New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,200 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $255k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $230k
What The Electoral Innovation Lab a Nj Nonprofit Corporation does
Mission
To build a science of data-driven democracy reform using math law and practical strategies for change
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Civic Technology: Developed algorithms and software tools to provide neutral data-driven evaluations of democracy repairs. These tools help policymakers advocacy groups researchers and individuals assess the effectiveness of proposed voting system changes. In this reporting year the Civic Technology program supported policy research and offered access to these tools for users in all fifty US states reaching over 10,000 unique users in total.
$8,457 spent20% of program spendingInterns Fellows and Mentors IFM: Supported one academic fellow and two interns in conducting research and publishing reports on election systems voting reforms and democracy-strengthening strategies. Fellow and interns made contributions that advanced public understanding of voting system impacts and was shared shared with policymakers academics and advocacy organizations influencing discussions on evidence-based electoral reforms and contributing to overall career trajectory of fellow and interns.
$18,932 spentof which $12,000 as grants44% of program spendingPolicy Research: Conducted in-depth research and data analysis on electoral systems in Ohio Tennessee North Carolina and New York City and produced detailed reports proposing practical policy solutions aligned to state and local political cultures and conditions supporting the efforts of peer organizations advocating for reforms and potentially impacting nearly 25 million voters.
$15,289 spent$27,500 earned by the program36% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,678.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $26k to $230k (+795%).
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.
89% of THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Robert F Johnston
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION’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
THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
“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
82% of THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,200 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $55,200 in grants to THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- Donors Trust Inc is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ELECTORAL INNOVATION LAB A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2024–2025), 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