Institute of Election Auditors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872547933
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Kresse (President and Director)
  • Erin Kresse (Vice President and Secretary and Director)

People named in this filing

  • William Kresse (President and Director)
  • Erin Kresse (Vice President and Secretary and Director)
  • Richard Kresse (Treasurer and Director)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes in accordance with Sec tion 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. More specifically the Corporation seeks to restore public faith in Ame rican institutions and democratic processes to raise public awareness of voting processes controls and results a nd to promote research transparency and accountability related to American elections.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Institute of Election Auditors has yet to commence program services.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 41
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 50%; rating input score 50; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.