Western Council of Engineers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237083970
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Sonoma, CA, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,904
Expenses
$93,700
Assets
$208,636

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Diane Dillon (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Diane Dillon (Executive Director)
  • Patrick Von Elm (Finance Officer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Representation of Public Employees within the State of California in 8 counties and cities

What it reported doing in 2025

City of Sacrameto - Representation of 35 employees in contract negotiations as well as any disputes between Management and employees..

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% 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 revenue has grown recently. 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: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.6%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 27.5%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.7%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 100%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.6% of revenue deployed · 27.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.