Delaware Coalition for Open Government Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205196698
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Wilmington, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3023681823
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Civil Liberties
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,108
- Expenses
- $1,142
- Assets
- $15,887
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Kowalko III (President)
- Al Jackson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- John Kowalko III (President)
- Al Jackson (Vice President)
- Nick Wasileski (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educating the public and raising awareness about government transparency and accountability
What it reported doing in 2025
The 2025 accomplishments promoted government accountability and transparency including legislative milestones, outreach to the community, editorials, and holding public events to reinforce the need for good government. After years of advocacy, a bill (SB 4) to establish the Delaware State Office of Inspector General (OIG) was passed and signed into law. The OIG will stop and deter fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement at Delaware state agencies. Additionally, DelCOG's advocacy helped pass critical legislation, for example HB 6 and HB 9, which grants the State Auditor subpoena powers and strengthens "double-dipping" laws in the State of Delaware. DelCOG campaigned against unnecessary multimillion-dollar renovations to Legislative Hall, including stopping construction of an underground tunnel. DelCOG supported efforts to address environmental and health concerns, such as demanding transparency on lead in school drinking water and ensuring public input for a proposed hyperscale data center in Delaware's Coastal Zone. DelCOG has consistently monitored the developments of the federal Corporate Transparency Act to address transparency of corporate and LLC beneficial ownership. DelCOG's outreach includes public access at monthly board meetings and sponsoring special public events, such as Sunshine Week and its Annual Meeting. DelCOG's voice works to ensure that our government works in the best interests of all Delawareans.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 28%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 72.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.91; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 28% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.