Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
826001298
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fielding, UT, USA
Phone
8013886676
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,045
Expenses
$118,016
Assets
$98,007
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ryley Linn (Local President)
  • Garrett Fromm (First Vice President)
  • Matthew Rogerson (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Ryley Linn (Local President)
  • Garrett Fromm (First Vice President)
  • Shea Stephens (Trustee)

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

Labor Union. To represent all members of The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.

What it reported doing in 2025

Labor Union representing Signal employees working for Union Pacific Railroad. Duties include, but are not limited to: unjust treatment cases, bargaining, filing claims, ensuring the national agreement is followed, hold regular union meetings, monitor seniority and make adjustments where needed, maintain and update local bylaws, hold local officer elections, file taxes and manage financial responsibilities, monitor job openings and make sure they are handled correctly, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 54
  • Growth: 100

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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th 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 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.