Construction Employers Assn of Calif
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680090150
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Walnut Creek, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9259308184
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,491,526
- Expenses
- $2,528,502
- Assets
- $17,314,247
- Liabilities
- $16,898
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN O'RIORDAN (Vice President)
- ROB McLEAN (Vice President)
- JON FOAD (President)
People named in this filing
- MARK CARNATHAN (Director)
- AARON ALHADY (Director)
- BLAIR ALLISON (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To enhance the growth, profitability and success of cea member firms by being the premier association in northern California representing union commercial building contractors in collective bargaining and labor relations matters. In addition, cea administers and funds other select building industry programs to support, protect and promote the interests of its members and the unionized building industry.
What it reported doing in 2024
Representation of contractors in the construction industry who are signatory to one or more collective bargaining agreements with labor organizations that are affiliated with the building and construction trades department of the afl-cio and /or the united brotherhood of carpenters and joiners of america.managed and represented association members in their labor relations concerns including contract negotiations with union officials, contract interpretation and grievance matters. Prepared and distributed labor relations bulletins to association membership.administered and/or supported certain programs with funds provided, in whole or in part, by the builders industry promotion trust, the California builders advancement program, the carpenter employers contract administration trust fund, the laboreres contract administration and market preservation trust fund, and the operating engineers contract administration trust fund, and the cea/cement masons contract administration trust fund.such programs include administration of and / or contributions of$22,702 to the building industry salary survey$89,266 to the safety forum$172,080 to the legislative program$231,842 to the construction management university program$10,000 to the carpenters scholarship foundation$10,000 to the laborers scholarship foundation
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.3%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.85; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.3% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $335K reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 13 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.