West Seattle High School Alumni Association

Analysis

West Seattle High School Alumni Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1974, 52 years ago. 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 September 2023, West Seattle High School Alumni Association reported income of $267k and spending of $250k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $383k to $267k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, West Seattle High School Alumni Association sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Technology Students Association and Foundation Inc ($267k), Southern California Branch-American Society for Microbiolgy ($267k) and One City United ($267k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.1m.