West Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 916056491
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2069325685
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $177,216
- Expenses
- $202,442
- Assets
- $95,756
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- BRIAN CALLANAN (DIRECTOR)
- CLAIBORNE BELL (DIRECTOR)
- CONNOR FORBECK (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
Chamber of commerce
What it reported doing in 2024
The west seattle chamber of commerce produced more than 50 signature events in 2024, from monthly membership luncheons to after-hours networking at local business venues. We celebrated numerous ribbon-cuttings for new member businesses, coordinated community clean-ups, and launched industry-focused meetup groups. We published a refreshed area guide spotlighting parks, services and business locations and distributed it widely across the region. In partnership with the city and tourism partners, we advanced the development of the visit west seattle mobile app to amplify promotion and drive economic opportunity. Throughout the year we provided ongoing support to emerging, established and entrepreneurial enterprises.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.