American Postal Workers Union
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 840611132
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7175705508
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Labor Unions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,587
- Expenses
- $124,344
- Assets
- $252,922
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert A Preston (President)
- Vicki Carios (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Robert A Preston (President)
- Vicki Carios (Vice President)
- Leola Lowery (Editor)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Union-Labor Organization-Representing workers rights
What it reported doing in 2015
We represent workers rights through the grievance process. We have a membership of approximately 412 and by law represent non-members.The expenses related to our purpose is detailed in the other line items.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.8%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 19
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 65% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.8% of revenue deployed · 19.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 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 17/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.