocating for housing justice policies prioritizing equity, and stability. Be: Seattle is a tenant and unhoused neighbor led organization dedicated to empowering and fighting for our houseless and renter neighbors, as we believe the two are interconnected in the fight for housing justice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 60.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.