League of Women Voters Oakland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946093433
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5108347640
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,466
- Expenses
- $75,672
- Assets
- $143,323
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERNESTINE NETTLES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ERNESTINE NETTLES (PRESIDENT)
- ANNA MATHAI (VICE-PRESIDE)
- CYNTHIA O'MALLEY (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
The league conducts community engagement and education activities including the presentation of public, nonpartisan forums for candidates for elective offices in its communities. These forums never include any endorsement of, or opposition to, specific political parties or candidates participating in the forums. Another significant league activity involves non-partisan information about ballot propositions, referenda, initiatives, etc. Information is presented through free community forums and printed materials which explain the substance of each ballot measure; the possible fiscal effects thereof; and the arguments being made by the supporters and opponents of each ballot measure. In these presentations, the league does not support or oppose any of the measures.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other program services - 1) research and report to the community regarding the following: a) how ballot measures are created. 2) creation and distribution of free tools for high school teachers regarding voter registration and participation. 3) recruitment and support for student action committees to promote voter registration and voter education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 55.5%; rating input score 56
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: -8.9%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 55.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.