Rick Pankow Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 912169656
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Redmond, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2069476929
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Grantmaking Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,105
- Expenses
- $86,433
- Assets
- $119,884
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BLAKE PANKOW (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BLAKE PANKOW (PRESIDENT)
- JORDAN PANKOW (TREASURER)
- LINDA PANKOW (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
The foundation was established in memory of rick pankow who was a devoted nurseryman and golfer who passed away october 24, 2001, who died of non- hodgkin's lymphoma. The purpose of the foundation is to: 1.provide financial support to families who have incurred substantial uninsured medical expenses and/or incurred substantial costs while caring for a medical patient being treated away from home (e.g. Travel, lodging, and meals). The foundation will provide support to families referred by medical treatment organizations such as fred hutchinson cancer research center and the university of Washington. Support will be provided predominantly to families receiving treatment or living in the seattle metropolitan area. 2.provide financial support for students employed in the nursery of landscaping industry in need of funds to complete their college or technical education. 3.provide support to local or national charities and individuals as deemed appropriate by the officers of the foundation.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided financial support to individuals (not disqualified persons) for covering basic living expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.6%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 61.8%; rating input score 62
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: 26.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.6% of revenue deployed · 61.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.