Citizens Not Politicians
Overview
Mission
Citizens Not Politicians is an Ohio ballot initiative campaign advocating for a constitutional amendment that would create a new process for drawing voting districts.
What it reported doing in 2024
Citizens Not Politicians advocated for a ballot initiative supporting fair district maps through petition circulation and citizen educational outreach.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
- 932809225
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6142637000
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 187.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 169.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -199.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $36.4M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.