Nwacc

What it reported doing in 2025

Northwest academic computing consortium focused on the following strategic programs for 2025: * cybersecurity: nwacc hosted an in-depth, 3-day in-person workshop on applications of ai to the cyber threat landscape and defense strategies attended by cybersecurity staff from nwacc member institutions. The workshop featured security analyses, expert presentations, best practice sharing, and collaborative activities designed to enhance cybersecurity readiness at member institutions. Continued on schedule o. * instructional technology: nwacc hosted a 3-day in-person workshop attended by academic technology staff from nwacc member institutions on current challenges, new technologies, and best practices in the use of instructional technologies. The workshop encompassed both online and in-person strategies for effective use of teaching and learning technologies and examples of how ai is being incorporated. Nwacc instructional technologists discussed their collaboration on methods to develop and share online educational technology resources (http://www.nwacco.org/).* advancing women in it: in may, nwacc hosted an in-personal regional workshop in spokane, Washington and in october, nwacc hosted a 3-day, in-person workshop in portland, Oregon. The workshops encompassed it leadership, mentorship, ai & cybersecurity, career pathways, and other topics useful for it staff professional development.* cio council meetings: nwacc held meetings to enable chief information officers to share strategies for addressing current challenges to higher education information technology deployment and administration. In 2025 nwacc hosted a cio council retreat focused on improving operations via new ai technologies. Nwacc facilitated information exchange and inter-institutional collaboration on a wide range of issues including staff recruiting and mentoring, organizational management, vendor relations, resource optimization, and related topics.* accessibility initiative: a collaboration between nwacc and the orbis cascade alliance of academic libraries to advance our common goal of ensuring that services, systems, and curricular and scholarly resources are accessible to all users. Ten digital accessibility webinars were hosted for participants who are members of either organization, and an accessibility knowledge base with accessibility resources was developed by member institutions.* it customer experience: the customer experience affinity group seeks to foster collaboration among staff at member institutions about shared problems and solutions, best practices, service delivery improvements, and ways to enhance end-user support for students, faculty, staff, and others. In 2025 the group hosted two online events for the customer experience community.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 31.5%; rating input score 32
• Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 58.2%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 41.56; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings