Seattle Genealogical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910850085
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065228658
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,574
Expenses
$59,424
Assets
$158,476
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kathy Weber (President)
  • Lisa Oberg (Vice President)
  • James Secan (Technology Chair/Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Kathy Weber (President)
  • Lisa Oberg (Vice President)
  • Leslie Vogel (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Genealogy education, research, and family history library

What it reported doing in 2024

Genealogical library: 10,000+ books; digitized databases of local records; subscription databases to Fold3, FindMyPast, Ancestry.com, American Ancestors, Newspapers.com, and HistoryGeo; historical maps; FamilySearch affiliate library. Library resources are free to members and non-members. Approx. 450 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.