League of Women Voters of Louisvill

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311078207
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5028955218
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,514
Expenses
$72,646
Assets
$77,490
Liabilities
$2,355

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAIL HENSON PHD (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • SANDY RENNER (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GAIL HENSON PHD (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • SANDY RENNER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • LESLIE MARCELLINO (VP & EDUCATI)

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 of women voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. As a nonpartisan body, the league takes action on issues but does not support or oppose candidates or parties. The league supports diversity, equity and inclusion in membership and programming.

What it reported doing in 2024

Democracy in action - our democracy in action programs are normally held 10 times a year. These are programs designed to educate our members and community on current issues of importance. The programs may involve a 3-4 person panel or a single speaker. August 27: women's equality day; attendance 180 september 19: 2022 voting rights basics; attendance: 50 october 17: voting issues and the constitutional amendments on the ballot in november; attendance: 47 november 21: various constitutional amendments throughout american history and how all of them have affected our voting rights issues; attendance: 45 january 16: dia public forum "celebrate martin luther king, jr. Day and open house for all elected officials and judges of jefferson county-; attendance 55 february 20: dia public forum "wastewater monitoring-; attendance 35 march 20: dia public forum "the global perspective: unity and understanding through journalism-; attendance 38 april 17: dia public forum "louisville housing progress: today and looking forward to the future-; attendance 45 may 15: dia public forum "2023 legislation and its impact on our public school system-; attendance 40 june 26: annual meeting business and speaker: attendance 65

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 51.3%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 51.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.