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Filing year 2024

WHATCOM BUSINESS ALLIANCE

Bellingham, Washington·EIN 45-4984520·NTEE S41 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building·6
Total revenue
$459k
Total assets
$198k
Total expenses
$425k
Reported officers
16
Mission

WHATCOM BUSINESS ALLIANCE (WBA) OPERATES AS A NON-PARTISAN, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED AND OPERATED SOLELY WITH PRIVATE FUNDING. THE WBA LEADERSHIP NETWORK PROVIDES A STRONG VOICE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF BUSINESS THROUGHOUT WHATCOM COUNTY - SMALL OR LARGE, PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, IN ANY INDUSTRY OR NICHE MARKET. WE ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY. THE WBA MEMBERSHIP ROLL CALL CONTINUES TO GROW RAPIDLY WITH A UNIFYING MISSION: SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING A POSITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDING A VAST COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO ADDRESS ISSUES CONCERNING BUSINESSES.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$124k
$132k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Up 20%
from 2023

From $104k in 2023 to $124k in 2024.

$104k
2023
$124k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 16% in real terms$114k to $132k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

WHATCOM BUSINESS ALLIANCE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$416k
$427k
2023
$459k
$425k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Community Improvement & Capacity Building executives earn in Washington

Comparable community improvement & capacity building organizations in Washington pay their highest-earning executive a median of $70,239.

25th percentile
$26k
Median
$70,239
75th percentile
$161k
90th percentile
$229k

These are community improvement & capacity building sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 55 organizations across 55 filings (2022 – 2023).

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