Count Mi Vote

Overview

Mission

Voters not politicians is a nonpartisan advocacy organization that achieves structural and systemic democracy reforms by engaging people across Michigan in effective citizen action.

What it reported doing in 2024

Empowered citizens to advocate for pro-voter policies and hold politicians accountable. Mobilized citizens to strengthen and protect democracy from threats to voting rights and voting access.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821389940
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5172251812
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.6%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -47.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -43.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.6% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $678K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $137K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMIE LYONS-EDDY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,166 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.