Pennsylvania Municipal League

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Pennsylvania municipal league is to represent the interests of its membership and to serve local government by providing programs and cost-effective services and legislation, which strengthens the autonomy of Pennsylvania municipalities. This can be achieved by: representing the collective interests of the membership with the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the state and federal governments; acting as an agent for enhancing cooperation and communication among municipalities in the commonwealth; to investigate, study, discuss and recommend improvements in the provision of services by municipal governments and to provide a means whereby officials may exchange ideas and experience and obtain expert advice; fostering improved municipal government in Pennsylvania by providing appropriate technical assistance and research services; maximizing cost savings through the collective utilization of group services and "pooled" insurance programs; providing trainin

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 93% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.

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 and most voting board members are independent. 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: 44
• Transparency & Controls: 72
• Accountability: 77
• Sustainability: 33
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 49.2% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 33 of 34 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 38 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
• Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
• Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
• 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: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.