Uplift Northwest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910607513
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2067285627
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,546,012
Expenses
$10,536,626
Assets
$10,612,004
Liabilities
$1,026,535

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT LINDSAY (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN OKEKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOSE FLORES (VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL DEC 2025)
  • KEVIN KENNEDY (PRESIDENT UNTIL DEC 2025)
  • ANGINA HALL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGINA HALL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $279,182 total reported compensation
  • LEE HUMASON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $167,854 total reported compensation
  • ALEX DIEFFENBACH (CHIEF BUSINESS OPERATIONS OFFICER): $142,221 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We guide people on their path to self-sufficient by providing employment and job readiness services. Our employment social enterprise connects our participants to employers across a wide variety of industries, providing flexible opportunities to those facing the complex issues surrounding poverty and homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Uplift northwest mission programs encompass an array of job readiness and support services aimed at empowering individuals holistically. In 2025, the 4-week employment readiness training program rise (roadmap to independent and sustained employment) program graduated 7 cohorts with an average class size of 21 and over 7,400 hours of training were completed. The uplift northwest career pathways program supported 114 participants, with 86 achieving advanced certificate opportunities. The uplift northwest support services program provided wrap around essentials such as food, clothing, hygiene & laundry, housing assistance, optical / vision services and case management. The uplift nw optical center provided 324 eye exams, 300 pairs of glasses free of charge to members of the community. Uplift norrthwest also operates under contract with the city of seattle remote hygiene center which provided over 43,000 showers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 0.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.3% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $279K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $806K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.