Communications Workers of America Local 4501

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

11 people listed

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

Promoting labor union organization

Revenue model: Earned-program. 96% 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: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 54.5%; rating input score 55; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 6 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 11 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 5 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.

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

High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 55/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.