Free the Ballot Incarcerated Voter Family Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842189894
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2159002602
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Inmate Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,966
- Expenses
- $227,532
- Assets
- $35,148
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert Leon Holbrook (President)
People named in this filing
- Robert Leon Holbrook (President)
- Marcie Marra (Treasurer)
- Kim McClary (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our primary exempt purpose is to fight for equality and social justice for our communities which have been gripped by mass incarceration and poverty.
What it reported doing in 2024
The majority of our activity is spent building a permanently organized base in communities disproportionately impacted by mass incarceration. We do this by educating communities in Pennsylvania on just criminal legal policies and how they can have their voices heard on issues that concern them and by moving them to action. We conduct door to door canvassing in neighborhoods in Philadelphia and beyond to speak to community members face to face and educate them on their rights, the law and the democratic process that underpins both. We educate them on upcoming elections and speak with them about what is at stake for our communities in these political contests. As our activity has evolved we have developed a program where we distribute free food in our communities and also use that as a point of connection to educate the community about their rights and the law and encourage participation in the democratic process. We engage in other mutual aid events such as giving away school supplies to provide material support to the community while conducting political education. Additionally, we host town hall meetings and events on issues that are impacting our community such as the overdose crisis and the impact of gun violence on our neighborhoods.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 48.3%; rating input score 48
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -314%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 48.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.