League of Women Voters of Palo Alto

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946099560
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Phone
6509030600
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,854
Expenses
$30,971
Assets
$54,543
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Kalinsky (Co-President)
  • Lisa Ratner (Co-President & 2nd Vice President)
  • Liz Kniss (1st Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Kalinsky (Co-President)
  • Lisa Ratner (Co-President & 2nd Vice President)
  • Liz Kniss (1st 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 Services and Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy - By organizing educational programs featuring topic experts and taking in-depth research, and providing public communications for all groups of our community members, from ages 16 to 116, we inform and engage the community and advocate for or against public policy issues and governmental measures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.4%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 11

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.4% of revenue deployed · 10.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.