League of Women Voters of Milwaukee Co Sub League of Women Voters of Wisconsin

What it reported doing in 2024

Voter services: in total, across fiscal year 2024-2025, our community outreach effort resulted in 1,168 voter registrations. We assisted over 220 people in requesting absentee ballots. We educated over 8,267 people through face-to-face contact. All of our efforts are directed to those who are traditionally underserved and disenfranchised. We accomplished this work through the efforts of nearly 700 dedicated volunteers, who contributed over 1,956 hours to our cause. Comite por el voto latinx partnered with over 25 community institutions and organized 46 resource tables to reach over 2,729 individuals with the league's bilingual materials. Comite por el voto latinx produced bilingual election resource guides for four elections and, along with other materials, translated these guides into spanish, which were shared with approximately 50 organizations or community leaders. The community outreach team hosted 49 events with 39 different partner organizations, resulting in 184 voter registrations and 1,446 conversations with individuals about voting. Three community and nonprofit organization online voter registration training sessions were held with approximately 72 people in attendance. The high school voter registration team assisted 403 students with voter registration and made 44 visits to area high schools. The milwaukee county jail (mcj) and community reintegration center (crc) voter registration team conducted 29 registration events, helped register approximately 106 people, requested 125 absentee ballots, and spoke with 216 individuals who expressed interest in voting. The public library outreach team hosted 19 voter registration events at the central and branch libraries, where we assisted in registering 63 individuals and provided literature and information to 487 people. Our team attended the swearing-in ceremonies for newly naturalized citizens and held 30 voter registration events, helping to register 397 people and distributing information to 3,765 people.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 54.6%; rating input score 55
• Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 34.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 36% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 48.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings