Orion Industries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910727076
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Auburn, WA, USA
Phone
2536617805
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Business and Industry

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,468,783
Expenses
$32,517,489
Assets
$29,224,814
Liabilities
$10,845,948

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHASE JERRY (PRESIDENT, CEO, TREASURER)
  • BLACK JEFFREY (CFO, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY)
  • POWERS KATHLEEN (VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICES)
  • BARSOSKI MIKE (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHASE JERRY (PRESIDENT, CEO, TREASURER): $432,653 total reported compensation
  • BLACK JEFFREY (CFO, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY): $361,813 total reported compensation
  • POWERS KATHLEEN (VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICES): $263,848 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We change the lives of people with barriers to employment by building esteem and creating opportunities through training, education and successful business platforms.

What it reported doing in 2024

Training & employment servicestraining & employment services provides vocational counseling, case management, instruction in customer service and math skills, job placement, and job coaching to program participants to meet their employment goals. Participants include individuals referred by the Washington state department of social & health services division of vocational rehabilitation, other government and community organizations, including labor and industries, veteransadministration, and king and snohomish county agencies in partnership with the Washington state department of social & health services development disabilities administration division and community not-for-profit programs. Auburn: 4 individuals participated in our custodial training program, 29 in clerical customer service & admin training program, 93 participated in job development / job retention services, and 53 were supported into jobs. During 2024, the boeing strike impacted orion's capacity to fill training positions due to work statement. Our enrollment dropped 40% in the months prior to the strike and remained 40% below goal through the end of the year. Mukilteo: we supported 75 individuals in snohomish and king county providing individual employment services, community inclusion and school to work support, 54 participated in individual employment, 68% of participants were employed at the end of the year (37), 32 participated in community inclusion services, and 12 participated in job foundations / school to work. We supported 11 individuals to locate new employment through this program. We provided case management and job placement support to 81 individuals in the community who are low income / at risk of homelessness through snohomish county. We supported 31 individuals into jobs from this program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -6.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $28.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $433K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.