Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1972.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
19 people listed on the 990; $972K paid to officers and key staff.
Jess Zimbabwe’s $150K as Executive Director is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Zimbabwe | $150,213 | $146,725 | $132,965 | $133,820 | — |
| William Singer | $129,342 | $125,443 | $120,495 | $117,245 | $114,600 |
| Robert Drucker | $121,742 | $115,719 | $107,527 | — | — |
| Jim Shanahan | — | $121,670 | $111,424 | $105,166 | $102,500 |
| Sally Knodell | — | $121,620 | $120,649 | $117,500 | $114,600 |
| Michael a Mackie | $120,652 | — | — | — | — |
| Christina Congdon | $119,082 | $112,533 | — | — | — |
| Roger Tucker | — | — | — | — | $118,100 |
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 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Offers sustainable design and planning for low-income communities.
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Community Education
Ew collaborates with communities to plan and design spaces in a way that responds to their most pressing needs. By sharing what we learn, we mobilize a vast network of leaders and organizations who can tap into these powerful communities to co-create healthy, equitable futures.
Ew Gives
Our active team of designers also serve as community ambassadors, since they are familiar with the concerns and needs of our nonprofit partners around the state. In 2023, some of the significant funds that we raised supported other nonprofit organizations like:- the housing development consortium of king county- the sno-valley senior…
Pro Bono Design Services
This year, ew contributed design work to serve several washington-based nonprofit organizations. Some examples of projects we provided designs for in 2023:- the william grose center for cultural innovation, an economic incubator that supports entrepreneurship and workforce development.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $701K | $449K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $496K | $496K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $415K | $356K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.2M | $2.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $679K | $753K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.6M | $2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $68K | $68K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $428K | $230K | $195K | $3K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $427K | $12K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $62K | $53K | $9K | $283 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $180K | $149K | $30K | $856 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $270K | $215K | $54K | $1K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $26K | $26K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $133K | $66K | $66K | $665 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $17K | $13K | $3K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $193K | $141K | $52K | $52 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $100K | $80K | $20K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $14K | $7K | $7K | $68 |
| InterestLn 20 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $89K | $71K | $18K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $67K | $53K | $13K | $334 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $4K | $94 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $28K | $26K | $2K | $62 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $6.0M | $5.0M | $936K | $23K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $7.0M | $6.6M | $427K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $5.4M | $6.0M | −$523K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $6.3M | $5.9M | $437K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.0M | $4.5M | $461K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.7M | $4.8M | −$37K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,438,326 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,438,326 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,960,958 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,742,967 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,989,594 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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