The Volunteer Center of Lewis Mason &
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943136803
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990 2009
- Location
- Olympia, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3605867787
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $833,931
- Expenses
- $853,643
- Assets
- $266,072
- Liabilities
- $39,256
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Volunteer Center has committed to increasing the number of volunteers of all ages interviewed and referred to agencies in Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties. The foundation of the Volunteer Center services is volunteer referral, recognition and support.
What it reported doing in 2009
Multiplied resources to solve community problems through volunteer service in Lewis, Mason & Thurston Counties. Also serves as the sponsor to the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program and medical transportation services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $760K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.