Whatcom County Medical Reserve Corps

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993919948
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone
3602023761
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,897
Expenses
$15,389
Assets
$22,322
Liabilities
$496

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • William Ciao (Chair)
  • Igmu Watogla (Vice Chair)
  • Karin Jones (Secretary)

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

The Medical Reserve Corps is a State and Federal (National) network of local groups of volunteers engaging local communities to strengthen public health, reduce vulnerability, build resilience, and improve preparedness, response and recovery capabilities. Whatcom County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) serves all communities of Whatcom County to provide medical services for emergency response and preparedness, public health emergencies, such as street medicine for vulnerable and unhoused communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Whatcom Street Medicine - 37 volunteer doctors and nurses carrying backpacks of medical supplies provided basic first aid, wound care and medical consultation 606 times to 301 unique unsheltered individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.6%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 41.1%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 77% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 111.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.6% of revenue deployed · 41.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 21/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.