Voter Choice Education Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814563577
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Arlington, MA, USA
Phone
6178359161
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,373
Expenses
$84,692
Assets
$80,610
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREG DENNIS (PRESIDENT/CLERK/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • CHERYL CLYBURN CRAWFORD (DIRECTOR)
  • MICHAEL ZARREN (DIRECTOR)
  • GREG DENNIS (PRESIDENT/CLERK/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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization makes presentations at events throughout the state to educate the public on voting reforms, specifically ranked-choice voting.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides educational presentations regarding certain voting reforms, specifically ranked-choice voting, for various groups throughout Massachusetts. Some presentations are done on a stand-alone basis, while others are provided as part of other vents. Most presentations are open to the public, but some presentations are done for private groups. All presentations are provided free of charge, the organization desires no revenue from the presentations, although attendees are encouraged, but not required, to make a donation to the organiztion to support continued education efforts.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.9%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.9% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.