How Often Do Washington Nonprofits Change Auditors?
Between audit years 2024 and 2025, 18 of 308 Washington nonprofits with comparable single audits (5.8%) had a primary auditor that differs from the prior observed year, based on Federal Audit Clearinghouse filings as of 2026-10-30.
Data as of Oct 30, 2026 · Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (public data)
How often does the observed auditor change in Washington?
| Year pair | Organizations compared | Auditor changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 → 2017 | 340 | 22 | 22 of 340 (6.5%) |
| 2017 → 2018 | 317 | 21 | 21 of 317 (6.6%) |
| 2018 → 2019 | 316 | 25 | 25 of 316 (7.9%) |
| 2019 → 2020 | 345 | 11 | 11 of 345 (3.2%) |
| 2020 → 2021 | 366 | 28 | 28 of 366 (7.7%) |
| 2021 → 2022 | 395 | 28 | 28 of 395 (7.1%) |
| 2022 → 2023 | 393 | 30 | 30 of 393 (7.6%) |
| 2023 → 2024 | 367 | 24 | 24 of 367 (6.5%) |
| 2024 → 2025 | 308 | 18 | 18 of 308 (5.8%) |
Does the rate differ by organization size?
| Band | Compared | Changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10M–$50M | 41 | 4 | 4 of 41 (9.8%) |
| $1M–$3M | 129 | 7 | 7 of 129 (5.4%) |
| $3M–$10M | 118 | 6 | 6 of 118 (5.1%) |
| $50M+ | 6 | 0 | 0 of 6 (0.0%) |
| Under $1M | 14 | 1 | 1 of 14 (7.1%) |
How we computed this
A change is counted when the auditor named on a nonprofit's Federal Audit Clearinghouse single audit for one year is a different firm from the one named on its report for the prior year. A renamed or re-spelled firm is the same firm; a firm that appears to have combined into another is not counted as a change; pairs we cannot judge are left out of both numbers. Only organizations with a report in both years of a pair are compared, so the denominator is the number compared, not the number filed. It describes what the reports show, not a contract.
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AuditRadar. “How Often Do Washington Nonprofits Change Auditors?.” https://getauditradar.com/statistics/nonprofit-auditor-changes/wa/. Data as of 2026-10-30.
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