Pilchuck Glass School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 910963132
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2066218422
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,555,848
- Expenses
- $4,521,818
- Assets
- $8,789,399
- Liabilities
- $608,838
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATRINA RUSSELL (PRESIDENT)
- TOM KASTEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DONNA DAVIES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DONNA DAVIES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $185,463 total reported compensation
- ETHAN STERN (TRUSTEE): $6,066 total reported compensation
- RICHARD ROYAL (TRUSTEE): $3,600 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pilchuck glass school fosters and educates a diverse worldwide community that explores the creative use of glass in art and design.
What it reported doing in 2024
Typical summer educational programs serve 350+ students on our 55-acre campus in sessions from 8-18 days. Students learn the art of glass blowing, neon fabrication, glass casting, printmaking with glass and other glass working skills. The campus also typically hosts a series for artist residencies for both established and emerging artists. Eairs emerging artists in residence program- 4 artists typically benefit. Summer air artist in residence program- 4 artists typically benefit. Hauberg fellows residency- 3 artists typically benefit. Professional artist in residency program- typically 100+ artists benefit.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.5%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.5% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $185K · 33 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $109K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.