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NORTHWEST WINE BENEFIT FOUNDATION

EIN 91-1550425 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2024
$3,190,559
Expenses 2024
$3,291,673

Program services were 67.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
2200 6TH AVE STE 411

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Auction of Washington Wines is the wine industry's annual gift to communities across the state, benefiting uncompensated care for patients and families at Seattle Childrens Hospital and Viticulture and Enology research in Washington State.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The organization raises money for charities primarily by holding an annual wine auction.

  • The primary beneficiary of the Auction of Washington Wines is uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital, which guarantees medical care for all children regardless of their families ability to pay.

    Expenses $1,919,644 · Grants $1,919,644

  • The organization supports wine and wine grape education by providing funding to Washington State University. This includes funding of the WSU Viticulture and Enology Program to support the growth of the industry by providing cutting-edge research and by training the next generation of vintners and grape growers.

    Expenses $231,200 · Grants $231,200

  • The organization operates a small grants program intended to benefit nonprofit organizations operating in the rural communities of the wine-producing region of Washington State.

    Expenses $75,000 · Grants $75,000

  • The Allen Shoup Memorial Fellowship was established in 2023 to fund an award available to one writer annually with an immersive experience in Washington wine country. The award will include a two-week research itinerary with vineyard and winery visits, meetings with key growers, vintners, educators and industry representatives.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jamie Peha

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $288,000
    From this org
    $257,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $288,000

  • Laura Kleinhofs

    Business Manager

    Total calculated
    $147,811
    From this org
    $117,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stacy Lill

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Andersen

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Ackley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Porter

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dick Boushey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Watt

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Mann

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Lill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Hallett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yahn Bernier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Spellman Gamble

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Taucher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alissa Leinonen Tom Barden

    Co-Chairs

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Kelley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian MacNeil

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Deanna Oppenheimer

    Co-Chairmen

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,190,559
    Expenses
    $3,291,673
    Contributions
    $2,505,627
    Grants paid
    $2,225,844
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,153,365
    Expenses
    $3,175,098
    Contributions
    $2,501,303
    Grants paid
    $2,177,361
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,950,028
    Expenses
    $3,143,732
    Contributions
    $2,237,751
    Grants paid
    $2,204,278

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,205,931
    Expenses
    $3,028,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,621,284

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,834,678
    Expenses
    $1,723,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,790,263

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,413,496
    Expenses
    $2,193,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,938,128

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,361,499
    Expenses
    $2,546,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,050,918

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,292,824
    Expenses
    $3,128,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,274,244

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,219,738
    Expenses
    $1,721,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,007,079

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,724,847
    Expenses
    $1,804,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $532,257

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,774
    Expenses
    $1,044,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $573,396

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,180,173
    Expenses
    $1,302,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $446,304

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,072,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $549,563

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.