Northwest K9 Sniffers Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 462430605
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location: Issaquah, WA, USA
Phone: 2536783584
Rating: 90
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Animal Training, Behavior

Reported finances

Revenue: $100,789
Expenses: $101,741
Assets: $49,017
Liabilities: $113

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Shelly Navarre (President)
Teresa Fay (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Shelly Navarre (President)
Teresa Fay (Vice President)
Susan Corning (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A non-profit club for dogs who like to find things withtheir nose. The club is based in the northwest with members in Washington, oregonand british columbia. The purpose of the nwk9 sniffers club is to promote and foster an interest in, and appreciation of, companion dogs trained in scent detection sports; to promote positive educational and other training events; and to offer canine scent work activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided positive educational and other training events related to canine scent work activities

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

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: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.