Election Integrity Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834089169
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Stafford, VA, USA
Phone
9172080634
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,185
Expenses
$128,020
Assets
$16,118
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT BLAZE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HARRI HURSTI (DIRECTOR): $9,750 total reported compensation
  • MATT BLAZE (PRESIDENT): $1,500 total reported compensation
  • BRAIN DEMUTH (TREASURER): $1,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the election integrity foundation is to educate and assist u.s. And global populations to improve election integrity by involving stakeholders and the public on voting and election security issues. We do this by analyzing and improving election processes, technologies, and platforms, including the development of best practices and standards on election integrity. We further uphold our mission by establishing voting villages and similar activities to allow the public, media, security experts, and voting officials to explore, demonstrate, andevaluate the security, usability, efficiency, practicality, and other properties of existing and proposed voting systems. Another critical part of our mission is raising awareness of issues that threaten election integrity through reports, presentations, articles and interviews, and collaborative relationships with election officials, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, legal associations, and legislators.

What it reported doing in 2025

Analyzing and improving election processes, technologies, and platforms, including the development of best practices and standards on election integrity.

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

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: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -155.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $127K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.