Ethnic Cultural Heritage Exchange

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844638673
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,801
Expenses
$86,637
Assets
$43,626
Liabilities
$32,225

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Piaf Liester (President)
  • Peter Davenport (Vice President)
  • Ann Wright (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Piaf Liester (President)
  • Peter Davenport (Vice President)
  • Dante Carrasco (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

Ethnic Cultural Heritage Exchange EchoX is a digital equity organization that empowers and amplifies ethnic cultural communities through digital technologies and the power of story. Our pioneering portal crosses barriers and connects cultures by cultivating spaces that amplify voices connect communities and empower future generations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Digitize Youth Program: provides high school students with digital skills virtual workshop for middle & high school students to learn HTML basics lead by EchoX youth leader.

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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.