Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 521616097
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 2022238299
Rating: 67
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arms Control, Peace

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,506,622
Expenses: $1,725,933
Assets: $2,671,481
Liabilities: $1,016,316

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GARY MILHOLLIN (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

VALERIE LINCY (EXECUTIVE DI): $247,305 total reported compensation
MEGHAN CRIMMINS (DEPUTY DIREC): $173,203 total reported compensation
GARY MILHOLLIN (PRESIDENT &): $14,022 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To edcuate the general public on arms control and strategic trade controls

What it reported doing in 2024

Risk report: produced six bimonthly issues of the risk report, a database tracking the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction. The database contains unclassified profiles of entities linked to the spread of these sensitive technologies, descriptions of the technologies, and information on how they are controlled. Maintained a web based version of the risk report, updated every four weeks. Trained foreign government officials involved in strategic trade controls on how to use the database as part of a u.s. Government foreign assistance program. Provided risk report access to hundreds of foreign government officials.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 76
Transparency & Controls: 57
Accountability: 67
Sustainability: 26
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
Fundraising efficiency: $19.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -14.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 25.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 81.7% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $247K · 9 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.