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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$218,259
Total expenses
$103,733
Contributions and grants received
$188,784
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$23,535
Investment income
$3,963
Other revenue
$1,977
Total assets, end of year
$203,053
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$203,053
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$71,861
Management and general expenses
$31,872
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$71,861

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $5,990

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $182,794

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $23,535 · related or exempt $23,535

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,963 · excluded $3,963

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $7,887

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $5,990

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,887

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,977 · excluded $1,977

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,977

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,649 · program services $20,660 · management and general $4,989

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,591 · program services $1,943 · management and general $648

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,050 · management and general $9,050

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $507 · program services $380 · management and general $127

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,958 · program services $2,958

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,094 · management and general $7,094

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $370 · program services $277 · management and general $93

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,689 · program services $4,267 · management and general $1,422

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,235 · program services $1,235

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,116 · program services $1,116

  • 24a · Other expenses: AFFILIATE DUES

    total $22,293 · program services $22,293

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOTER SERVICES

    total $16,057 · program services $16,057

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $6,914 · management and general $6,914

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,535 · management and general $1,535

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $675 · program services $675

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,487 · end of year $101,050

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $43,040 · end of year $102,003

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,527 · end of year $203,053

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS VOTERS AND DEFENDS DEMOCRACY BY SUPPORTING AND EDUCATING VOTERS AND PROMOTING ACTIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • VOTER SERVICES- LWVMC HOSTED FOUR CANDIDATE FORUMS ATTENDED IN PERSON BY 290 PEOPLE. THE COMITE POR EL VOTO LATINX PARTNERED WITH OVER 25 COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED 47 RESOURCE TABLES TO REACH OVER 2,925 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE LEAGUE'S BILINGUAL MATERIALS. COMITE POR EL VOTO LATINX PRODUCED BILINGUAL ELECTION RESOURCE GUIDES FOR 4 ELECTIONS AND, ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS, TRANSLATED THESE MATERIALS INTO SPANISH THAT WERE SHARED WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 ORGANIZATIONS OR COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM HELD EVENTS WITH 39 DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, RESULTING IN 195 VOTER REGISTRATIONS AND 1464 CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT VOTING. SEVEN COMMUNITY AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION TRAINING SESSIONS WERE HELD. THE HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION TEAM ASSISTED 807 STUDENTS WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AND MADE 61 VISITS TO AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY JAIL (MCJ) AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION CENTER (CRC) VOTER REGISTRATION TEAM HELD 39 REGISTRATION EVENTS; REGISTERED APPROXIMATELY 123 PEOPLE; REQUESTED 127 ABSENTEE BALLOTS; AND TALKED WITH 328 PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN VOTING. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OUTREACH TEAM HAD 15 VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS AT THE CENTRAL AND BRANCH LIBRARIES, WHERE WE REGISTERED 57 PEOPLE AND PROVIDED LITERATURE AND INFORMATION TO 250 PEOPLE. ALL TOTAL IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT RESULTED IN 1843 VOTER REGISTRATIONS. WE HELPED OVER 200 PEOPLE REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOTS. WE EDUCATED OVER 12,000 PEOPLE THROUGH FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT. ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED AT THOSE THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AND DISENFRANCHISED. WE DID THIS WORK THROUGH OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER 2800 HOURS FOR OUR WORK.

    Expenses $26,591

  • MEMBER EDUCATION- PROVIDED STAFF, OFFICE, CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH VIRTUAL CONNECTIVITY AND WI-FI, USE OF COPIER, AND SCANNER TO MEMBERS, COMMITTEES, LEADERS AND BOARD MEMBERS; PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR 400+ MEMBERS TO ATTEND STATE AND NATIONAL EVENTS; PROVIDED 400+ MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE LEAGUE'S MISSION THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES; AND CONNECTED 400+ MEMBERS TO LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HOSTED A KICKOFF SUPPER IN SEPTEMBER (ATTENDED BY 100 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS) AND AN ANNUAL MEETING IN MAY (ATTENDED BY 100 MEMBERS). SPONSORED VIRTUAL AND/OR IN-PERSON PUBLIC ISSUES FORUMS ATTENDED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. HOSTED LUNCH N LEARN FORUMS, LEAGUE CAFE BOOK CLUBS, AND GENERAL MEETINGS.

    Expenses $22,635 · Revenue $23,535

  • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY - PUBLISHED 4 VOTER BULLETINS AND 51 WEEKLY UPDATES FOR 400+ MEMBERS AND 800 PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS; MAINTAINED WEBSITE AND REGULARLY POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA (1500+ FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS, 750+ INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS AND 500+ TWITTER FOLLOWERS); COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH LWVMC PRESS RELEASES; TV, RADIO AND PODCAST APPEARANCES, AND PUBLISHED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

    Expenses $22,635

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nancy Maloney

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mary Ellen Spicuzza

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lorna Grade

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Peg Schrader

    3RD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Nikita Werner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mary Sussman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Betsey Caron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Liddie Collins-Siegrist

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elizabeth Harris-Hodge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Candice Owley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patricia McFarland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shirley Metcalf-Elder

    DIRECTOR AND FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349306641

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