Afge Local 17

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
546076561
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Washington Dc, DC, USA
Phone
5712347240
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$256,894
Expenses
$234,981
Assets
$384,194
Liabilities
$6,240

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Douglas Massey (President)
  • Calanit Kedem (1st Vice President)
  • Nicholas Keogh (2nd Vice President)
  • MB Viccellio (3rd Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • William H Wetmore (Treasurer): $16,800 total reported compensation
  • Nicholas Keogh (2nd Vice President): $600 total reported compensation
  • Calanit Kedem (1st Vice President): $400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

AFGE Local 17 is a chartered local of the American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO representing federal bargaining-unit employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office in Washington DC. Its mission is to advance and protect the wages benefits working conditions and workplace rights of those employees through collective bargaining enforcement of the negotiated agreement grievance and disciplinary representation and advocacy on conditions of employment and to promote the general welfare of its members and the federal workforce.

What it reported doing in 2025

AFGE Local 17 represents approximately 1,247 employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office. Its program services consist of representing bargaining-unit employees through collective bargaining grievance and arbitration representation including reduction-in-force representation and steward support; providing member education training and communications; conducting organizing and member-recruitment activities; and holding member meetings and events. These activities carry out the locals exempt purpose as a section 501c5 labor organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 59
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $17K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.