Southwest Washington Regional Health Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462164971
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Vancouver, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3608287319
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,935,654
- Expenses
- $8,578,832
- Assets
- $28,926,909
- Liabilities
- $3,654,339
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDY TUCKER (PRESIDENT)
- TAMARA CISSEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NICHOLE PEPPERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NICHOLE PEPPERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $211,554 total reported compensation
- EDWARD GALLAGHER (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS): $151,754 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE AHMED (DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCONNECT HUB): $135,318 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Here at southwest Washington accountable community of health (swach), we are dedicated to the pursuit of health equity, driven by a constant commitment to uplift the communities of clark, klickitat and skamania counties through partnership and innovation to address barriers to wellbeing. We champion sustainable initiatives that promote health and wellness for all.
What it reported doing in 2024
The healthconnect hub connects anyone in southwest Washington to the care they need through a trusted, trained, highly skilled community-based workforce that provides one-on-one support to achieve their health goals. The healthconnect hub supports this community-based workforce and the network of agencies that employ them. Partner agencies and resources are aligned to support a common goal: to provide the right care to people across southwest Washington when and how they need it.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.8%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- 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; 66th 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: 42.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.37; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.8% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $212K · 17 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $108K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 25 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.