War Resisters League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
135471808
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2122280450
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$465,963
Expenses
$176,188
Assets
$438,266
Liabilities
$56,972

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH ROBERTS (PRESIDENT)
  • FRIDA BERRIGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN MILLER (TREASURER)
  • RICK BICKHART (DIRECTOR)
  • SARMS JABRA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wrl promotes non-violence by organizing education programs and participating in projects for disarmament, peace issues relating to war. See full statement on schedule o

What it reported doing in 2023

For much of its 100 years, wrl has produced and distributed educational materials revealing the costs of war provided nonviolence trainings to activists around the country produced counter-recruitment resources participated in disarmament campaigns as a war resisters international affiliate and led national campaigns against weapons of war, whether stockpiled by the pentagon or the local police. During the fiscal year, highlights included wide dissemintation of info and analysis on the wars in gaza and ukraine, spotlighting the work and appeals of nonviolent objectors there celebrating our centennial anniversary by producing a traveling exhibit and accompanying book of our 100 years, while developing further our archives and history as resources for academics and activists alike and updating wrls annual pie-chart flyer that tracks military spending in the federal budget. Resources are distributed in the tens of thousands, with approximately 20,000 individuals benefiting annually from wrls program

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.2%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.49; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.2% of revenue deployed · 57.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.