Amalgamated Transit Union

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

26 people listed

TRUJILLO YVETTE (INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE VI): $617,184 total reported compensation
KIRK KENNETH (INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TR): $611,087 total reported compensation
COSTA JOHN (INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT): $585,388 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

The Amalgamated Transit Union fights for the interests of its hard-working members and promotes mass transit.

Labor union activities including membership administration and representation, education, organizing, and contract administration.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 98.5%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 0 of 21 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $617K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 45 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 32 filed related-organization links
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.

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

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.