Washington Multicultural Services Link
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Washington Multicultural Services Links WMSL mission is to empower and provide high-quality support services to African diaspora and African American families individuals with disabilities and those with special healthcare needs.
- Income
- $268,422
- Spending
- $236,060
- Spent on programs
- 60%
- Reserves
- 4.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 64%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 78 out of 100.
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1560% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 83 out of 100.
Independent board
18 of 253 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $81,650 spent. Washington Multicultural Services Link WMSLink contributed to interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline in 2025 by supporting Black families-especially those with children with disabilities-through early advocacy culturally responsive family navigation and school-based systems support that reduced exclusionary discipline risks before justice involvement occurred including helping families understand special education rights accompanying parents in school meetings addressing language and disability-related misidentification connecting families to behavioral and mental-health supports and advancing policy-focused advocacy that challenged racially biased school discipline and service access practices that disproportionately push Black children with disabilities out of classrooms and into punitive systems
- $59,145 spent. Advancing Disability Equity: WMSLink Strengthens Advocacy and Family Support Across South Seattle. In 2025 Washington Multicultural Services Link WMSLink strengthened its impact as a Black-led community-based nonprofit by delivering culturally and linguistically responsive services to African Diaspora and African American families-particularly those raising children with disabilities and special healthcare needs-through regular housing-assistance and resource-navigation events family advocacy parent support groups and early childhood and disability-focused programs while also expanding its reach by securing public funding to scale home-based and parent-education services for Black families with young children with disabilities deepening cross-sector collaboration with schools and public agencies and advancing equity-centered advocacy to address systemic barriers in disability and social-service systems
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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