Nutrition First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911387596
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2064506139
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,334
Expenses
$97,978
Assets
$128,904

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANA ORGTEGA (President)

People named in this filing

  • NICOLE FLATEBOE (Executive Dir.)
  • DELORES BACCUS (Treasurer)
  • ANA ORGTEGA (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

Nutrition First ensures that young children of families with limited resources have opportunities for better nutrition to improve overall health.

What it reported doing in 2025

Trained 363 WIC staff in Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility for use among children 0-5 years. Also provided this same group with introductory training to the concepts of weight neutrality and bias and how WIC providers can support pregnancy in larger bodies being weight neutral. Educated decision makers on the financial and social impacts of the WIC program in Washington state. Developed "How to WIC" videos in English, Spanish and Ukranian languages to improve the understanding of participants use of the WIC card and critical factors when shopping for WIC foods. Provided scolarship funds for WIC staff to attend a WIC Summit in Washington DC.

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
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.7%; 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: 11.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 56.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.