Ncw Tech Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912112603
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Wenatchee, WA, USA
Phone
5096619000
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Science and Technology N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,293,377
Expenses
$1,265,125
Assets
$1,412,806
Liabilities
$696,211

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WALTER THORN (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDI KUNTZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SUE KANE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUE KANE (CEO): $143,509 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ncw tech alliance encourages the use and development of technology in north central Washington by connecting people and resources, providing access to expert information, facilitating the exchange of ideas, and recognizing local innovators.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ncw tech alliance's mission is to bring people and technology resources together to create a thriving community. Ncw tech alliance supports the regional economy by creating local and statewide connections for new entrpreneurs, businesses, and individuals which helps support their launch, development, or transition into the region. Ncw tech alliance builds and runs educational programs for the community in three distinct areas: technology, entrepreneurship, and stem (science, technology, engineering, math) education. Ncw tech alliance serves as the co-director of the apple stem network, a collective impact initiative to clear a pathway and secure resources for students to build stem fluency, therby opening the door to new careers. Ncw tech alliance works to increase stem awareness, promote career connection learning, support the transition of students from k12 system into post-secondary pathways, support teachers with resources, and provide a way for industry and workforce to connect into the k12 systems. Ncw tech alliance hosts over 30 events per year, the largest of which are the innovator awards luncheon, the flywheel investment conference, and the apple stem network. In addition, ncw tech alliance events and programs serve as a way to highlight successful innovators in the region while inspiring those who are just beginning their journey. This fosters an innovative and entrepreneurial community culture between community members, educators, and businesses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 13.1%; rating input score 13; 30th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $144K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.