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US nonprofit · EIN 731645374 · Redmond, WAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 731645374) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Washington Coalition for Open Government's network

19 people1 organisationi19 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (19). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

19 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 20 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Brian MinnichDirector2024
2 yrs
D Edson ClarkTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Ellen HiattDirector2025
1 yr
Eric StahlDirector2019
7 yrs
George ERBDirector2019
7 yrs
Gerry PolletDirector2019
7 yrs
Hannah Sells MarcleyDirector2024
2 yrs
Jim SimonDirector2024
2 yrs
Joan MellDirector2024
2 yrs
Judith A EndejanDirector2019
7 yrs
Kate RileyDirector2019
7 yrs
Kathy GeorgeDirector2019
7 yrs
Keith ShipmanDirector2024
2 yrs
Lunell HaughtDirector2024
2 yrs
Mike FancherDirector2019
7 yrs
Peggy WattDirector2021
5 yrs
Robert McClureDirector2024
2 yrs
Sam PaceCompany secretary2024
2 yrs
William John CrittendenDirector2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 19 →

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
D Edson ClarkTreasurer2$0
Eric StahlDirector1$0
George ErbDirector1$0
Gerry PolletDirector1$0
Judith A EndejanDirector1$0
Kate RileyDirector1$0
Kathy GeorgeDirector1$0
Mike FancherDirector1$0
Peggy WattDirector1$0
Sam PaceSecretary2$0
William John CrittendenDirector1$0
Joan MellDirector1$0
Brian MinnichDirector1$0
Hannah Sells MarcleyDirector1$0
Keith ShipmanDirector1$0
Lunell HaughtDirector1$0
Jim SimonDirector1$0
Robert McClureDirector1$0
Ellen HiattDirector1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Washington Coalition for Open Government
EIN
731645374
Address
Po Box 2633, Redmond, WA, 98073-2633
State
Washington
Mission
The washington coalition for open government is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works through the courts and the legislature to defend and strengthen washington's open government laws. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
R63 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2022
Principal officer
Mike Fancher (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsD Edson Clark
≥7years on the filingsEric Stahl
≥7years on the filingsGeorge ERB
≥7years on the filingsGerry Pollet

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$143k
Total liabilities
Minus $8k
Net assets or fund balances
$150k
Contributions and grants received
$426k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$426k$442kDeficit $16k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.