Western Wood Products Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930309890
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone
5032243930
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,630,346
Expenses
$3,710,307
Assets
$2,359,258
Liabilities
$725,762

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAY BARBEE (PRESIDENT (THRU MARCH 2025))
  • JEFF KELLER (PRESIDENT (STARTING 8/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • PETER AUSTIN (DIR. OF QUALITY STANDARD): $191,841 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN CHEUNG (CHIEF ENGINEER): $191,485 total reported compensation
  • GREGG ANDREWS (INTERIM PRES (3/2025 THRU 8/2025)): $172,317 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The western wood products association (the "association") is a trade association representing softwood lumber manufacturers in the 12 western states, from the canadian border south to mexico and from the west coast to the black hills of South Dakota. The association also provides services in Alaska. Supported by western lumber manufacturers, the association delivers services to sawmills as well as those who use softwood lumber products throughout the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Technical support: this program supports western lumber in the marketplace. It provides technical information and design AIDS to architects, engineers, and building code officials. The association also actively collaborates with other organizations to enhance softwood lumber's position in construction markets. This collaborative approach is further demonstrated through activities such as kiln certification, reviewing lumber design values, and working with members in the development of new products.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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: 82
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 60

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: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.