Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $28.1 million
- Spending
- $28.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 98%
- Employees
- 29
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $265,345, chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 44 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (employment, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.1 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 94% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 21% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (employment, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2520 of 20 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.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited 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 June 30, 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 (1)
- $26.5 million spent. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE KING-COUNTY (WDC) SERVES AS THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD UNDER THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT(WIOA). WE OPERATE AS A REGIONAL BACKBONE ORGANIZATION, CONVENING STAKEHOLDERS, SHAPING POLICY, AND INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS THAT REFLECT INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PRIORITIES. THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA TITLE I) FUNDING THE WDC RECEIVES IS USED TO SERVE ADULTS, DISLOCATED WORKERS, AND YOUTH WHILE ALSO FUNDING BUSINESS SERVICES AND WORKSOURCE SYSTEM OPERATIONS. THIS FUNDING IS BRAIDED WITH KING COUNTY VETERANS, SENIORS & HUMAN SERVICES LEVY (VSHSL) FUNDS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO EXPAND SERVICES TO A BROADER RANGE OF ADULTS WHO ARE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY, OVERREPRESENTED AMONG LOW-INCOME AND UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, AND HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEIR ACCESS TO SERVICES. THE WIOA YOUTH PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO IN-SCHOOL (AGES 14-21) AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL (AGES 16-24) YOUTH FACING SIGNIFICANT EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER OBSTACLES. IN PROGRAM YEAR 2024, THE WDC SERVED 1,475 NEW ENROLLEES ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS, WITH 1,486 CARRY-INS PRODUCING 2,961 ACTIVE ENROLLMENTS. A TOTAL OF 155 PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN WORK EXPERIENCE (WEX) ACTIVITIES, WITH 106 COMPLETING THEM. THE SYSTEM RECORDED 974 POSITIVE EXITS AND 363 MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS. WIOA ADULT: THE PROGRAM ENROLLED 826 PARTICIPANTS, WITH 281 ENTERING EMPLOYMENT AND 159 IN TRAINING. THE PLACEMENT RATE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS 66%. THE PROGRAM'S REACH EXTENDED MEANINGFULLY TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY, WITH A 25.8% HOMELESSNESS RATE AMONG ENROLLEES UNDERSCORING THE WDC'S COMMITMENT TO THOSE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY. ONE SUCH PARTICIPANT, LYDIA, COMPLETED CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING WITH WIOA ADULT SUPPORT, ACCESSING EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT HELPED HER OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND SECURE A STABLE HEALTHCARE JOB. WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER: THE PROGRAM ENROLLED OVER 503 PARTICIPANTS, WITH 171 ENTERING TRAINING, 66 COMPLETING TRAINING, AND 195 OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR. AMONG THEM WAS G, WHO AFTER LOSING A JOB USED DISLOCATED WORKER SERVICES FOR CDL TRAINING AND BUSINESS GUIDANCE, ULTIMATELY LAUNCHING A NEW BUSINESS AND MOVING FROM UNEMPLOYMENT TO OWNERSHIP. WIOA YOUTH: THE PROGRAM ENROLLED OVER 453 CLIENTS, WITH 94 RECEIVING THEIR GED OR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND 179 PARTICIPATING IN SOME FORM OF WORK EXPERIENCE ACTIVITY. P.D., A YOUTH PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, COMPLETED A GED, PARTIC IPATED IN AN INTERNSHIP, AND SECURED EMPLOYMENTDEMONSTRATING THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THE PROGRAM TAKES TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE IN BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR ALL (ECSA): THIS FEDERAL AND WASHINGTON STATE FUNDED POVERTY REDUCTION INITIATIVE EXCEEDED TARGETS FOR BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, REACHING ENROLLMENTS OF 1,003 PARTICIPANTS WITH 54 ENROLLING IN TRAINING AND 270 JOB PLACEMENTS. CENTRAL TO THIS WORK IN KING COUNTY IS THE ECSA $1,000 STIPEND THROUGH COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUNDS (CRF), A FLEXIBLE CASH PAYMENT THAT PROVED INSTRUMENTAL IN FOSTERING TANGIBLE CHANGE IN THE LIVESOF 360 RECIPIENTS. BUSINESS SERVICES: THE WIOA BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM SERVED OVER 2,500 BUSINESSES, WITH OVER 750 RECEIVING RAPID RESPONSE ASSISTANCE. TJ'S STREET TACOS EXEMPLIFIES THE IMPACT OF TARGETED BUSINESS SUPPORT: WITH WORKFORCE ACCELERATOR GRANT FUNDING AND MENTORSHIP, TJ'S EXPANDED OPERATIONS AND HIRED LOCALLY, FUELING ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY JOB CREATION. THE WDC'S PROGRAMS REACHED A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF KING COUNTY RESIDENTS IN PY2024. NEW ENROLLEES SPANNED ALL ADULT AGE GROUPS, WITH THE LARGEST COHORTS BETWEEN AGES 1824 (368 ENROLLEES), 3544 (345), AND 2534 (336), AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION FROM WORKERS AGES 45 AND OLDER. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS VARIED WIDELY ACROSS PROGRAMS: OVER HALF OF NEW ENROLLEES HELD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS, WHILE THE DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM SERVED A MORE CREDENTIALED POPULATION WITH 44% HOLDING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER REFLECTING THE DISTINCT NEEDS OF WORKERS AFFECTED BY LAYOFFS. THE WDC SERVED PARTICIPANTS ACROSS RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN, WHITE, AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES REPRESENTING THE LARGEST GROUPS SERVED, AND YOUTH PROGRAMS SHOWING NOTABLY HIGHER HISPANIC/LATINO PARTICIPATION THAN ADULT PROGRAMS THE CO-ENROLLMENT RATE REACHED 10.6%, WITH 322 PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED ACROSS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY DEMONSTRATING THE WDC'S COMMITMENT TO COORDINATING SERVICES AND MAXIMIZING IMPACT FOR PARTICIPANTS. LL, WHO FACED MULTIPLE EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS, BENEFITED FROM THIS INTEGRATED APPROACH: WITH YWCA COACHING AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, LL SECURED A POSITION, ILLUSTRATING THE POWER OF INDIVIDUALIZED, WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THE WDC CONTINUES TO CULTIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND EMPHASIZE THE VALUE OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACROSS PROGRAMS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS THAT THE WDC ADMINISTERS AND THE VARIED SOURCES OF FUNDING TO SERVE THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.SEAKINGWDC.ORG.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 October 13, 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 June 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 2000.
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 October 21, 2026.
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