Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County

“All individuals who are donors to the ywca, regardless of the size of their gifts, are considered to be members of the ywca for the 12-month period following the date of their gift. Individuals become members in order to further ywca's mission, support ywca programs and foster leadership.”

“Members have the right to vote on items the board deems necessary.”

“The coo, controller and staff work closely with an external public accounting firm to prepare and review the return. The finance committee of the board then reviews and approves the form 990 each year before it is filed. A copy of the form 990 is also provided to each board member prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy applies to all board members and employees of ywca, including officers. Board members and officers complete and sign a conflict of interest policy annually. The ceo reviews all the policies as they are submitted. The policy requires them to abide by the policy and to notify the ywca chief executive officer promptly if they discover a real or potential conflict. If a conflict does arise, the policy specifies that the board member will recuse themselves from the discussion and vote.”

“There is a formal annual review process for the agency's chief executive officer. A subcommittee of the board performs the review. The committee recommends the compensation of the ceo to the board. Compensation is compared to the agency compensation plan. In addition, the pay ranges in the compensation for the senior management team as well as other positions in the agency are based on compensation studies completed by a third party compensation consulting firm. The salary comparisons are made to similar-sized (budget, number of staff) organizations in the non-profit human services field in the state of washington as well as other ywcas. This process was last performed in june 2024. There is also a formal annual review done by the chief human resources officer on all other officers. This process was last performed in june 2024. Compensation is compared to the agency compensation plan. The pay ranges in the compensation plan are based on compensation studies completed by a third party compensation consulting firm. The salary comparisons are made to similar-sized (budget, number of staff) organizations in the non-profit human services field in the state of washington.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990 is available on the website and form 1023 is available upon request.”

“800 volunteers assist in helping both program staff and administration. Of these, 28 volunteers represent the board members of the organization. Volunteer information is entered into a database by the volunteers themselves. When volunteers sign up for a volunteer opportunity, be it one-time or long-term, they register online, complete a profile, and are automatically entered into ywca's database. Then, volunteer services staff monitor the database and mark volunteers as active or inactive, depending on their status over time.”

“The ywca filed 504 forms w-2 for 2024. A large number of these were for interns that are paid through the ywca payroll system but are part of a state employment contract. The interns work mainly at non-ywca locations. The total budgeted ywca staff for 2024 was approximately 305 full time employees.”