Washington Destination Imagination

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851920702
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Richland, WA, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,084
Expenses
$33,335
Assets
$147,906
Liabilities
$4,593

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alyssa St Hilaire (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alyssa St Hilaire (President)
  • Debbie Maier (Treasurer)
  • Amy Curneen (Secretary)

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

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

Overview

Mission

MISSION: To inspire and equip youth to imagine and innovate through the creative process. The Destination Imagination global community is united by a core belief that when students have the freedom to grow and collaborate without boundaries their confidence explodes and the world opens up to them in new ways. We enable this transformation by providing challenges rooted in STEAM subjects that inspire unique solutions through the use of the creative process. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to tell their story share their unique creations and be celebrated for what theyve accomplished. Through witnessing this process of creative self-expression and validation students blossom into more confident and knowledgeable individuals. The culmination of the creative process is seen via the various tournaments; regional state and global in which the students participate. Scholarships are also awarded.

What it reported doing in 2024

Affiliate State Tournament serving 98 teams with a total of 587 student team members. 36 teams qualified to attend Global Finals. 262 volunteers helped as team managers judges or various helpers to run the tournament

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 52.7%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.44; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28% of revenue deployed · 52.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.