Chief Seattle Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910852503
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2067157536
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,280,133
Expenses
$22,377,309
Assets
$103,251,836
Liabilities
$61,626,373

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DERRICK BELGARDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DERRICK BELGARDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $267,724 total reported compensation
  • MARC TAYLOR (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $194,666 total reported compensation
  • JAMES LOVELL (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $179,886 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We provide sacred space to nurture, strengthen and affirm the spirit of urban native american people.

What it reported doing in 2025

Housing - in 2025 csc acquired sweetgrass flats, an 84 unit apartment building in seattle serving those earning below 30% ami. Csc also aquired an operating lease from king county for sharon grayson house, a 36 unit aprment buiding in seattle. As of 12/31/25 csc operated 492 housing units at 8 locations serving low income individuals in seattle. Csc provides nearly 500 units to individuals in seattle. Approximately 50 are shelter units, and the remainder are permanent supportive housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 65% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.61; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.6% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $18M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $268K · 22 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.7M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.