League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222407784
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Trenton, NJ, USA
Phone
6093943303
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$605,029
Expenses
$670,544
Assets
$784,245
Liabilities
$256,940

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER M HOWARD (PRESIDENT)
  • IVETH MOSQUERA (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT THRU 6/6/25)
  • DEBORAH MCCOMBER (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT THRU 6/6/25)
  • MARIEL MERCADO-GUEVARA (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AS OF 6/7/25)
  • LAUREN F NANCE (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AS OF 6/7/25)
  • JESSICA BURNS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA BURNS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $107,141 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lwvnj-ef's nonpartisan voter education and voter protection work ensures everyone has the tools, resources, and confidence they need to participate fully at the ballot box and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

The league of women voters of New Jersey education fund empowers voters through robust voter education programs and protects their right to vote. Voter education: the league provides comprehensive and factual nonpartisan voter education to combat misinformation and disinformation and ensure that everyone has the information they need to make their voices heard. A small sample of this information includes: vote411.org - a one-stop resource providing critical election information at every level of government. This information includes information about accessing the ballot (voter registration, polling places, etc) and information about who is running and where they stand on policy issues. Printed material: the league distributes thousands of printed information a year in multiple languages that provides nonpartisan answers to frequently asked questions. Webinars and trainings: the league partners with others to provide webinars and trainings to share vital nonpartisan voter education. The league provides hundreds of voter registration events, candidate forums, and other. Voter protection: league staff monitored the election protection hotline all 100 hours that the polls were open during the 2023 general election and all 42 hours the polls were open during the 2023 primary election. Through the hotline, the league helped answer voters' questions, assisted them in finding their polling locations, and helped voters return their vote-by-mail ballots. Lwvnj-ef also monitored the national election protection hotline and defended democracy by lifting up problems reported by New Jersey voters to ensure they were properly addressed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.1% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $554K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.