American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Afl-cio Council 11

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391602445
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6088366666
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Labor Unions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$217,577
Expenses
$356,096
Assets
$166,115
Liabilities
$42,331

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAULETTE FELD (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN GRABEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN GRABEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,531 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The three Wisconsin afscme councils combine activity in the legislative and public relations arena through a separate body known as council 11, which is exclusively a service council dedicated to representing the three Wisconsin afscme councils.

What it reported doing in 2015

Legislative services has two registered lobbyists that allows for three afscme councils (council 24, council 40, and council 48) to address the state budget and other legislatives issues that are important to the members they represent. The lobbyists provide a weekly legislative report that is distributed to the three councils, which then provide the report to its members and retirees. The three Wisconsin councils have organized over 400 locals and chapters that have approximately 19,000 members and retirees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -63.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -31.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.