Battleground New York Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934773287
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
8606586000
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,039
Expenses
$890,334
Assets
$28,504
Liabilities
$140,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GABBY SEAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 9/2025))
  • MOLLY SANDLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW GROSSMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG 9/2025))

People named in this filing

  • GABBY SEAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 9/2025))
  • CAROLINE ETTINGER (FINANCE DIRECTOR)
  • MOLLY SANDLEY (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Battleground New York action ("bgnya") will educate new yorkers, particularly new yorkers of color, on critical issues facing the state and the country. We will register new voters to empower young people and communities of color to participate in our democracy. We will hold members of the state's congressional delegation accountable for their voting records and public statements. We will also invest in organizing through regional partners to develop a new generation of activists and leaders. Our democracy improves when more citizens are registered, informed, and empowered. Battleground New York action aims to strengthen democratic participation in New York state.

What it reported doing in 2024

Register new voters to empower young people and communities of color to participate in our democracy; invest in organizing through regional partners to develop a new generation of activists and leaders; and educate voters to go to the polls on election day.

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.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 29.3%; rating input score 29
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,715.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -680.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.91; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -177.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -191.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -183.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 29.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $261K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $2.6M reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.