Northwest Regional Re-entry Center (NWRRC)

Legal name: Northwest Regional Re-entry Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930548870
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, US
Phone
(503) 546-0470
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Half-Way House for Offenders, Ex-Offenders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,248,921
Expenses
$8,548,660
Assets
$21,747,124
Liabilities
$5,362,134

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA DRESSER (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN MARTINEK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • NATALIE WIGHT (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN MARTINEK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $246,853 total reported compensation
  • GARRETT HEMING (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR): $179,679 total reported compensation
  • JERRY QUINN (FINANCE MANAGER): $136,195 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To support, educate, and encourage our residents, while they do the work necessary toward successful transition from the criminal justice system back into their communities with improved life skills. We are committed to assuring effective supervision, providing structure, expecting accountability, and as a result protecting the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Federal programnwrrc provides an essential community resource by helping individuals successfully reintegrate into society following their release from a federal corrections facility. Nwrrc provides job placement assistance, case management, counseling, and a safe and drug-free residential environment through contracts with the federal bureau of prisons and u.s. Probation and pretrial services. (continued on sch o)nwrrc serves individuals referred by federal authorities, including those in the pre-release stage, individuals awaiting trial (pre-trial), and those on probation. Programs for this population provide structured support such as job training, counseling, and accountability measures to prepare individuals for a successful return to the community.in 2025, nwrrc served 276 individuals through the federal program. Of those, 231 (84%) successfully completed the program at the time of their scheduled release, while 45 (16%) were returned to custody. The national federal average recidivism rate is approximately 43%, underscoring the effectiveness of nwrrc's approach.combined program impact 2025across all three programs in 2025, nwrrc served a combined 391 individuals (276 federal + 115 state/county programs). The federal program achieved an 84% overall success rate, and the aid & assist and dcj programs combined achieved a 77% overall success rate. These outcomes reflect nwrrc's commitment to evidence-based, community-centered re-entry services that reduce recidivism and support individual recovery.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.1%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 60%; rating input score 60; 13th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 24%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.1% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $247K · 15 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.