American Federation of Government Employees Local 138

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386158171
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Southfield, MI, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,310
Expenses
$20,786
Assets
$151,107

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linda M Parker-Cooks (President)
  • Tamara L Holberg-Brifnek (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Linda M Parker-Cooks (President)
  • Christopher A Belcher (Treasurer)
  • Tamara L Holberg-Brifnek (Vice-President)

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

AFGE Local 138 represents federal employees in Certified Bargaining Units BUs by using formal and informal procedures to ensure fair and equitable treatment. The organization negotiates Labor-Management Agreements and other Memoranda of Agreements for BU Employees. Additionally Local 138 advocates to Congress and Executive Branch Agencies on matters impacting federal employees.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Officers and Stewards of Local 138 provided representational services to employees on a daily basis in FY 2025. The Local was continuously successful ensuring that employees were treated fairly and equitably using both formal established procedures as well as employing informal procedures. The Local was able to consistently obtain successful results in resolving labor-management disputes. The Local also took proactive steps to prevent issues from becoming problems for employees.

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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 63.7%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.27; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.