Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943098628
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4252470684
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $168,110
- Expenses
- $163,676
- Assets
- $92,844
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Maria Lucas (President)
- Christina Woelz (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Maria Lucas (President)
- Christina Woelz (Vice President)
- Rosemary Nguyen (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the recognition and advancement of the professions of translation and interpretation; To promote high standards and to protect and safeguard the rights and interests of professional translators and interpreters; NOTIS is a non-profit organization and a regional chapter of the American Translators Association covering the northwest corner of the United States: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Our Objectives: To provide information which will assist newcomers to the profession and enhance the abilities of established practitioners; To assist members in marketing their services (though NOTIS does not serve as a referral service); To inform the general public, clients, and persons in allied fields about NOTIS and about translation and interpretation with the goal of raising awareness and respect for the value of the professions; and To seek to influence public policy as it applies to the professions of translation and interpretation.
What it reported doing in 2025
To provide information and education to newcomers, established practitioners, and the general public regarding translation and interpreting. We encourage linguists to join in community to learn from one another, share ideas and information, and we provide both online and in-person CEU based instruction for lay and professional interpreters.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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
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: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- 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 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.