The Sitka Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
981668188
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Vancouver, BC, CA
Phone
6048063188
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,929,992
Expenses
$12,967,812

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

Overview

Mission

The Sitka Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Vancouver, BC. EIN 981668188. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $15.9M revenue and $13M expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 93% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of spending goes to grants. The filing does not identify all grant recipients and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency: 0
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 36

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Scored; rating input score 0

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Fail
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 17.17; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 36th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency: Grant recipient disclosure scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 36/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.