Conservation Coalition of Washington

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
333293415
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Camano, WA, USA
Phone
3606318812
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,835
Expenses
$30
Assets
$1,805
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelsey Ross (President)
  • Andy Elliott (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kelsey Ross (President)
  • Andy Elliott (Vice President)
  • Mike Herz (Treasurer)

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

The Conservation Coalition of Washington is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit dedicated to preserving the heritage of hunting, angling, and trapping and the promotion of science-based conservation in Washington State. We stand united against the continued erosion of our cultural practices while being proactive in the wildlife management arena. In order to promote accurate policy making decisions, we will also hold policy makers accountable to evidence-based truths and the decisions that come from them. Through advocacy, education, and community engagement, we aim to empower our community to take an active role in being good stewards of our land and resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educated the public about sportsmen's opportunities and wildlife management practices in Washington State, including issues before the Wildlife Commission and the legislature, and provided opportunities for public engagement. Advocated for science-based wildlife management, including continuation of fall, bear, and cougar hunts in collaboration with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the WDFW Commission. Engaged with the legislature on wildlife, firearm, and WDFW governance bills to support sound management of fish and wildlife and maintain sportsmen recreation opportunities and firearm rights. Promoted transparency and accountability in policymaking by monitoring Wildlife Commission actions and informing the public. Participated in an amicus brief to the Washington Supreme Court in a public records case in collaboration with another sportsmen advocacy group, and supported these efforts through a fundraising campaign, including the sale of T-shirts (legal expenses for this work were paid in 2026). These activities benefited the general public, hundreds of thousands of hunters, anglers, and other outdoor enthusiasts throughout Washington State.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 90
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

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: 98.4%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 60.17; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • 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 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.