Walla Walla Valley Disability Network
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Information and support:526 families with individuals with disabilities and community members are reached through our website e-mail marketing, and are sent monthly newsletters that provide information and links to resources and events and support to caregivers. This fiscal year our website had a 20% increase in visitors (5,979) visitors, 61 support meetings (in english and spanish) were held, attended by 816 people (a 60% increase in attendance from the previous year). Social and recreation: through the fiscal year, 23 inclusive social events and 19 recreation events were provided to support family networking, connecting 997 attendees (caregivers and individuals with disabilities) to 18 volunteers, (teen and adult community members). Due to COVID-19, wwvdn social and recreation events were most affected by …
Supports caregivers of persons with disabilities through trainings and resource referrals and provides community inclusion social and recreational events for individuals with disabilities.
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From what GiveRadar has verified so far, Walla Walla Valley Disability Network has a complete profile, cross-referenced across 3 independent sources including the IRS.
- It is one of the better-documented human services charities in the United States GiveRadar currently tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
- GiveRadar holds 6 years of financial filings for this organization, the most recent for fiscal year 2025 - a deeper filing history than 91% of the 139,074 human services charities in the United States with filings on record. See the filings
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Filing history
6 years on file from IRS Form 990: revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.
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#8,051 of 322,683 human services charities in the United States on integrity score
84/100 puts it in the top 3% of the cohort, tied with 1,737 others. Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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Frequently asked questions about Walla Walla Valley Disability Network
Walla Walla Valley Disability Network is a registered human services nonprofit based in Walla Walla, WA, United States. It is registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It was founded in 2014 and has been operating for 12 years. Its EIN is 471298237. According to GiveRadar's records, it holds active tax-deductible status on the IRS Publication 78 list, which means donations are tax-deductible and the organization is in good standing with the IRS. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 84/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. The organization reports $247K in annual revenue. 49 officers and directors are publicly disclosed. GiveRadar has identified 1 potential concern.
Walla Walla Valley Disability Network's Executive Director, Shamra Baez, received $36,146 in reported compensation in its most recent filing (2025). This figure comes straight from the organization's official filing and covers salary plus other reportable pay. Executive pay generally scales with the size and complexity of a nonprofit, so it is best read alongside the organization's revenue and what it does.
Based on official filings, Walla Walla Valley Disability Network has $247K in annual revenue. It allocates 76% of expenses to programs and services. This is below the average of 93% for human services charities in United States. Its revenue is below the peer average of $3M. Create a free GiveRadar account to view the complete financial breakdown with year-over-year trends.
Information and support:526 families with individuals with disabilities and community members are reached through our website e-mail marketing, and are sent monthly newsletters that provide information and links to resources and events and support to caregivers. This fiscal year our website had a 20% increase in visitors (5,979) visitors, 61 support meetings (in english and spanish) were held, attended by 816 people (a 60% increase in attendance from the previous year). Social and recreation: through the fiscal year, 23 inclusive social events and 19 recreation events were provided to support family networking, connecting 997 attendees (caregivers and individuals with disabilities) to 18 volunteers, (teen and adult community members). Due to... Walla Walla Valley Disability Network is classified as a human services organization registered in United States. The organization was founded in 2014.
GiveRadar has identified 1 potential concern for Walla Walla Valley Disability Network. Red flags are automatically detected from official data and may include high executive compensation relative to budget, low program spending, or missing financial filings. Red flags do not necessarily mean wrongdoing but indicate areas that may warrant further review before donating.
Walla Walla Valley Disability Network is classified as a Human Services organization, registered in United States. It operates as a Publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)). By size, it is categorized as a small organization. It has $247K in annual revenue. The organization has 49 disclosed officers and directors.
Walla Walla Valley Disability Network's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 471298237. This is the organization's IRS tax identification number; you can use it to verify tax-exempt status and to look up its Form 990 filings with the IRS.
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Quick facts about Walla Walla Valley Disability Network
- What is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network?
- Walla Walla Valley Disability Network is a human services publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Walla Walla, United States. Information and support:526 families with individuals with disabilities and community members are reached through our website e-mail marketing, and are sent monthly newsletters that provide information and links to resources and events and support to caregivers. This fiscal year our website had a 20% increase in visitors (5,979) visitors, 61 support meetings (in english and spanish) were held, attended by 816 people (a 60% increase in attendance from the previous year). Social and recreation: through the fiscal year, 23 inclusive social events and 19 recreation events were provided to support family networking, connecting 997 attendees (caregivers and individuals with disabilities) to 18 volunteers, (teen and adult community members). Due to COVID-19, wwvdn social and recreation events were most affected by state guidelines of social distancing and safety protocols. Many of these events were offered through zoom including a five-week challenger basketball with preset videos and over-the-door hoops and balls delivered to participants. "mamas especiales", organized by our hispanic outreach coordinator walked daily in the spring and summer as a chance to improve physical and mental health as caregivers for children with disabilities. Training:walla walla valley disability network and parent to parent provided 18 trainings including two presentations to local nonprofits interested in training their staff on disability awareness (ymca and blue mountain health cooperative). Parent to parent offered its annual "helping parent training" for parents interested in helping other parents with children with similar diagnosis with emotional and informational support. A virtual peer mentor training was held in february for area neuro-typical youth interested in volunteering in our recreation/social programs. These trainings and more were attended by 252 people. The annual survey conducted in april, 2021 had 40 english responses and 7 spanish. Of the 11 agencies listed in the sur
- When was Walla Walla Valley Disability Network founded?
- Walla Walla Valley Disability Network was founded in 2014.
- Who leads Walla Walla Valley Disability Network?
- Shamra Baez serves as Executive Director.
- Where is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network located?
- Headquartered in Walla Walla, WA, United States.
- What is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network's annual budget?
- Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is $246,829. 76% of expenses go to program services.
- Is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network trustworthy?
- Walla Walla Valley Disability Network has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 84 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network's registration number?
- IRS EIN: 471298237.
- What is Walla Walla Valley Disability Network's website?
- http://www.wwvdn.org