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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$103,440,905
Total expenses
$100,163,670
Contributions and grants received
$91,810,210
Grants paid
$705,793
Program service revenue
$9,561,093
Investment income
$931,947
Other revenue
$1,137,655
Total assets, end of year
$132,808,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,631,802
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,177,061
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$79,631,086
Management and general expenses
$19,679,904
Fundraising expenses
$852,680
Program service expenses (Part III)
$79,631,086

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $115,864

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,325,860

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,368,486

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $767,333

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Rental Income

    total $5,667,500 · related or exempt $5,667,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Contract Revenue and Fees

    total $1,948,175 · related or exempt $1,948,175

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Development Fee

    total $1,422,208 · related or exempt $1,422,208

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Housing Management Fee

    total $523,210 · related or exempt $523,210

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $926,781 · excluded $926,781

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,157,447

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,157,447

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,157,447 · excluded $1,157,447

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $5,166

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $5,166

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,166 · excluded $5,166

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,650

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $115,864

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,442

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$19,792 · excluded -$19,792

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $705,793 · program services $705,793

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $448,111 · management and general $448,111

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $66,977,935 · program services $53,152,287 · management and general $13,217,480 · fundraising $608,168

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,047,233 · program services $1,034,427 · fundraising $12,806

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,342,894 · program services $6,903,491 · management and general $1,361,417 · fundraising $77,986

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,656,853 · program services $4,448,205 · management and general $1,156,883 · fundraising $51,765

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $279,563 · program services $19,334 · management and general $260,229

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $115,583 · program services $33,047 · management and general $82,536

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $36,006 · program services $36,006

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $588,267 · program services $546,571 · management and general $41,696

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $133,519 · program services $11,421 · management and general $119,242 · fundraising $2,856

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,123,478 · program services $531,303 · management and general $538,613 · fundraising $53,562

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,159,245 · program services $157,529 · management and general $965,661 · fundraising $36,055

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,133,273 · program services $1,869,080 · management and general $264,193

  • 17 · Travel

    total $184,558 · program services $158,722 · management and general $24,819 · fundraising $1,017

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $714,400 · program services $1,467 · management and general $708,613 · fundraising $4,320

  • 20 · Interest

    total $804,525 · program services $802,520 · management and general $2,005

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,147,634 · program services $3,976,341 · management and general $171,293

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $874,677 · program services $807,261 · management and general $67,416

  • 24a · Other expenses: Repairs & Maintenance

    total $2,492,083 · program services $2,264,495 · management and general $225,269 · fundraising $2,319

  • 24b · Other expenses: Client Assistance

    total $2,180,984 · program services $2,171,786 · management and general $9,198

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,056 · management and general $15,230 · fundraising $1,826

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,358,771 · end of year $3,195,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,042,910 · end of year $20,778,826

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,150,842 · end of year $9,830,422

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,401,518 · end of year $9,126,589

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $15,954,855 · end of year $13,068,145

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $489,029 · end of year $1,159,028

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $94,786,070

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $47,237,090

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,564,937 · end of year $47,548,980

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $308,891

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $9,387,017 · end of year $14,702,054

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $169,828

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,204,891 · end of year $13,090,209

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,179,163 · end of year $14,435,562

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,976,899 · end of year $7,270,563

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,490,279 · end of year $1,299,602

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $44,062,773 · end of year $63,245,414

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,378,276 · end of year $14,380,661

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,065,856 · end of year $30,575,488

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,571,352 · end of year $1,601,573

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DESC helps people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To help people with complex needs through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing.

  • Clinical Programs: DESC is dedicated to serving people experiencing homelessness and is a state licensed provider of behavioral healthcare treatment for people with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Integrated mental health, substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders treatment is available in DESC's shelters, is interwoven into its supportive housing programs, and is available through stand-alone programs at DESC's clinical offices or elsewhere in the community. In 2024, DESC's clinical programs served 6,988 people.

