Wisconsin · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,663,702 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($399,264). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $671k
What League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc does
Mission
The league of women voters of wisconsin (lwvwi) is a nonpartisan political organization. We encourage informed, active participation in government and work to increase understanding of major public policy issues. We influence public policy through both education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The league of women voters of wisconsin provided nonpartisan voter education on the league's vote411 platform. The league promoted the use of the state's voting information platform, myvote.wi.gov. The league promotes the use of absentee ballots and provides voters with accurate information on how to request, complete, and successfully return absentee ballots. The league actively recruits election observers and poll workers to ensure safe, fair and accessible elections.
$408,467 spent75% of program spendingThe league continues to provide leadership in the wi fair maps coalition to create public education and advocacy campaigns, and to inform voters about gerrymandering in wisconsin. This work increases awareness and promotes an independent, nonpartisan redistricting process. The league also promotes an impartial and accountable judiciary.
$81,528 spent15% of program spendingThe league's membership and events coordinator supports membership growth across the state in existing local leagues as well as assisted with the formation of new leagues. The staff is addressing needs in leadership development and building community alliances with diverse individuals and organizations to make league work even more effective in voter and community services. The league provides its member organizations and members with information and guidance regarding the implementation of the diversity, equity and inclusion policy adopted by the national organization.
$54,352 spent$5,065 earned by the program10% of program spendingLeague advocacy includes a small amount of lobbying as reported elsewhere on this return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $544,347.
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 $402k to $587k (+46%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Debra Cronmiller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $131k → $308k.
10 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 WISCONSIN 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 WISCONSIN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders 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 WISCONSIN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 52% · 2019 49% · 2020 31% · 2021 37% · 2022 23% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
57% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
58% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN 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. Of the $691k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $972k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 WISCONSIN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
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
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Advocacy Network Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,663,702 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($399,264). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% 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 WISCONSIN INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,663,702 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $399,264 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN 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.
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 18 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