Western States Hostage Negotiators Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911447025
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Puyallup, WA, USA
Phone
2534466119
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,059
Expenses
$139,316
Assets
$88,836
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Samantha Robinson (President)
  • Andrea O'Brien (Vice President)
  • Bruce Wind (Executive Director)
  • Mark Eakes (Vice President of Events)

People named in this filing

  • Samantha Robinson (President)
  • Andrea O'Brien (Vice President)
  • Joe Miller (Treasurer)

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

Education & Training of Crisis/Hostage Negotiators for Law Enforcement & Correction Professionals who are employed by City, State, & Federal Law Enforcement & Correction Agencies.

What it reported doing in 2024

1) Annual Training Seminar in Boise, Idaho, April 2024. Approximately 350 attendees, nationally recognized speakers, workshops, incident reviews, and Hostage Negotiation Team competition. 2) Regional Training within the WSHNA membership, nationally recognized speakers, workshops, incident reviews and practical exercises. This training involved approximately 400 people at various times & dates. 3) WSHNA maintains an on-going training environment via our web site & social media. Negotiators from the WSHNA membership are able to have a variety of hostage/crisis negotiation issues answered & there is an on-going discussion about current events, equipment, legal issues, & negotiation methods/techniques.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.1% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.