Economic Development Coalition of Kittitas County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911171979
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ellensburg, WA, USA
Phone
5099627244
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,678
Expenses
$6,477
Assets
$27,255

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE TOWNSEND (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANIA COCHRAN (DIRECTOR)
  • DAWN ALFORD (DIRECTOR)
  • AMY MCGUFFIN (DIRECTOR)

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

To receive, administer and expand funds to foster economic development and to assure a thriving economy in kittitas county and central Washington.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promote and develop new business and economic base in kittitas county by providing businesses with technical assistance, assistance with site selection, permitting, business planning, marketing, research and infrastructure needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -76.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.21; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23% of revenue deployed · 13.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $847 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 23/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.