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UNITED WAY OF WHATCOM COUNTY

EIN 91-0570788 BELLINGHAM, WA

Revenue 2024
$1,366,982
Expenses 2024
$1,406,687

Program services were 71.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T70Z
Classification
1000
Street
1500 CORNWALL AVE STE 203

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

UNITED WAY OF WHATCOM COUNTY'S MISSION IS TO UNITE WITH A NETWORK OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENABLE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR EVERY PERSON IN WHATCOM COUNTY. OUR FOCUS IS ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENABLE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR EVERY PERSON IN WHATCOM COUNTY.

  • THE AGENCY'S COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND GRANT AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF LOCAL NONPROFITS REACHING MORE THAN 50,000 RESIDENTS EACH YEAR, PROVIDING ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOOD, HOUSING, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY THROUGH EDUCATION, JOB SKILLS, AND TRAINING, AND BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY REMOVING BARRIERS LIKE VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND ADDICTION AND PROVIDING A VARIETY OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO HELP FAMILIES SUCCEED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. UNITED WAY OF WHATCOM COUNTY'S GOAL IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND STABILITY.

    Expenses $754,521 · Grants $613,500

  • DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL). THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ONE AGE APPROPRIATE BOOK BY MAIL EACH MONTH FOR ENROLLED WHATCOM COUNTY CHILDREN AGE BIRTH TO FIVE AT NO COST TO FAMILIES. BOOKS ARE SELECTED BY A NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY EXPERTS WITH THE INTENT TO DELIVER A VARIETY OF INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE TITLES THAT COVER FEEL GOOD TOPICS. DATA SHOWS CHILDREN IN EVERY ZIP CODE IN WHATCOM COUNTY HAVE ENROLLED, INCLUDING RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE DATA CONFIRMS THE ORGANIZATION IS WORKING IN THE RIGHT WAYS TO PARTNER WITH TRUSTED ENTITIES TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $150,905 · Grants $62,402

  • UNITED WAY OF WHATCOM COUNTY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION AND COMMUNITY GOALS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, AND EMERGING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE PANDEMIC AND FLOOD RELIEF GRANTS, SUPPORT FOR ALICE AND OTHER CRITICAL RESEARCH, CHILDCARE INITIATIVES, AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $100,602 · Grants $64,059

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • NATALIE BOATMAN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DOUG MONTGOMERY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON SEARS

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN AYRE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER DYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA LINDSEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAVONNE OLSEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADRIANNE CZEBATOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SPENCER PALMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LEAH BOSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER UNTIL 10/23/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KRISTI BIRKELAND

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $126,324
    From this org
    $109,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,964
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,366,982
    Expenses
    $1,406,687
    Contributions
    $1,304,004
    Grants paid
    $739,961
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,303,377
    Expenses
    $1,370,242
    Contributions
    $1,248,149
    Grants paid
    $722,341
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,377,258
    Expenses
    $1,390,312
    Contributions
    $1,363,955
    Grants paid
    $740,166

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
    $1,567,405
    Expenses
    $1,545,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,635,065

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,562,755
    Expenses
    $1,631,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,854,021

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,631,761
    Expenses
    $1,396,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,902,217

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,707,127
    Expenses
    $1,454,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,008,446

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,755,132
    Expenses
    $1,566,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,025,805

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,778,623
    Expenses
    $1,664,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,132,435

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,835,795
    Expenses
    $1,641,049
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,242,835

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,992,364
    Expenses
    $1,801,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,313,163

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,214,402
    Expenses
    $1,810,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,359,656

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,846,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,241,107

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

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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.