Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AND ELECT PRO-CHOICE WOMEN OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO ALL LEVELS OF PUBLIC OFFICE IN MINNESOTA.
1. ENDORSED PRO-CHOICE WOMEN IN 34 RACES ACROSS MINNESOTA. 29 CANDIDATES WON THEIR ELECTIONS, DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR TARGETED RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. WOMEN WINNING 2019 ENDORSED CANDIDATES WAS THE MOST DIVERSE CANDIDATE CLASS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY WITH 38% OF OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATES IDENTIFIED AS WOMEN OF COLOR AND/OR LGBTQ+. 2. TRAINED 255 PRO-CHOICE WOMEN CANDIDATES (+11% VS. 2018) BY LEADING SEVEN TRAININGS, BRINGING IN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO ADVISE CANDIDATES TO PREPARE FOR IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE ELECTIONS.3. TRAINED MORE THAN 70 PASSIONATE CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE POLITICAL LEADERS OF TOMORROW (PLOT) INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM AND CONNECTED THEM WITH PRO-CHOICE WOMENS' CAMPAIGNS, PROVIDING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.4. PARTNERED WITH ENDORSED MAYORAL AND FEDERAL CANDIDATES' CAMPAIGNS TO HOST 4 DEDICATED FUNDRAISING EVENTS, RAISING MORE THAN $49,000 FOR CANDIDATES.5. RECRUITED AND ORGANIZED MORE THAN 150 VOLUNTEERS FOR VARIOUS GET OUT THE VOTE FIELD (VOTER ENGAGEMENT) EVENTS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.6. BROADLY HOSTED MORE EVENTS THAT WERE FREE FOR CANDIDATES AND MEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITHOUT FINANCIAL BARRIER (E.G. SEVEN FORMAL TRAININGS, THREE BUILDING POWER HAPPY HOURS, AND TWO DIRECT VOTER CONTACT/GET OUT THE VOTE EVENTS), ADVISE ON WOMEN WINNING'S WORK AND MISSION, AND TO CONNECT CANDIDATES WITH PROSPECTIVE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. 7. HOSTED ANNUAL "MEN & ALLIES FOR WOMEN WINNING" FUNDRAISER TO ENCOURAGE MEN AND ALLIES TO PARTNER IN RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND ELECTING PRO-CHOICE WOMEN TO PUBLIC OFFICE.8. IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINING PROGRAM BY CATERING CURRICULUM TO CANDIDATE NEEDS RELATIVE TO EACH STAGE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN, ALSO ENABLING STAFF TO CONNECT WITH MORE CANDIDATES EARLIER ON WITH IMPACTFUL RESOURCES. EXAMPLES INCLUDE TWO "GETTING STARTED AS A CANDIDATE" TRAININGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 2018 MIDTERM, IN WHICH THERE WERE OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS. 9. INCREASED IN TOTAL DONORS +41% VS. 2018 VIA EVENTS, ONLINE GIVING, AND RETAIL SALES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Meggie Wittorf | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $116,500 |
| Kaying Yang | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lucia Watson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Natalie Volin Lehr | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Byrne | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Thompson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Strother | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Luchelle Stevens | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Betsy Sitkoff | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Shields | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Rahn | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stacy Pagano | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Mokros | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ashleigh Leitch | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Suzan Mcginnis | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Lindblad | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Lenard | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kim Isenberg | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Hudson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kathy Heltzer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Bryant | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Bishop | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Barbette Apland | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Olson | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Emma Faris | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Alana Petersen | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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