Northwest Ultimate Association

Analysis

Northwest Ultimate Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Northwest Ultimate Association reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.4m (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Northwest Ultimate Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prep Inc ($1.4m), Hawaiian Island Twisters ($1.4m) and Conejo Valley United Soccer Club ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $342k. At year end it held assets of $70k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $40k. It reported 96 employees.