Psephos Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261589877
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Davis, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8027650410
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Voter Education, Registration
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $134,547
- Expenses
- $123,341
- Assets
- $395
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BEN ZION PTASHNIK (President)
People named in this filing
- BEN ZION PTASHNIK (President)
- VICTORIA LINDEN-COLLIER (Treasurer)
- JAN BENDOR (Director)
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
TRANSPARENCY IN VOTING SYSTEMSF. To oppose voter suppression and gerrymandering. To promote the cybersecurity and transparency of election technology by opposing Internet connectivity of voting systems, promoting manual election audits of paper ballots, advocating for risk limiting audits (RLAs) and campaign finance reform. G. To provide and distribute studies and analysis relating to education of citizens, policy makers, government officials and news media regarding Climate Justice, Social Justice and environmental issues, H. To provide education and projects, including service, workshops, conferences, videos, social media and other tools that promote and advance all of the issues surrounding the mission and goals of Psephos / NEDC.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024 Psephos continued support for ongoing reforestation and water security projects for the rural campesino (farming) communities in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Psephos worked with the non.profit Centro Por Ecologia y Economia Sustentable de San Miguel de Allende, located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Psephos supported their work through assisting in fund raising, covering project expenses, and supporting project development and oversight. Program accomplishments for 2024: Work was advanced in two model communities: San Jose de Gracia and Los TorresFinished planting hundreds of native trees and repairing the historic rainwater reservoir in San Jose de Gracia.Started excavation work on the Los Torres reservoir Planted 400-500 trees in Los Torres, began the work of terracing and repairing the surrounding watershedBegan development work to create a network of local funders to support the project within Mexico.Hosted 23 educational tours and events, with ecological classes from primary schools to UniversityCreated educational and promotional videos
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.