2023-11-07T02:12:22-00:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 911206728 Washington Community Action Network WASH 2063890050 1806 E Yesler Way Seattle WA 98122 Mary Le Nguyen Executive Director 2063890050 2023-11-07 true Mary Le Nguyen XXX-XX-XXXX Kathryn Donaldson P01318306 9712273274 2023-11-07 X AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Mary Le Nguyen 1806 E Yesler Way Seattle WA 98122 3277678 false X www.washingtoncan.org X 1983 WA We work to achieve economic fairness in order to establish a more democratic society characterized by racial, social gender justice, with respect for diversity, a decent quality of life for those who reside in WA. 10 10 63 50 0 1787466 3153873 19250 24375 315 656 100306 98774 1907337 3277678 0 0 1379548 1888041 2793 0 503119 285689 602094 1668030 2490135 239307 787543 1342338 1258936 108160 278243 1234178 980693 X To achieve economic fairness in order to establish a more democratic society characterized by racial, social gender justice, with respect for diversity, a decent quality of life for those who reside in WA. We are building a movement of people whose collective action ensures that all communities are healthy, prosperous have an equal voice. false false 1078218 1000 HEALTH CARE. WCAN our project, Health Care is a Human Right WA, had a legislative victory with the passage of SB 5546. The bill had an immediate impact in our communities by lowering the 100 per month copay for insulin to 35 for patients in private state-regulated plans. SB 5546s passage was achieved by building community power-- members coalition partners signing in support, testifying sending letters to legislators demanding change despite strong industry opposition. WCAN spoke to 30,415 members through the phone door-to-door canvasses on the need for universal health care. Members sent over 8,410 letters calls to action. In 2022 we began to contact our members via text to engage them in our healthcare work. 138 members texted support for the Keep Our Care Act 669 signed in support of universal health care. 23 members met with representatives about our legislative priorities. On the federal level over 500 hand written letters were collected by the field canvass calling on Senators Murray Cantwell to lead the work to establish a Universal Healthcare System. 288530 11250 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. In 2022 WCAN gathered 904 signatures for local/city initiatives. 397 signatures were gathered for House Our Neighbors to establish a social housing developer and social housing in Seattle and 507 signatures were gathered to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila. The field canvass received commitment from 946 people at the door and 155 via text that they plan to vote and had 861 conversations with voters who offered support for increasing the minimum wage in Tukwila. This was the first year WCAN engaged members to vote via text. 16,352 texts were sent to members over the course of our GOTV work. 2,427 of those were general pledge to vote texts. The other 13,925 were texts to members asking them to vote for our endorsed candidates. 249562 12125 PACIFIC COUNTY VOICES UNITING is a fiscally sponsored project of Washington CAN. PCVU was started to ensure that people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities and other groups who are often left behind can access the services they need and have their voices heard. In 2022 PCVU grew to a staff of five hosted pride parades with over 500 community members attending distributed 367,000 lbs of food to families around Pacific County knocked on 1,498 doors to get out the vote and connected over 350 community members with resources. 75902 1692212 false true true false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true 10 0 true 63 true false false false false true true false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false true true true true true false false true true true true true true true true false X Mary Le Nguyen 2063890050 1806 E Yesler Way Seattle WA 98122 Mary Le Nguyen Executive Director 010.00 030.00 X 103029 0 1030 Serena Evans-Satoran Finance Director 028.00 012.00 X 69522 0 6459 Deana Knutsen Chair Board Member 002.00 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Larry Shannon Treasurer Board Member 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Maribel Peralez Secretary Board Member 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Cherika Carter Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Dennis Eagle Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Lampkin Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Kristen Beifus Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Jeanette Wenzl Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Tamara Crane Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Garry Owens Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 172551 7489 1 false false false Mauricio Ayon 328 1/2 West Meeker St Apt 2 Kent WA 98032 lobbyist, trainer, mentor 151000 1 875837 275000 101656 1901380 3153873 Project Technical Support 900099 12125 12125 Contract Field Support 900099 11250 11250 Honoraria 900099 1000 1000 24375 656 656 Admin Fundraising Services for Related Org 900099 98774 98774 98774 3277678 123149 656 X 0 0 0 0 180040 51359 72594 56087 0 1418965 972014 134744 312207 3098 2068 354 676 135815 96774 10990 28051 150123 103094 16102 30927 0 29311 23431 5856 24 31176 31176 149000 149000 0 122752 122752 3276 2177 356 743 82608 59550 7732 15326 17640 12615 631 4394 0 40200 33366 4020 2814 38407 28185 3119 7103 0 18370 14024 931 3415 0 0 3930 2712 275 943 12261 7183 4472 606 Business Bank Fees 35865 98 19 35748 Other 17298 11810 1433 4055 0 2490135 1692212 294804 503119 1193345 725912 141454 325979 254824 242689 396064 288333 630000 667313 38797 42761 1040 157 39295 21612 21613 17683 1342338 1258936 107180 140184 980 138059 108160 278243 X 272216 22743 961962 957950 1234178 980693 1342338 1258936 X 787543 -1041028 X X false true X true false RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5942 10 5942 5942 true I-A 1 Activities involved door knocking, social media and sign waving for 8 candidates for public office by WCAN staff. false 39295 21612 17683 17683 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes Payable to related third party 138059 138059 X 3277678 3277678 3277678 2490135 2490135 2490135 X 2 LIABILITY FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. WACAN is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501a of the Internal Revenue Code described in Section 501c4. Management is confident that current year activities do not affect the tax-exempt status of WACAN. Therefore, there is no provision for income taxes included in these financial statements. