Indivisible Civics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822355901
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
3017788533
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,238,612
Expenses
$3,151,826
Assets
$7,034,748
Liabilities
$14,535

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EZRA LEVIN (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LEAH GREENBERG (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • INDIVAR DUTTA-GUPTA (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEAH GREENBERG (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,589 total reported compensation
  • EZRA LEVIN (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,024 total reported compensation
  • SARAH DOHL (CHIEF CAMPAIGNS OFFICER): $68,695 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of indivisible civics is to build civic leadership to empower a grassroots movement that's advancing progressive values and policies. It educates and builds the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support, training, and policy education in order to build long-term progressive power everywhere.

What it reported doing in 2024

Indivisible civics activities are focused on educating and building the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support, training, and policy education to strengthen local groups.the organization delivered essential tools, trainings, and resources through an updated and centralized support hub, investing in local creativity with direct financial support, building community across the movement through caucuses, state structures, and national gatherings, and encouraging thought partnership and feedback from local indivisible leaders to ensure groups' evolving needs are met.indivisible civics equipped groups to act as community ambassadors who champion our shared vision of a fair, inclusive, and caring democratic society, while continuing to disrupt damaging disinformation online through the truth brigade initiative.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.8%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 78.5%; rating input score 78; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.8%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.8% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $342K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.