Bellingham area nonprofits

Name: Top 10 Bellingham area nonprofits
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There are 1,451 organizations in the greater Bellingham metro area. Combined, these Bellingham metro nonprofits employ 7,520 people, earn more than $595 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.

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Job trends for Bellingham nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	113
1-10	81
11-25	42
26-100	36
101 to 1,000	17
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Bellingham is driven by large organizations like Whatcom Family YMCA, Whatcom Educational Credit Union, Opportunity Council, Northwest Indian College (NWIC), and Cascade Connections.
The largest employers tend to be multiservice human service organizations, credit unions, developmentally disabled centers, elementary schools, and community colleges.

Sizes of nonprofits in Bellingham

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	288
$250k to $1M	125
$1M to $5M	60
$5M to $25M	14
$25M to $100M	5
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Whatcom Educational Credit Union, Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineer (SPIE), Unity Care Northwest, Opportunity Council, and North Sound Accountable Community of Health earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Bellingham.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 13.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Bellingham with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be credit unions, trade / professional associations, multiservice human service organizations, community clinics, and health financing and support organizations.

Types of nonprofits in Bellingham

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Religious organizations	233	421	$23,964,700	$32,487,196
Educational institutions	187	1,002	$61,660,476	$213,464,454
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	127	605	$19,198,831	$32,001,429
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	119	308	$18,236,881	$26,933,840
Foundations	110	23	$24,780,952	$118,988,162
Human service organizations	96	1,928	$71,123,310	$61,325,418
Business and community development organizations	95	317	$63,328,805	$172,848,806
Public sector, public co-ops, and veteran organizations	54	706	$111,047,940	$2,130,633,741
Youth development organizations	47	146	$3,450,845	$12,830,057
Animal organizations	43	89	$6,756,993	$11,715,714

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Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineer (SPIE)

SPIE is an international, nonprofit technical society dedicated to advancing scientific research and engineering applications of optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through its meetings, education programs and publications.

Revenue

$49.1m

Assets

$138.1m

Employees

195

EIN

95-2142678

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Western Washington University Foundation

The Western Washington University Foundation exists to generate and maximize private support for the benefit of Western Washington University. To ensure the proper use and expenditure of private gifts.

Revenue

$14.6m

Assets

$119.0m

Employees

EIN

91-6073519

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Unity Care Northwest

The interfaith community health center mission statement: we the staff, volunteers and community partners of interfaith community health center are committed to assuring high quality, affordable health Care for everyone. Our values include a professiona...

Revenue

$36.6m

Assets

$39.7m

Employees

324

EIN

91-2168190

IRS type

501(c)(3)

North Sound Accountable Community of Health

Improving the Health of the people who live in snohomish, skagit, island, san juan, and whatcom counties.

Revenue

$34.2m

Assets

$43.1m

Employees

EIN

81-4680689

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northwest Washington Fair Association

The community celebrates its agricultural heritage, creates memories, learns and is entertained. Operation of an agricultural Fair. The community celebrates its agricultural heritage, creates memories, learns, and is entertained. The mission of the Nort...

Revenue

$6.1m

Assets

$13.0m

Employees

298

EIN

91-1624769

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center (LWC)

LWC located in Bellingham, Washington, is a DSHS licensed organization providing an array of residential and community mental health services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness in Whatcom and surrounding counties.

Revenue

$9.0m

Assets

$3.6m

Employees

160

EIN

91-0844168

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Whatcom Educational Credit Union

Whatcom Educational Credit Union (wecu) is a member-owned financial cooperative where members are encouraged to save and borrow responsibly at fair and competitive rates, improving their financial well-being and standard of living. This state-chartered ...

Revenue

$81.0m

Assets

$1.6b

Employees

466

EIN

91-0712539

IRS type

501(c)(14)

North Coast Credit Union

Mutual membership benefit programs, general/other, provided cooperative financial services. Setting the standards in the financial products we offer, the personal services we provide and our support for the communities we serve.

Revenue

$12.2m

Assets

$255.4m

Employees

EIN

91-0581775

IRS type

501(c)(14)

Christian Health Care Center

Christian health care center is a Skilled Nursing facility which provides housing and services designed to meet the needs of older Lynden Washington residents regardless of their ability to pay. Christian Health Care Center is a skilled nursing facility...

Revenue

$14.7m

Assets

$11.1m

Employees

341

EIN

91-0645439

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Opportunity Council

Opportunity Council's mission is to create awareness of the needs of people who are low-income or disadvantaged, engage the community in responding to those needs and act as a catalyst to organize whatever is needed to address these needs and build a st...

Revenue

$35.4m

Assets

$21.6m

Employees

460

EIN

91-0787820

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Bellingham area nonprofits

Job trends for Bellingham nonprofits

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Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineer (SPIE)

Western Washington University Foundation

Unity Care Northwest

North Sound Accountable Community of Health

Northwest Washington Fair Association

Lake Whatcom Residential & Treatment Center (LWC)

Whatcom Educational Credit Union

North Coast Credit Union

Christian Health Care Center

Opportunity Council

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