Whatcom County Sheriff's Office Support Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271107730
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone
3604107751
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,564
Expenses
$35,563
Assets
$41,215
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK SHINTAFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL ELFO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARK SHINTAFFER (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL ELFO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE KENT (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The whatcom county sheriff's office support foundation, hereafter referred to as wcsosf, was formed to establish a location to accept community donations earmarked for charitable events usually having to do with the whatcom county sheriff's office volunteer organizations. Wcsosf was charged with awarding funds to local volunteer organizations such as: whatcom county department of emergency management, whatcom county reserve deputies association, color guards from various whatcom county law enforcement organizations, cadet programs, search and rescue etc.there was community need for a repository to receive public donations in recognition for a job well done in these programs. The funds are used for expenses such as emergency management training, airfare for color guard to law enforcement funerals, uniforms for volunteer organizations, or needed equipment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Donation of kevlar vests to canine (k-9) officers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; 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: -2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 50; 50th 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: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.