Northwest Kidney Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843878188
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone
5035465909
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$318,025
Expenses
$201,788
Assets
$126,300
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIM MARTIN (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KIM MARTIN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA GARCIA (BOARD SECRETARY)
  • NATE ELIAS (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Northwest kidney council coordination and focus of voices toward policy outcomes that will improve kidney health and the promotion of the common business interests of the non-statutory members of the corporation.

What it reported doing in 2025

Northwest kidney council 2025 summary of accomplishments: government affairs:* hosted regular legislative and regulatory strategy calls with providers, lobbyists and allied groups.* mobilized and managed legislative government affairs and lobbying efforts for sessions in Oregon and Washington.* submitted testimony to committee hearings in favor of key bills.* secured proclamation from the Oregon and Washington governors declaring september 2025 polycystic kidney disease awareness month to raise awareness of this genetic disease and its impacts.continued on schedule o.outreach and engagement:* managed all social media monitoring and activities on behalf of northwest kidney council.* organized and conducted one council conversations on nutrition and student success, attended by partners throughout the region.* conducted outreach to community partners and care provider organizations to identify partnership opportunities.* created and distributed monthly newsletter to partner organizations, elected officials and website subscribers.* participated in two partner organization's capitol days (northwest kidney centers in olympia, wa and nw kidney kids and als northwest in salem, or).* published 29 blog posts.* participated in a world kidney health fair in beaverton, or.thought leadership and communications:* developed social media and communications plans specific to: kidney month, nurse appreciation week, national mental health awareness month, donate life month, chronic disease month, polycystic kidney disease awareness month, and world diabetes day/month.* created monthly newsletter.* regularly maintained website.organizational management and development:* prepared invoices, reconciled bank statements, coordinated payments for services.* ensured compliance with state and federal taxes and nonprofit administration.* conducted required reporting for Oregon and Washington lobby registration.* conducted two board meetings, board approved leadership transition and voted to renew language for conflict-of-interest statements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 36.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $185K reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.