Northwest Education Access

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Seattle, WA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 04-3602577

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Northwest Education Access provides comprehensive and individualized support to help low-income young people, ages 16-29, in king and pierce counties build their own path to higher Education and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 70 volunteers and 22 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $750K a year · 23% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$591K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 52% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$352K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.9M
-15% vs prior year
Spent
$3.2M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$5.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.9M
FY2025▼ -15%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$3.9M
Expenses
$3.2M
FY2025▲ +15%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$3.2M
Net assets
$5.1M
FY2025▲ +17%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$4.4M
FY2025$5.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2002.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $2.6M Management & general 9% · $281K Fundraising 9% · $293K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $591K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Co-Ed Until 1/6/25, Program Dir. Rest of Year
$122,835Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Ed Until 1/6/25, Program Dir. Rest of Year
$122,826Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Ed Until 1/6/25, Program Dir. Rest of Year
$122,282Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$114,469Pt VII · Sec A
Development Director Until April
$109,052Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Angela Pierce-Ngo’s $123K as Co-Ed Until 1/6/25, Program Dir. Rest of Year is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laura Dizazzo—$142,902$129,636$113,449$119,637$53,077
Angela Pierce-Ngo$122,835—————
Jeffrey Corey$122,826—————
Cooper Metz$122,282—————
Katherine Childers$114,469$102,053$97,299$93,039$98,288$90,038
Kerry Dirk$109,052—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps young people build paths to higher education and careers.

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2 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Northwest education access served 1,291 students during the year. College prep program: 129 participants completed their ged (82) or high school diploma (47); 148 participants completed a college entrance exam, such as the compass or sat test.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Northwest education access acts as the backbone organization for the sound reengagement collaborative (SRC), a network of providers from king and pierce counties who support the reengagement of both opportunity youth and adults.

$148Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $1.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$280,215
Unitemized GrantFY2023$259,519
Unitemized GrantFY2022$225,929
Unitemized GrantFY2021$183,251
Unitemized GrantFY2020$235,506
Unitemized GrantFY2019$166,761

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$3.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.6M
Managementcol C$281K
Fundraisingcol D$293K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$352K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$92
Total revenueLn 12$3.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10K
Other assetsLn 15$130K
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$352K
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 670
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M$4.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15K$10K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$5.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$191K$352K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$5.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$295K$295K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$609K$503K$39K$67K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$1.1M$88K$149K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$34K$28K$2K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$131K$108K$8K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$179K$147K$12K$20K
Legal feesLn 11b$599$599
Accounting feesLn 11c$71K$34K$37K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$46K$46K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$17K$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$162K$113K$49K
Office expensesLn 13$159K$101K$40K$18K
OccupancyLn 16$27K$21K$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$22K$20K$2K$882
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$11K$403
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$39K$816
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.2M$2.6M$281K$293K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.9M$3.2M$756K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.6M$2.7M$1.9M$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$2.5M$147K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$2.3M$341K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.8M$2.3M$504K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.0M$2.1M$872K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,920,853 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $459 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$33,898
VIII-1e Government grants$1,399,064
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,374,712
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$7,694
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,807,674
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $110,847$110,847
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $92$92
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,781$1,781
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $113,179$3,920,853
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,165,135 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $295,281$295,281
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $502,761 · Management $39,210 · Fundraising $66,679$608,650
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,125,059 · Management $87,743 · Fundraising $149,210$1,362,012
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $28,348 · Management $2,211 · Fundraising $3,760$34,319
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $107,917 · Management $8,416 · Fundraising $14,312$130,645
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $147,481 · Management $11,502 · Fundraising $19,559$178,542
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $599$599
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $34,319 · Management $36,506$70,825
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $46,000$46,000
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $16,600$16,600
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $113,118 · Management $49,218$162,336
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $101,323 · Management $40,050 · Fundraising $17,890$159,263
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,615 · Management $2,991 · Fundraising $3,159$26,765
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,793 · Management $1,676 · Fundraising $882$22,351
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $10,502 · Management $403$10,905
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $39,226 · Fundraising $816$40,042
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,591,743 · Management $280,525 · Fundraising $292,867$3,165,135
Part X · Balance sheet $5,467,701 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $972,044$1,034,083
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,080,053$3,199,144
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $470,726$1,082,667
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $10,086$11,554
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $14,734$9,782
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,905$130,471
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,550,548$5,467,701
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $187,304$213,932
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $3,400$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$137,571
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $190,704$351,503
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,148,010$4,253,737
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $211,834$862,461
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,359,844$5,116,198
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,550,548$5,467,701
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,116,198 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,920,853
XI-2 Total expenses$3,165,135
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$755,718
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,359,844
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$636
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,116,198

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