Architectual Metal Trainee School for 63 and the Iron League of Chicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

8 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To provide industry training of ironworkers of local #63.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 83% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -15.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.56; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $276K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.