Washington State District and Municipal Court Judges Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911303223
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Olympia, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2062059200
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $277,360
- Expenses
- $238,524
- Assets
- $393,861
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JUDGE JEFFREY D GOODWIN (President Elect)
- JUDGE JESSICA GINER (Vice President)
- JUDGE KARL WILLIAMS (Past President)
- JUDGE ANITA CRAWFORD-WILLIS (President)
People named in this filing
- JUDGE JEFFREY D GOODWIN (President Elect)
- JUDGE ANTHONY GIPE (Treasurer)
- JUDGE JESSICA GINER (Vice President)
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 Washington state district and municipal court judges' association seeks to improve the function of the court system and the administration of justice. They conduct conferences, meetings, and seminars relating to how the administration of justice in our courts may be improved. Also, develop rules to be suggested to the Washington state supreme court to better the courts' function.
What it reported doing in 2024
The association continuously surveys and studies the operation of the court system, monitoring its volume, its working conditions, and communicating performance. The association assists in promulgating rules, as well as reporting annually to the supreme court, governor and state legislature. The association holds conferences for the education of its members about judicial procedure, ethics, diversity, and various other outreach activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 88% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.9%; rating input score 50
- Program expense ratio: 55.8%; rating input score 56
- 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th 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: 14%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.9% of revenue deployed · 55.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.