Northwest Washington Medical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 916028266
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Bellingham, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3606767630
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $163,344
- Expenses
- $162,256
- Assets
- $118,406
- Liabilities
- $92,929
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- April Metz de Montiel (Executive Director)
- Garrett Jeffery (President)
- Megan Ellingsen (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- April Metz de Montiel (Executive Director)
- Garrett Jeffery (President)
- Megan Ellingsen (Vice President)
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
The Society promotes awareness of national medical progress, trends, and health awareness in Whatcom County, Washington.
What it reported doing in 2025
Since its founding in 1889, the Northwest Washington Medical Society (NWMS) has worked to strengthen and sustain the physician community in Whatcom and San Juan Counties. In furtherance of this mission, NWMS provides educational, professional, and community service programs, including: a. Hosting an annual New Physician Reception to introduce newly licensed physicians to the local medical community.b. Supporting physician leadership development through tuition assistance for Washington State Medical Association leadership training.c. Providing physician referral information to community members.d. Collaborating with the Whatcom County Health Department to disseminate public health and infectious disease information.e. Offering physician wellness programming focused on burnout prevention, mental health, and professional resilience.f. Serving as the local information resource regarding Washington State's Death with Dignity Act.g. Conducting an annual wellness and professional development program for women physicians.h. Providing continuing medical education (CME) and educational forums addressing issues affecting healthcare delivery and community health, including collaboration with healthcare organizations, public health officials, first responders, law enforcement, and local government.i. Holding quarterly Board of Directors meetings and supporting delegates representing Whatcom and San Juan Counties at the Washington State Medical Association Annual Meeting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.4%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 1.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.