Wisconsin · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,450 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($18,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $201k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $813k
What League of Women Voters of Dane County Inc does
Mission
To promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government and to act on selected government issues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Providing information and access to citizens about voting. Activities include conducting voter registration drives, welcoming new citizens, and speaking to school and community groups about voting procedures and ways to be an informed voter. Materials, such as pamphlets and bookmarks, are provided to volunteers to distribute during the voter registration drives. A monthly bulletin is published and sent via email to members and is also available on the website. Additionally, the League compiles and distributes Candidates Answers, which gives information about candidates who have filed for office and about ballot issues. The League seeks to broaden outreach to voting by providing registration information in Spanish, supporting outreach to residents of apartment complexes, and underwriting the cost of cab rides for citizens to obtain voter ID cards at the DMV.
$63,306 spent46% of program spendingSupporting state and national voting efforts. All memberships in the Dane County League include memberships in the Wisconsin and U.S. League of Women Voters. As part of these larger networks, members have access to additional voting information and volunteer opportunities.
$60,128 spent44% of program spendingProviding outreach to the community regarding voting. Activities include sponsoring live and recorded candidate forums; maintaining a large list of educational publications on local, regional, state and national issues; and holding an annual luncheon for members. As part of this initiative, the League advocates for positive change on issues such as safe and accessible voting, fair maps, and social and racial equity.
$12,836 spent$2,731 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,270.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $430k to $664k (+54%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 32% · 2023 8% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $36.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 68% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,450 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($18,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $34,450 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $18,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing