League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911849890
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2066228961
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$323,567
Expenses
$211,871
Assets
$1,339,323
Liabilities
$8,974

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY COLTRANE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARY COLTRANE (PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA STEWART (1ST VP)
  • MARTIN GIBBINS (2ND VP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The league of women voters of Washington education fund is dedicated to strengthening citizen knowledge of government in Washington state. The goals of its nonpartisan education projects are to help citizens better understand major public policy issues and become active and informed participants in their communities and government.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach and voter/civic education included active use of vote411.org to disseminate nonpartisan information about all candidates for public office at all levels in Washington state; supporting two statewide studies on immigration in the state of Washington and eldercare in Washington; and organization and management of a student video contest related to democracy.publications and posters: we manage the development, printing and sale of educational posters and our civics textbook, the state we're in: Washington, your guide to state, local and tribal government, to individuals, organizations and school districts primarily in Washington state.we approve grants to local leagues allowing them to pursue educational and voter service activities in their local areas. Projects this year included such things as enhancing local league technology to improve outreach to community and members; sponsoring a democracy essay contest for high school students; work to get out the vote among 18- to 28-year olds; updating a publication to inform the local community about its elected officials; sponsoring a dei summit; enhancing civic education through art; and purchasing and distributing cards to inform community members of their legal rights.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: 34.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.32; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.