Ballotpedia

Mission

The mission of the Lucy Burns Institute is to empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information. We strive to equip our readers with the truth so it can be used in positive, powerful, and unforeseen ways. Informed voters are the foundation of democracy and positive change starts with them. We believe that the online environment is an extraordinary opportunity to reach voters with comprehensive facts, information, and context. With your help, we have created and continue to build Ballotpedia, the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. With over 650,000 original articles, Ballotpedia's goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. Ballotpedia's articles are 100 percent written by our professional staff. We thoroughly vet and carefully curate all information we publish.

Vision

Ballotpedia envisions an America where everyone has equal access to accurate information about politics and election information.

Goals

1.Closing the political information gap, ensuring every voter has information they need to make a confident and informed decision when they vote.
2.Building relationships with candidates, officeholders, & media orgs to ensure completion of Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey & the dissemination of information to voters across the country.
3.Expand Ballotpedia’s coverage of various areas of public policy to demonstrate how they intersect with officeholders and candidates and impact the lives of citizens.

Middleton WI | EIN: 20-8036372

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8383 Greenway Blvd, Suite 600,
Middleton WI 53562

https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

608-255-0688

Ballotpedia

Mission

Vision

Ballotpedia envisions an America where everyone has equal access to accurate information about politics and election information.

Goals

1.Closing the political information gap, ensuring every voter has information they need to make a confident and informed decision when they vote.
2.Building relationships with candidates, officeholders, & media orgs to ensure completion of Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey & the dissemination of information to voters across the country.
3.Expand Ballotpedia’s coverage of various areas of public policy to demonstrate how they intersect with officeholders and candidates and impact the lives of citizens.

Middleton WI | EIN: 20-8036372

Profile managed by nonprofit | Is this your nonprofit?

501(c)(3) organization

8383 Greenway Blvd, Suite 600,
Middleton WI 53562

https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

608-255-0688

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Additional Information

Program Expense Ratio:90.54% of total expenses

SCORE100%

Liabilities to Assets Ratio:7.20% of total assets

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Working Capital:0.61 years of reserves

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Fundraising Efficiency:$0.04 to raise a dollar

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Evaluation area metrics
Score	Metric
100%	Program Expense Ratio:90.54% of total expenses
100%	Liabilities to Assets Ratio:7.20% of total assets
100%	Working Capital:0.61 years of reserves
100%	Fundraising Efficiency:$0.04 to raise a dollar

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