The Online Progressive Engagement Network Inc
Overview
Mission
The open mission is to advance its vision by connecting, serving, and growing the unique sisterhood of people-powered progressive campaigning organizations that form the open network.
What it reported doing in 2024
The open network and support program offers: training: we run regular online and in-person training for our network organizations.summits: our events bring together staff delegations from around the network to discuss shared challenges and opportunities, current best practices, and cross-pollinate ideas.campaigns: where there is an opportunity for organizations to work together on multi-national issues, the open makes the connections and facilitates collaboration.coaching and mentoring: we provide direct coaching and mentoring to senior staff around the network on everything from organizational growth to problem-solving strategies.secondments: by connecting staff in similar positions at different organizations, they close bonds of trust and accountability to strengthen individual performance.the open live: we regularly invite guests from outside the network and internal experts to present webinars on innovations and lessons learned.online community: on slack, listservs, and facebook, the network staff communicate, ask questions, and help each other.drive collaborations: we catalyze and support joint initiatives between organizations on shared goals.communities of practice: we coordinate several issues and role cohorts, where organizers with similar jobs regularly connect to ask questions, learn, and innovate together.library: our digital library is where we store the network's resources and expertise, a treasure trove of inspiration, templates, and advice.direct support: our team works directly with new organizations, offering hands-on training and assistance to build capacity and jump hurdles.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851013779
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Middletown, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3022087794
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 3
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.1%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 25
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -111.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.32; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 40.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -44% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -28.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -70% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.1% of revenue deployed · 24.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $294K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- GIOVANNA NEGRETTI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $145,406 total reported compensation
- BENJAMIN MORT (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER): $122,399 total reported compensation
- SHIVA RANJANI RAJASHEKARAN (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS): $109,209 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.