    Expenses $40,865,805 · Grants $197,622 · Revenue $1,948,175

  • Total Housing Programs: In 2024, DESC operated 1566 permanent supportive housing apartments in seventeen project-based programs ranging from 40 units to 190 Units, all of which feature 24/7 onsite support staff and integrated clinical services. DESC also manages, subsidizes and services 49 Master-leased Market rate "scattered site" housing units with intensive case management and other support services as needed. Another 250+ clients are supported with case management and rent subsidies controlled by DESC. DESC's units house individuals coming from homelessness, all of whom have special needs including mental illness, physical disability, and involvement with the criminal justice system and/or substance use problems. (Continued on Schedule O)DESC provides a range of supportive services to help residents remain stably housed. Social service programs are funded by a combination of city, county, state and federal grants, as well as by private fundraising.

    Expenses $34,149,312 · Grants $508,171 · Revenue $6,190,710

  • Housing Development: DESC develops and operates subsidized supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness with disabilities.

    Expenses $4,615,969 · Revenue $1,422,208

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandeep Kaushik

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Nina Maisterra

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Veronica Kavanagh

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicholas Lovejoy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry J Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Clark Kimerer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patti Coletindall

    Board Member (Until Jan)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Carroll

    Board Member (Until Jan)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Byrnes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Peter Mcgough

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Scholes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Derrick Belgarde

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Surratt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Breckenridge

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brianna Thomas

    Board Member (From Mar)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Shireesha Dhanireddy

    Board Member (From Mar)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J Peter Shapiro

    Board Member (From Mar)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Malone

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $231,460
    From this org
    $202,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,556
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,637
    Filer's total
    $231,631

  • Jennifer Tripp

    CFO (Until Dec)

    Total calculated
    $213,297
    From this org
    $201,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,162
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,135
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,209
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,473
    Filer's total
    $213,817

  • Patrick Gehring

    CFO (From Dec)

    Total calculated
    $2,664
    From this org
    $2,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

  • Bertha Malle

    Residential Counselor

    Total calculated
    $226,387
    From this org
    $211,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,271
    Hours/week
    84

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,458
    Filer's total
    $226,542

  • Gash Bantifru

    On Call Counselor

    Total calculated
    $201,439
    From this org
    $196,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,636
    Hours/week
    80

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,803
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,636
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $201,439

  • Richard Waters MD

    Agency Medical Director

    Total calculated
    $302,377
    From this org
    $302,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,377
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $374
    Filer's total
    $302,751

  • Jim Hopfenbeck MD

    Medical Director - CSC

    Total calculated
    $274,083
    From this org
    $255,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,436
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,647
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,065
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,893
    Filer's total
    $274,605

  • Christopher Gross

    PACT Psychiatrist Supervisor

    Total calculated
    $295,591
    From this org
    $288,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,766
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,848
    Nontaxable benefits
    $319
    Filer's total
    $295,933

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • DESC Hobson Clinic QALICB

    501(c)(3) · Support DESC · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • DESC Development LLC

    Housing Development · WA · income $40,528 · assets $331,794

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Lake City LLLP

    Low income housing · WA · income $0 · assets $9,449,364

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Belmont

    Low income housing · WA · income $0 · assets $7,390,298

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Rainier Housing LP

    Low income housing · WA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • DESC 15th LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of assets $3,130,874 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Burien LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$247 · share of assets $2,300,992 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Greenlake LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$598,589 · share of assets $12,717,763 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC 143 LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$86 · share of assets $97,626 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Plum LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$86 · share of assets $304,537 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC 22ND LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$78 · share of assets $343,801 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC N96 Supportive Housing LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$89 · share of assets $1,817,725 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Estelle Supportive Housing

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$63 · share of assets $268,904 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Interbay Supportive Housing LP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$49 · share of assets $538,692 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Delridge Supportive Housing LP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$37 · share of assets $504,896 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Aurora Supportive Housing LP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$32 · share of assets $692,422 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Cascade Supportive Housing LP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of income -$37 · share of assets $212,325 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • DESC Woodland LLLP

    Related · Low income housing · WA · 0.01% owned · share of assets $5,017,664 · general or managing partner

    Directly controlled by Downtown Emergency Service Center

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349312049

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