Lifecenter Northwest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943253342
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bellevue, WA, USA
Phone
4252016563
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,426,799
Expenses
$85,714,236
Assets
$49,149,180
Liabilities
$11,956,652

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANTOKH GILL (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SANTOKH GILL (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $586,196 total reported compensation
  • JAMES KISTHARD (SURGICAL ORGAN RECOVERY SPECIALIST): $572,125 total reported compensation
  • IMRAN JAVED (SURGICAL ORGAN RECOVERY SPECIALIST): $486,826 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Working together to save lives through organ and tissue donation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organ recovery services: donor referral response to hospitals, donor family support, evaluation of patient's suitability for donation, management of the donor's care from death declaration through organ recovery. Placement of organs, coordination of recovery teams' transportation to and from donor hospital, surgical recovery and transportation of organs and organ preservation. Staff conduct registry checks or approach family to obtain authorization for donation and offer on-site hospital and/or phone support to grieving families throughout the donation process. Lifecenter northwest facilitated donations for a total of 437 organ donors in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: -0.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $72.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $586K · 18 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.7M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.