Greater Good Charities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204846675
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
5204419067
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$173,184,051
Expenses
$164,375,082
Assets
$24,447,292
Liabilities
$2,336,330

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LIZ BAKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • LIZ BAKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $325,675 total reported compensation
  • NOAH HORTON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $236,670 total reported compensation
  • JEMIMAH OKANTEY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $228,325 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To date, Greater Good Charities has invested more than **$1 Billion** in impact, including cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support to charity partners, encompassing thousands of projects that support our mission. See all the good we’ve accomplished thanks to our incredible donors and supporters! **READ OUR 20 YEAR IMPACT GUIDE. Greater Good Charities is a global nonprofit organization that works to **amplify the good** in the world. Our Mission Greater Good Charities works to help people, animals, and the environment by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good.

What it reported doing in 2024

Animals:$134,933,555 was granted to animal welfare organizations for items like food, vaccinations, shelter renovations, enrichment, spay/neuter, education and training, and disaster preparedness and response. Greater good charities' goods program is the logistics services component, responsible for securing, transporting, storing and distributing in-kind donations to approved animal welfare non-profit recipients. The program conforms to our internal guidelines for evaluating and responding to grant applications, delivering products such as animal food, vaccines, litter and other supplies instead of financial grants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 40th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 5.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $152.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $326K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $797K reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 440 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 357 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.