American Federation of Government Employees

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
636050200
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2058011150
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,626
Expenses
$187,185
Assets
$160,649
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA JOHNS (PRESIDENT)
  • CATARIA LAVENDER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA BERRY TOWNSEND (VICE PRESIDENT OF EEO)
  • PAMELA WARD (VICE PRESIDENT OF TSC)
  • HENERIETTA LEE (VICE PRESIDENT WSU)
  • MARAKEISHA LAISTER (VICE PRESIDENT OF DIV TWO)

People named in this filing

  • CYNTHIA JOHNS (PRESIDENT)
  • CATARIA LAVENDER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA BERRY TOWNSEND (VICE PRESIDENT OF EEO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The role of the union is to act as the primary liasion between union members and management. Advocating for worker rights, safety and interests. Negotaiting collective bargaining agreements, handle grievances, represent members in discplinary meetings and recruiting new members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our accomplishments are in our representation of the bargaining unit employees in disciplinary actions, contract training, and management policy and procedures. We work with management to ensure the guidelines and procedures are followed as agreed upon. We represent regularly 1100 members however, we represent approximately 7200 employees throughout the building and in our regional office.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.