Community Health Network of Washington

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911577184
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, US
Phone
1-866-907-1906 (TTY: 711)
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$302,496,829
Expenses
$295,227,024
Assets
$320,777,934
Liabilities
$81,437,109

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

45 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEANNE BERGE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEANNE BERGE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $1,063,575 total reported compensation
  • ALAN REED LEDERMAN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $700,758 total reported compensation
  • DEMETRIA CEVONNE MALLOY (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $658,591 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since 1992, CHNW clinics have been providing Washington state residents with affordable, community-based care. CHNW was built on the premise that every Washington resident deserves access to quality health care. In fall 1992, Washington’s CHCs voted to form Community Health Network of Washington and a subsidiary nonprofit managed care company, Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW). As a network, we brought together shared values for equal access to care, years of experience in community organizing, and track records for effective care delivery and administration. CHNW and CHPW have been making a positive impact in the lives of Washingtonians. Our mission of serving the community and providing better care for patients extends to our advocacy work in the health policy sphere. By leveraging our shared resources and expertise, we have been able to undertake strategic public policy...

What it reported doing in 2024

Promotion of accessible, affordable, and quality health care for 110,513 network members primarily participating in medicaid. Effective january 1, 2021, the company began providing health insurance coverage to enrollees of the Washington state health care authority's (hca) managed care "public option" program known as cascade select. Cascade select was developed to create new affordable health coverage options available through the Washington healthplanfinder. The network has exited the individual market effective january 1, 2023, and community health plan of Washington (the plan) began offering cascade select products effective january 1, 2023. The plan, a controlled affiliate of the network (collectively, the company), is also a health care service contractor licensed (hcsc) by the state of Washington office of the insurance commissioner (the oic).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 99% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $288.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 45 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.