Whatcom Bar Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911239486
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Bellingham, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3603922846
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,233
- Expenses
- $26,982
- Assets
- $24,356
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLINE WHITENER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- IAN MCCURDY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TIFFANY BAILEY (TREASURER)
- JACOB HOLLAND (SECRETARY)
- CAROLINE WHITENER (VICE PRESIDENT)
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
Promote the adminsitration of justice, cultivate goodwill among members and the community, and support continuing education goals of the memebers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -66.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -47.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.