Washington Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910460645
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Federal Way, WA, USA
Phone
253-941-6700
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,720,102
Expenses
$62,175,081
Assets
$47,072,012
Liabilities
$20,877,276

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

Leadership & pay

96 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LARRY DELANEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AIMEE IVERSON (EXECUTIVE DI): $441,336 total reported compensation
  • DONNA WESLEY (CFO): $417,295 total reported compensation
  • DJIBRIL DIOP (DIR. GOVERNM): $409,071 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To advocate for excellence, inclusion and a racially equitable public school system for all students, staff, and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Governance/administration - to formulate association policy and to ensure implementation of the goals, objectives and activities of the association in accordance with the desires and needs of the membership. To provide governance with advice and counsel as prescribed in wea policy on the formulation of goals, objectives, policy and activities of the association in the following general areas: accreditation, certification, instruction, personnel, collective bargaining, state and federal legislation, human relations, and rights of school employees. To provide legal services and advice to wea, its staff and governance, local associations, and members; to protect and strengthen the legal and bargaining rights of school employees. Public policy center - to ensure that wea is a significant participant in the legislative process of the state and nation, obtain passage and implementation of legislation consistent with association goals and assure adequate resource allocations to improve salaries, conditions of work, and educational programs. Center for education quality: organizing and advocacy center - to provide program and staff services to assist individual school employees and leaders to obtain and utilize the individual and collective power they need to control their work environment, including appropriate compensation. To provide research support enabling the association to carry out its goals and objectives in an efficient manner. Communication and pr center - to inform the membership and the public through utilization of internal and external media of the association's goals and achievements and of the profession's concern for public education in Washington. Racial, social, and economic justice center - to facilitate equitable policies within the association and outreach towards minority groups. Organizing and advocacy center - to provide research and other support to member organizing and bargaining policy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95%; rating input score 95; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 79 of 79 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $441K · 96 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 16 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 45 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.