Jobs for Washington Graduates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900886958
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Bellevue, WA, USA
Phone
2062918737
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,961
Expenses
$75,074
Assets
$30,884

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CJ VENKATARAMAN (CHAIR)
  • SUE BYERS (VICE CHAIR)
  • JENNI KIM-TOJIO (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jwg's mission is to catalyze financial and volunteer support to help at- risk youth overcome barriers so they stay in school, graduate, and transition to continued education and careers. To do this, we partner with employers to provide jobs, internships, training, mentorships, job shadowing, and tours and raise funds to eliminate financial barriers to success (bus passes, testing and credentialing fees, id fees, professional clothing for job interviews and employment); cover costs associated with college tours and leadership development opportunities; and provide technology needed for schoolwork and job search. Jwg accomplishes this objective by partnering with jobs for america's graduates (jag). Jag is a national organization with state-level affiliates in 32 states.

What it reported doing in 2017

Jwg invested 36,387 in jwg programs at 21 school sites providing funds for barrier reduction (funds were used to purchase interview outfits, bus passes, school supplies, industry certification, test fees, and state id cards for low-income students); college and career exploration (funded trips to colleges, local employers, career and trade fairs and employment offices to increase awareness of education and job opportunities); and technology (provided funding to purchase computers used for academics, college applications and job searches). These investments help improve graduation and employment rates for at-risk youth enrolled in our programs.

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 97% 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 revenue 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: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.7%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 21

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.7% of revenue deployed · 20.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

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  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.