Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911016402
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2067010275
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,293,387
Expenses
$1,960,611
Assets
$1,249,528
Liabilities
$276,087

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETH EBEL (PRESIDENT)
  • JIM POLO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL BARSOTTI (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH RAFTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH RAFTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $212,685 total reported compensation
  • KAILANI AMINE (DIRECTOR OF WCAAP): $116,690 total reported compensation
  • MARIA HUANG (TRUSTEE): $10,580 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Washington chapter of the american academy of pediatrics (wcaap) promotes health and wellness for all children, adolescents, and families and works to advance equitable, evidence-based, collaborative approaches to pediatric care through advocacy, education, and partnership.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wcaap assesses membership dues which offer its members a variety of benefits, in addition to those programs previously described. Wcaap's member services include ensuring pediatricians' experience and voices inform the state medicaid agency and department of health. Wcaap maintains close relationships with state agencies and provides a liaising function for pediatric health providers with state agencies overseeing medicaid and public health. Wcaap member services also include providing education for our members and community. Annually we train our members in how to be effective advocates and how to share their stories to educate policy makers in child health needs and gaps. In 2024 we provided advocacy training multiple times to practicing pediatricians and pediatric residents. In addition, our 2024 educational focus and associated member benefit was in health equity, providing quarterly webinars reaching 271 providers, and facilitating a hands-on learning collaborative, helping 30 pediatric providers make a measurable impact on delivering equitable care for patients. Champions for youth brings together primary care, state agencies, public health, health plans and schools to advance the health and wellbeing of school-aged children and adolescents. Champions for youth works to improve access to preventive care, immunizations, mental health and coordination of health care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $48.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $107K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.