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 75,902, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 MASS LIBERATION. In 2020, WCAN was victorious in passing SB 6164 concerning prosecutorial discretion to seek resentencing. SB 6164 created a new procedure for prosecutors to petition a sentencing court to resentence an individual previouly convicted and already sentenced for a felony if the original sentence no longer serves the interest of justice. In 2022, mass liberation was a key issue for WCAN members in Pierce County. In addition to supporting several pieces of mass liberation focused legislation, WCAN, led by Pierce County members, sought to bring awareness to the impact the lack of SB 6164s use has on families with incarcerated loved ones. WCAN organized a direct action in April against Prosecutor Mary Robnett and the Pierce County Court attended by 54 community members, and delivered the demand to request reduced sentences for individuals whose sentences no longer serve the interests of justice. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 MEMBERS. Washington CAN has 2 classes of members-- individual members and organizational members. Any individual who expresses an intention to support Washington CAN by promoting its purposes and programs is eligible to become an individual member and shall qualify for membership upon signing a statement to that effect. An organization that agrees with the mission and purpose of Washington CAN shall be eligible for membership, subject to review and approval by the Board of Directors. Upon such approval, organizations may join by passing a resolution of agreement and paying dues according to the schedule approved by the Board of Directors, which is a sliding scale based on the organizational members size and budget. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a MEMBERSHIP ELECTS THE BOARD. The Board consists of one director from each of Washington CANs organizational members, and a representative number of individual At-large Directors determined by the Board. Individual At-large Directors are elected by the general membership at the annual meeting. The Boards intention is to be representative of the states gender, ethnic, racial and geographic diversity. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b DECISIONS RESERVED FOR MEMBERS. Under Washington corporation law, certain important decisions such as certain changes to the governing documents and decisions to merge, consolidate or dissolve require membership approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b 990 REVIEW PROCESS. The draft of the 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director, the Finance Director and a peer reviewer of the preparer. It is then reviewed by the Board Finance Committee. When all edits are completed, it is forwarded and presented to the entire Board of Directors. Questions, comments and corrections are strongly encouraged, and the importance and value of Board oversight is emphasized. The Board reviews and approves the 990 for filing. If corrections are made in response to questions from the directors, the final version is emailed to the Board before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY MONITORING. The conflict of interest policy covers board members, officers, staff and volunteer leaders. It is the responsibility of board members, officers, staff and volunteers to disclose potential conflicts of interest. Determinations of whether a conflict exists and the review of conflicts are made at the Board level. An interested person shall be given the opportunity to disclose to the Board any facts that are material to the arrangements in question. After any discussion with the interested person, s/he shall leave the meeting while the Board discusses whether a possible conflict of interest exists. The remaining board members who are present and who have no financial interest in the arrangement in question shall then determine whether a conflict exists and the best resolution of the arrangement, which typically involves full disclosure to all directors and officers and recusal of that person from any decision from which that person could benefit personally. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. In the fall of 2021 WCAN conducted a series of work sessions with the goal of updating and more aligning its wage scales with the current environment based on researching nonprofit job openings in King County. These sessions included managers and directors from every department and board members. From the work sessions, the Director Team, led by the Executive Director and Finance Director, compiled wage scales for each department for further review and discussion. The final proposed wage scales were presented to the Board where they were discussed and approved. The new wage scales were implemented in January 2022. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 DISCLOSURE. Although no one requested these documents, Washington CAN may make financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policies available upon request, but we consider each request on a case-by-case basis. If we determine that the request is sincere, we would provide paper copies for pick up or by post. Of course our 990 returns and Form 1024 are made available to anyone upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 26 JOINT COSTS. The numbers here are so large because they include the variety of costs associated with our field door to door and phone canvasses. We do not allocate these costs using SOP 98-2 because we believe it would distort the reality of the quality of conversations our staff are able to have with members and the public about important policy issues. Our field and phone canvasses allow us to have what all research shows is the single most effective form of communication, namely person-to-person contact, with our supporters and members, and update them on our program, educate them on issues, answer questions, and encourage them to become active members, not to merely raise money. Although the field and phone canvasses do raise money, this fundraising strategy was chosen because programmatically a broad mass-membership base is vital to maintain WCANs accountability to low and moderate income people as well as for our strength, power and credibility with policy. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 OTHER CHANGES TO NET ASSETS. Transfer of sponsored programs net assets to new sponsoring organization. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board serves as the Audit Committee. The Board President was interviewed by the Auditor as part of the audit process. At the conclusion of the Audit, the Auditor met with the Board to review and discuss the Audit together. WCAN Education & Research Fund 1806 E Yesler Way Seattle WA 98122 911259403 education, outreach research WA 501c3 7 N/A false false false true true false false false false false false false true false true true true true false false Part V Line 2 Washington CAN received 275,000 in grants from WCAN Education Research Fund under the terms of signed grant agreements for specific charitable activities. Washington CAN guarantees the mortgage loan for the building owned by WCAN ERF. The mortgage principle balance as of 12/31/22 was 3350,506. WCAN also received 98,774 from WCAN ERF under the terms of a resource sharing agreement for the full actual cost of ERFs portion of shared employees and facilities. And finally, WCAN paid 40,200 in occupancy expenses for WCANs share of the use of the building owned by WCAN ERF.