American Federation of Teachers 2881 Aft
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237365368
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- N Syracuse, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3154585562
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,111,781
- Expenses
- $971,829
- Assets
- $2,392,923
- Liabilities
- $138,044
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN KURYLA (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID BABIKIAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LINDA CONGDON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN KURYLA (PRESIDENT): $13,666 total reported compensation
- MINDY BRISTOL (TA PRES): $5,130 total reported compensation
- CAROL GOEHNER (PRES APPT): $4,456 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Labor union to advance the teaching standards of its members' profession, to secure conditions necessary to provide the greatest rewards in the work environment, and to promote the welfare and well-being of its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Activites related to union members, including dues paid in by members, paid out to state organizations, and other related activites.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 28
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $905K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.