American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Afl-cio Council 48

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390918495
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
4143446868
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Labor Unions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$348,932
Expenses
$368,677
Assets
$606,959
Liabilities
$15,202

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN STAFFORD (PRESIDENT)
  • KEN WISCHER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOE NARLOCK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MONICA HOGANS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL PANOWITZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NADINE EWERT (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIE NOTH (STAFF REPRESENTATIVE): $46,569 total reported compensation
  • PENNI SECORE (STAFF REPRESENTATIVE): $43,399 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN STAFFORD (PRESIDENT): $2,734 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Council 48 provided collective bargaining, education, legislation and labor activities for its local unions and members of those locals.

What it reported doing in 2015

Council 48 provided collective bargaining, education, legislation and labor activities for its local unions and members of those locals through may 31, 2015.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 60% 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 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: 92
  • Accountability: 23
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -22.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.