Washington Water Trails Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911472783
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065459161
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,832
Expenses
$77,165
Assets
$38,341
Liabilities
$3,973

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andree Hurley (Executive Director)
  • Steve Exe (Vice President)
  • Tomas Tabisola (President)

People named in this filing

  • Andree Hurley (Executive Director)
  • Michael Silence (Director)
  • Don Crook (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through advocacy, education, and stewardship, Washington Water Trails Association protects and promotes public access to Washington waterways, shorelines, and marine trails for human-powered watercraft. With our efforts, we want to inspire current and future generations to enjoy and take a greater role in protecting our water ways, and ensuring public access.

What it reported doing in 2024

Secures marine and inland access for the public, focusing on the needs of non-motorized boaters in Washington State. Negotiates and partners with city, state, local and national governments, business and other organizations for camping sites, sanitary facilities and safe recreational facilities accessible from the water. Conducts work parties with volunteers and educates people on the need to conserve shorelines and preserve vital aquatic habitat. Distributes educational material on stewardship and low impact use via print, workshops and electronic media. In mid-2016 the organization shed its paid staff and converted to a volunteer model. The Treasurer donated 80 hours at a rate of $100 per hour, others volunteered at least 300 hours. This is not reflected in the financial information in the 990.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.8%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 46%; rating input score 46

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.8% of revenue deployed · 46% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.