League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland Education Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237213162
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2162084171
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,225
Expenses
$44,216
Assets
$321,090

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Cech (Co- President)
  • Nadia Zaiem (Co-President)
  • Dawn Ellis (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Cech (Co- President)
  • Nadia Zaiem (Co-President)
  • Dawn Ellis (Vice-President)

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

Voter Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Various activities include voter registration, candidate, issue and public policy forums, and online VOTE 411 voterguide for Cuyahoga County.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.3%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88

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: 53.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.26; rating input score 89; 89th 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: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.3% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $39K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.