Green Bay Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391182321
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Green Bay, WI, USA
Phone
9204684232
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$598,063
Expenses
$643,176
Assets
$1,220,298
Liabilities
$452,771

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENT BERGSTROM (PRESIDENT)
  • ABIE VANG (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID HARSWICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID HARSWICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $169,244 total reported compensation
  • BRENT BERGSTROM (PRESIDENT): $17,575 total reported compensation
  • EMILIE HEIL (MEMBER-AT-LARGE): $4,133 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission per the organization's website is: to unite our district and community through great public schools for all students by advocating for the profession and high quality, equitable education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Green bay education association is a labor association, which advocates respect and support for quality public education for all students and also promotes professional and personal growth and economic welfare for our public school teachers and support professionals.the objectives of the green bay education association shall be: to work for the welfare of school children, the advancement of education, and the improvement of instructional opportunities for all; to aid educators represented by this association, in obtaining improved wages, hours and working conditions; and to promote their economic and social needs by every lawful means; to promote high ethical and professional standards for the education profession; to provide for the education and economic, social, and cultural advancement of its members and for their mutual concern, aid and welfare; to further promote social justice and equity within our association, school district, and community; to encourage recruitment, participation and retention of educators who reflect the demographics of the local community; to enable members to speak with a common voice on matters pertaining to the education profession and to present their individual and common interests before the board of education and other legal authorities; to develop among the profession and the public a better understanding of the issues and problems in the area of educators' rights; to advance the civil and academic rights of the education profession; to encourage all educators, regardless of such factors as race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, and other factors identified by law as subjects of illegal discrimination, to share equally in the full benefits of this organization; to secure legislation which will safeguard and promote the principle of free bargaining, and the rights of educators, and to oppose legislation hostile to these objectives; to promote and use all appropriate media, to advance and protect the education profession and the individual rights of the members of the profession through education and other lawful means; to safeguard the democratic character of the association for the protection of the rights of the education profession, and its individual members, through the organization of this association; to encourage educators to register and vote, and to exercise their full rights and responsibilities of citizenship and to perform their rightful part in the political life of local, state and national communities, while preserving the independence of the educators and the education profession from political control. And to engage in political activity permitted to a labor organization by law in furtherance of the objectives set forth in this article; to promote the human and civil rights, social justice, and educational welfare with equitable access for all students; to promote the improvement of instruction by supporting culturally and linguistically responsive curricula and instruction; to work towards the improvement of professional development with equity at the forefront.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% 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: 75
  • Accountability: 53
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.