Public Benefit : Advocacy and Civil Rights

Project Vote Smart

The voter's self-defense system

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (58.77)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 81.0%    
Administrative Expenses 9.0%    
Fundraising Expenses 9.9%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.12    
Efficiency Rating    
      (35.60)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 1.9%    
Program Expenses Growth 17.3%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 0.90    
Capacity Rating    
      (23.17)

Income Statement     (FYE 03/2008)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $1,541,798
Other Revenue $129,158
Total Revenue $1,670,956
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $1,587,114
Administrative Expenses $176,629
Fundraising Expenses $194,711
Total Functional Expenses $1,958,454
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $-287,498
   
Net Assets $3,574,895

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Contact Information

Project Vote Smart
One Common Ground
Philipsburg, MT 59858
tel: (888) 868-3762
fax: (406) 859-8680
EIN: 85-0364261

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Leadership      (FYE 03/2008)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Richard Kimball President (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $86,539 4.41%
Other Salaries of Note
Adelaide Elm Kimball Board Member (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $37,861 1.93%

Donor Privacy Policy

YES, this charity has a written donor privacy policy.

Mission

Since Project Vote Smart was inaugurated in 1992, we have offered special services and programs for political journalists to enhance their coverage of politics and elections. The Project partners with more than 300 national, state, and local news organizations, all endorsing Project programs. In addition to comprehensive databases on more than 40,000 candidates and incumbents, the Project provides journalists with special research services and publications. We devote considerable effort to researching information about all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative office and elected officials. Voters thus have access to unbiased information on candidates as well as those serving in elected positions.

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