Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2000.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
18 people listed on the 990; $2.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Sarah Edmonds’s $480K as President & CEO is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development 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 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Edmonds | $479,512 | $468,023 | $283,339 | — | — |
| Frank Afranji | — | — | $193,981 | $384,000 | $352,226 |
| Lisa Hardie | $341,600 | $193,333 | — | — | — |
| Gregg Carrington | — | — | $184,953 | $254,388 | $55,873 |
| Ryan Roy | $242,500 | $228,970 | $175,536 | — | — |
| Rebecca Sexton | $225,000 | $221,108 | $175,116 | — | — |
| Dave Angell | — | $211,409 | — | — | — |
| Charee Difabio | $198,555 | $189,771 | $178,100 | $172,219 | $160,778 |
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
Ensures reliable electricity for Western power grid members.
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Reserve Sharing Group
The NWPP administers a program to operate a reserve sharing group for 22 members operating 25 electric power system balancing authority areas in the western interconnection. This program comprises: a real-time software application that computes and allocates the pooled contingency reserve requirement to the participating authority areas…
Western Resource Adequacy Program ("wrap")
The NWPP administered the development of a regional resource adequacy program for approximately 20 member participants in the western interconnection. During the period, the NWPP cooperatively developed terms and conditions, with the members organizations, for participation and operation of the program.
Transmission Planning Services
The NWPP provides transmission planning services to the member organizations to support their federal energy regulatory commission and nerc compliance obligations. Specific accomplishments include publishing the 2020-21 northerngrid regional transmission plan for 14 members, coordination of eleven power flow base cases among 11 members…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $617K | $2.0M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.7M | $1.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $22K | $455K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.5M | $6.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.0M | $5.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.5M | $1.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.5M | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.7M | |||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $311K | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $337K | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $248K | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $923K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $70K | |||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $18K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3.9M | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $48K | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $154K | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $144K | |||
| TravelLn 17 | $71K | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $19K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $21K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $110K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $9.6M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $16.0M | $15.7M | $307K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $12.8M | $12.7M | $103K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $12.0M | $12.0M | −$26K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $9.7M | $9.6M | $110K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $6.1M | $7.0M | −$873K | $1.5M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,700,615 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,700,615 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,590,144 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $6,344,144 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,150,304 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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