Matriots Action Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871554685
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
2026749854
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,330
Expenses
$80,268
Assets
$23,677
Liabilities
$38,855

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • VALERIE LEMMIE (CHAIR)
  • BETSY FIGGIE (MEMBER)
  • MELISSA KASS (MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To increase political participation in Ohio regardless of political affiliation, to ensure equal opportunities and access to rights (including economic empowerment, equity and independence, dominion over our bodies, access to education, and safe communities), and to develop and advocate for legislation to improve opportunities and access to these rights.

What it reported doing in 2025

The mission of the matriots action fund is to strengthen political voices by supporting legislation and policies and uplifting those who advocate for them. Our programs include events, sessions, and projects like: 1.reviewing and endorsing candidates for public office who seek to protect equal opportunities and access to rights. 2.advocating for legislation to improve opportunities and access to individual rights. 3.publicizing the positions and roles of elected officials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. 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: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.2%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 34.9%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.64; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 205.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -56.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.2% of revenue deployed · 34.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.