Skookum Educational Programs Dba Tessera

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911434778
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bremerton, WA, USA
Phone
3604750756
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$247,596,570
Expenses
$240,267,211
Assets
$177,846,545
Liabilities
$43,057,738

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY J DOLVEN (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • SCOTT BELL (VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)
  • JESSICA MCLOUGHLIN (REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT CORDELL (REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MAURICE CORREIA (VICE PRESIDENT - QUALITY & SAFETY)
  • MARTIN L RANALLI (REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFFREY J DOLVEN (PRESIDENT/CEO): $1,040,233 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT BELL (VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $502,011 total reported compensation
  • DENISE STINOCHER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $408,155 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At the close of 2024, skookum managed operations in 14 states plus the district of columbia, and employed over 1,700 people. Skookum remains an employer of choice for veterans, particularly veterans with disabilities. As in previous years, approximately one quarter of skookum employees were veterans with a service connected disability, and over 100 of these employees were combat disabled. Skookum is proud to integrate these amazing americans into our workforce. Their skills, abilities and tenacity drive our success as a business and allow us to deliver exceptional service to our customers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Skookum provides a variety of logistics services to our customers. Skookum operates three central issue facilities (cifs) for the u.s. Army, one at jblm, wa, one at fort hood, tx and another at jble, Virginia. These operations require skookum to manage over 300,000 sf of warehouse space housing organizational clothing and equipment (ocie) for u.s. Soldiers. Skookum employees maintain inventory control of over $650 million dollars of ocie. Additionally, skookum employees provide material handling support for ship board projects at the puget sound naval shipyard. Skookum also operates the directorate of logistics (dol) contract at fort meade, Maryland. In support of the fort meade dol contract and the jble logistics contract, skookum operates the installation supply support activity (ssa), where skookum employees order, receive, store and issue material ordered by garrison personnel. Also as part of the meade dol contract, skookum employees provide shuttle bus services and repair garrison vehicles, including heavy diesel public works equipment, emergency response vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • 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; 77th 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: 3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $212.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.4M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.