Building Trades Welfare Benefit Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

2 people listed

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

To provide health and welfare benefits to eligible members and their dependents.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 99% 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; 62nd 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: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: -120% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $157K · 2 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.