Washington Mass Timber Accelerator
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994910285
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 9179921241
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $188,577
- Expenses
- $169,272
- Assets
- $19,305
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDDIE JEZEK (President)
People named in this filing
- EDDIE JEZEK (President)
- JOSHUA SCHAAF (Secretary)
- BEC WILDER (Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Washington Mass Timber Accelerator advances the adoption of mass timber construction to promote equitable economic development, environmental sustainability, resilient communities, and innovation in the built environment throughout Washington State and beyond. The organization convenes public agencies, industry leaders, educators, designers, and community partners to accelerate mass timber housing, schools, workforce development, policy innovation, and market transformation through research, education, technical assistance, partnerships, and demonstration projects.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, the Washington Mass Timber Accelerator advanced its exempt purpose by convening public agencies, educational institutions, architects, engineers, developers, and industry partners to accelerate the adoption of mass timber construction in Washington State and beyond. The organization established strategic focus areas in housing, schools, and policy development to promote environmentally sustainable construction, equitable economic opportunity, and resilient community development. The organization secured and administered public grant funding and private contributions to support research, education, stakeholder engagement, and program development activities related to mass timber adoption. Key accomplishments included advancing work related to mass timber schools initiatives, development of housing opportunity resources, code and policy engagement efforts, industry and community convenings, technical collaboration activities, and public education initiatives. The organization expanded public outreach and engagement through newsletters, educational resources, virtual roundtables, strategic partnerships, and website-based information sharing. Additional accomplishments included collaboration with public and private sector partners to support workforce development, market transformation, and implementation strategies intended to increase the use of low-carbon building materials and sustainable construction practices. The organization also continued building organizational infrastructure, governance capacity, and stakeholder participation through active board leadership, partnership development, and strategic planning activities aligned with its charitable and educational mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.8%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $169K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.