Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Dba Nj League of Cons Voters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272577440
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Trenton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6093319922
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,442,351
- Expenses
- $1,627,864
- Assets
- $1,710,847
- Liabilities
- $210,382
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDWARD POTOSNAK III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- EDWARD POTOSNAK III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $115,702 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
New Jersey lcv is the statewide political voice for the environment. Working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies, support our environmental justice partners in pursuing more equitable policies, and hold our elected officials accountable during the legislative session. Through our political work we are strengthening laws that safeguard the health of our communities, working to help foster inclusion and justice, and protect the beauty of our state and our economic future. We work to hold elected state and local officials accountable.
What it reported doing in 2024
Policythe organization works to ensure that the environment stays a top priority in New Jersey and to make our state a leader in environmental conservation. It accomplishes this goal by holding the state government accountable for fulfilling its commitments to aggressively address climate change, safeguard clean drinking water, and preserve open spaces, parks, forests, farms, and historic sites. The organization works with partners to ensure environmental justice and low-income community concerns are accounted for and prioritized through public education and accountability. It works directly with targeted legislators to build a larger coalition of environmental supporters in the state legislature to push legislative leadership for bold actions to protect and preserve New Jersey for future generations. New Jersey league of conservation voters convenes other nonprofit organizations to identify and advocate for specific policy proposals and develop and design comprehensive plans to ensure these policies become laws in the garden state.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.