Northwest Student Exchange

Analysis

Northwest Student Exchange is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Northwest Student Exchange reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.3m (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Northwest Student Exchange sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Academy for Creating Enterprise ($1.3m), French American Foundation for the Devel of Relations BTWN FRNC & US ($1.3m) and American Schools Assn of Central America Colobian-Caribbean & ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (8.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $623k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $755k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 16 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.