American Federation of Teachers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261531475
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Westmont, IL, USA
Phone
6304684098
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,198
Expenses
$96,078
Assets
$264,604
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marisa Mills (President)
  • Kate Armstrong (Executive Vice President/Secretary/Social Co Chair)
  • Sarah Boyle (Executive Vice President/Grievance Chair)
  • Tiffany Martinelli (Regional Vice President)
  • Suzanne Elwood (Regional Vice President)
  • Kristen Krueger (Regional Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Marisa Mills (President)
  • Kate Armstrong (Executive Vice President/Secretary/Social Co Chair)
  • Sarah Boyle (Executive Vice President/Grievance Chair)

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

See schedule O - To negotiate and administer the CBA, handle member grievances, and perform duties as the exclusive representative in dealing with the employees in labor management disputes.

What it reported doing in 2025

To negotiate and administer the CBA, handle member grievances, and perform duties as the exclusive representative in dealing with the employees in labor management disputes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 96% 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: 41
  • 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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th 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 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.