Washington State Association of County Engineers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911168824
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Olympia, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3605864219
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $340,057
- Expenses
- $298,311
- Assets
- $193,907
- Liabilities
- $46,643
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT YAEGAR (PAST PRESIDENT)
- DOUG MCCORMICK (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN EUGENIS (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- AXEL SWANSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SCOTT YAEGAR (PAST PRESIDENT)
- DOUG MCCORMICK (PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG ERDMAN (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Washington state association of county engineers, as an affiliate member of the Washington state association of counties, is to enhance leadership effectiveness by providing more opportunities for professional development, building professional relationships and advocating stewardship of the environment and infrastructure with which we have been entrusted, for the benefit of present and future generations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Enhance leadership effectiveness by providing opportunities for professional development and building professional relationships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
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: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.4%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 19
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.4% of revenue deployed · 18.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 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 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.