Equality State Policy Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Espc works to ensure we all have a seat at the table in our representative democracy through empowering Wyoming citizens with information, tools, and skills that better enable their participation in wyomings government, ensuring representation, honesty, and respect for the rights and freedoms of all equality state communities. A fundamental element of espc's work is to ensure citizen participation through vote wy by informing voters of important election dates, the value of their vote, and current voter and elections related laws in Wyoming. Espc also assesses proposed alterations to elections related policies and offers expert guidance to decision makers, focusing on how these policies could affect wyomingites from citizen voters to those who help run secure, free, and honest state elections. Espc provides vote Wyoming educational materials in both spanish and english. The chair project targets civic engagement and voter education among underrepresented, particularly hispanic and latino in 2024, communities in Wyoming through community events like capital collaboration day, Wyoming in action, and viva la igualdad. Espc encourages underrepresented wyomingites to participate at all levels of government, from voting in elections to conversing with lawmakers and government officiala. Espc hosts trainings such as shape wy and run wy, along with educational webinars on issues important to wyomingites through peoples review live and co-hosting programs like tax facts lunch and learn. In addition, espc compiles research and works to safeguard policies that foster trust, accountability, fair process and participation in wyomings government. Our representative democracy works best when it is inclusive of the diversity of its citizenry and strives to be responsive and accountable to those it seeks to govern equitably.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: $157.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: -37.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings