New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133727122
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2123616350
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,559,720
- Expenses
- $2,013,571
- Assets
- $1,650,206
- Liabilities
- $582,301
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIA TIGHE (PRESIDENT)
- JOSHUA KLAINBERG (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JULIA TIGHE (PRESIDENT): $278,274 total reported compensation
- MARLA KLINGER (CHIEF OF STAFF): $216,341 total reported compensation
- JOSHUA KLAINBERG (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT): $180,034 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. First, we educate new yorkers about environmental issues and the environmental decision making processes at the local, regional, state and federal government levels. Second, we engage all sector selected officials, policymakers, businesses, community groups and grassroots citizensin open, nonpartisan discussion about sustainability policies in order to achieve the environmental breakthroughs that New York needs.third, and perhaps most importantly, we empower new yorkers to make environmental change by engaging them in the civic process. That includes voter registration, helping residents make their voices heard on environmental issues, and connecting new yorkers with candidates, elected officials and policy makers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our vote is our power campaign took a big turn in 2024 as we creative evocative large- scale projections urging everyone to vote; we played a key leadership role in the wind works New York coalition of environmental, labor, clergy, and community groups dedicated to the development of offshore wind energy in New York; we educated through data, mapping nyc's lead service lines and nys' offshore wind industry supply chain; our robust programming in 2024 included candidate forums, panel discussions, our lunch and learn series, and tabling at dozens of community events across the state.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.8%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.8% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $278K · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.