Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390189278
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Madison, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6084223277
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $262,580
- Expenses
- $222,415
- Assets
- $280,863
- Liabilities
- $6,642
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SPENCER STATZ (VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT (BEG JUNE))
- SCOTT BARTZ (PRESIDENT (THRU JUNE))
- DAVID BRANSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025))
- TRACEY SUNDQUIST-GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG NOV 2024))
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID BRANSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)): $29,240 total reported compensation
- TRACEY SUNDQUIST-GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG NOV 2024)): $19,963 total reported compensation
- ADAM GIFFORD (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $1,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We have gathered together to form the building and construction trades council of south central Wisconsin because workers engaged in the building and construction industry deserve a decent standard of living. Our council is dedicated in the knowledge that in unity there is strength and in that unity we strive to improve wages as well as secure, safe and healthful working conditions, organize the unorganized, advance apprenticeship training, and in other ways make better the lives of workers in the trades and their families while serving the public by providing the highest quality and value in all of the building projects on which we are engaged.
What it reported doing in 2024
The building and construction trades council of south central Wisconsin is a labor organization consisting of affiliated local unions that represent skilled trades workers who are involved in all aspects of building and construction.the highly trained and skilled workforce affiliated with the council include representatives from the following trades: boilermakers, bricklayers & allied craftworkers, carpenters, construction laborers, electricians, elevator constructors, glassworkers, glaziers, heat & frost insulators, iron workers, masons, millwrights, operating engineers, operative plasters and cement finishers, painters, pile drivers, plumbers, roofers, sheet metal workers, steamfitters and teamsters.building trades council of south central Wisconsin is comprised of 17 local building trades unions representing more than 6,000 building trades members who live and work in our seven county area. Our members lead projects that generate local jobs and revenue while building community partnerships and helping to maintain our communities and infrastructure.union building tradesmen and tradeswomen have a proven track record when it comes to cost effectiveness, safety, high quality and on-time completion of building projects. We take pride in serving our communities and upholding the tradition of american building excellence.we build our workforce by fostering pride, performance, and professionalism in the trades. Through apprenticeship programs, we offer opportunities to earn while you learn, providing training that prepares our members for life-long career opportunities. We also strive to ensure that the construction industry offers financially satisfying and personally rewarding career paths for all workers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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 verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.