Tacoma Slavic Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208203016
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone
2532820515
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$715,347
Expenses
$547,513
Assets
$218,094
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • OLGA PIDDUBNA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO)
  • KIM DEYNAKA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • OLGA PIDDUBNA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO)
  • ANNA VOLKOVA (SECRETARY)
  • LIUDMYLA ARNAUTOVA (COMM ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Assists refugees and immigrants with their essential resettlement needs, such as english language classes, immigrations services, translation services, social services, assistance with locating and securing employment, securing places to live, financial assistance.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cultural orientation workshops to educate newly arrived refugees/immigrants on the basic and most essential things they need to know as they start their life in the u.s. Educate refugees/immigrants on u.s. Regulations and best practice to stay safe in the community. Bring awareness of diverse populations in the u.s. Educate on individual roles and responsibilities in the society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 36
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.9%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 65.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 71.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 92.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.9% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $522K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.