Washington State Coalition for the Homeless
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911693926
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2064429455
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,594
- Expenses
- $88,004
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide relief for low-income, poor, distressed, underprivileged, or at-risk individuals through the facilitation of access to shelter, housing, and services to homeless people.
What it reported doing in 2011
WSCH provides general education and advocacy.In addition, WSCH published a quarterly e-newsletter and maintains an informative website. We also have a professional black and white photo exhibit available for display in local communities. In December on the shortest day of the year, WSCH hosts a Homeless Persons Memorial Day in memory of people who have died homeless or as a result of the ravages of homelessness. In the future, WSCH hopes to expand its public education efforts by targeting NIMBYism (not in my back yard) across the state, and thereby increasing the supply of private rental units and other property for use in housing homeless families and individuals.The WSCH Legislative Committee develops a legislative agenda each year with input from stakeholders for approval by the Board of Directors. WSCH employs a part time contract lobbyist to advance the legislative agenda in partnership with Board members and staff. Our advocacy has resulted in millions of dollars of state funding for homeless housing and services. Local organizations receive these funds to serve homeless people, and can use these funds to leverage local and private dollars for their programs. WSCH also advocates for policy change that will make State homeless programs and fund disbursement more effective, and eliminate barriers to service for homeless individuals and families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 75% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 2
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 56.7%; rating input score 57
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -327.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -66.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -72.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -80.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 56.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2011
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.