Washington State Public Health Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
916035626
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2064549453
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$631,878
Expenses
$447,384
Assets
$238,802
Liabilities
$1,103

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SETH DOYLE (PRESIDENT & PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE PETERSON (PRESIDENT-ELECT & PRESIDENT)
  • CARRIE HORWITCH (TREASURER & PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • JAN MARIE WARD (PAST PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MEGAN MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $91,234 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 improve health and safety for all people in Washington through leadership and advancement of public health.

What it reported doing in 2024

For more than 90 years, wspha has convened those who care about the public's health in the state of Washington. We share ideas, support leadership development, and take action to achieve a healthier community. Our membership is 950 strong and continues to grow. We are outreach workers, health educators, nurses, physicians, policymakers, nutritionists, sanitarians, environmental health specialists, administrators, students, business leaders, and citizens. We are a diverse collection of individuals and organizations with the common goal of improving health and safety in Washington. Our annual activities include:(continued in schedule o)- annual conference: increase in registration and sponsorship- membership: increase in individual and organizational membership- policy advocacy: host an annual legislative education day

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% 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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 29.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.