Pre-Employment Preparation Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883027526
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5092205242
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,446
Expenses
$113,028
Assets
$25,982
Liabilities
$4,102

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melissa Carpenter (Executive Director)
  • Shannon Corrick (Former Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Lance Gurel (Treasurer)
  • Curtis Hampton (Chairman)
  • Tina Morrison (Secretary)

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

PEPP prepares individuals for family-wage careers in the skilled trades while expanding access for those facing barriers, providing the structure, support, and pathways needed to move from instability to long-term economic mobility.

What it reported doing in 2025

PEPP delivers the NABTU Multi-Craft Core Curriculum MC3, a nationally recognized construction pre- apprenticeship program, as a Washington State Registered Pre-Apprenticeship PREP. PEPP is the only MC3-certified pre-apprenticeship program in Eastern Washington and serves as the apprenticeship readiness infrastructure for the NE Washington & North Idaho Building and Construction Trades Council 15 affiliated unions as of early 2026. PEPP serves underrepresented populations including justice-involved individuals, women, BIPOC, veterans, unhoused community members, tribal members, LGBTQ+, English language learners, and others facing barriers to employment.

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
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

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: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 55.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.