The purpose of Pierce County Alliance is to plan, organize, operate, establish, and evaluate human and social services for the residents of Pierce County.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$675K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $505K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$675K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$827K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.9M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$8.9M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$5.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.9M
FY2022▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.0M
FY2021$8.2M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$9.4M
FY2024$10.4M
FY2025$12.3M
Expenses
$8.9M
FY2022▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.0M
FY2021$7.4M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$9.4M
FY2024$10.4M
FY2025$11.1M
Net assets
$5.3M
FY2022+0.2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$4.5M
FY2025$5.7M

From the FY2022 Form 990 · 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 May 1974.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $6.9M Management & general 23% · $2.1M

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

11 people listed on the 990; $675K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$285,633Pt VII · Sec A
Human Resources Director
$144,531Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$143,632Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$101,366Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Terree Schmidt-Whelan’s $310K as Executive Director is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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
Terree Schmidt-Whelan$309,874$296,932$295,134$285,633$270,075$292,815
Phi-Diep Damo$156,362$160,327—$143,632$134,268$131,328
Phi Rea——$152,951$144,531$134,708$127,141
Tammy Moter—————$126,333
Steven Freng————$124,367$106,776
Aimee Champion———$101,366——

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment, plus life skills for youth in foster care.

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3 programs · $6.6M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Provide drug and alcohol testing (urinalysis and breath analysis) at a reasonable costs. The monitoring of the collection of samples and chain-of-custody procedures meet the forensic and evidentiary requirements of the courts.

$3.8Mprogram expense
02

Pca provide drug and alcohol treatment to over 291 clients of the felony & family drug court in pierce and thurston county. More than 44 children were reunited with their parents during the year 2022, with the parent majority successfully graduating.

$2.1Mprogram expense
03

In 2022 our pca foster homes provided services for 3 youth that were between the ages of 13 to 21 years old. Our independent living skills program and housing support for youth served 116 youth between the ages of 15-24.

$694Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 3 grants · $1.8M · 2023–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$614,052
Unitemized GrantFY2024$656,406
Unitemized GrantFY2023$492,227

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$500
Money outPt IX
$8.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.9M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$5.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$827K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$500
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Total revenueLn 12$8.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$18K
Total assetsLn 16$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$827K
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5128
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$6.1M$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$828K$827K
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$5.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$449K$429K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.4M$3.8M$522K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$94K$72K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$555K$426K$128K
Payroll taxesLn 10$409K$317K$92K
Legal feesLn 11b$633K$324K$309K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$54K$54K
Office expensesLn 13$183K$48K$135K
OccupancyLn 16$385K$229K$156K
TravelLn 17$129K$43K$86K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$181K$121K$59K
InsuranceLn 23$83K$75K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.4M$906K$488K
All other expensesLn 24e$25K$18K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.9M$6.9M$2.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $12.3M$11.1M$1.2M$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.4M$10.4M−$40K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.4M$9.4M−$33K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $8.9M$8.9M$11K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.2M$7.4M$886K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.0M$7.0M$981K$4.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,949,992 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $750,000$500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,496,140$8,949,492
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,246,140$8,949,992
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,776,129$5,873,795
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,583,513$3,064,966
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,359,642$8,938,761
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $886,498$11,231
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,949,992 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,949,492$8,949,492
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,949,492 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$8,949,992
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,938,761 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $428,725 · Management $20,508$449,233
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,844,899 · Management $521,685$4,366,584
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $72,486 · Management $21,130$93,616
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $426,479 · Management $128,416$554,895
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $317,049 · Management $92,418$409,467
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $323,879 · Management $309,293$633,172
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $54,029$54,029
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $47,970 · Management $134,591$182,561
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $228,737 · Management $156,075$384,812
IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,086 · Management $85,922$129,008
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $121,458 · Management $59,164$180,622
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $75,377 · Management $7,351$82,728
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $905,509 · Management $488,003$1,393,512
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $17,577 · Management $6,945$24,522
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,853,231 · Management $2,085,530 · Fundraising $0$8,938,761
Part X · Balance sheet $6,088,661 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,836,385$2,727,605
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,683,134$1,801,600
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $13,294$32,372
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $35,260$106,742
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,510,434$1,402,357
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$17,985
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,078,507$6,088,661
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $531,844$584,783
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$41,736
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $828,089$827,012
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,250,418$5,261,649
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,250,418$5,261,649
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,078,507$6,088,661
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,261,649 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,949,992
XI-2 Total expenses$8,938,761
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,231
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,250,418
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,261,649

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