International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 275
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 380679214
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Coopersville, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6168377149
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,958,715
- Expenses
- $1,375,051
- Assets
- $3,294,240
- Liabilities
- $1,347
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GEOFF YONKERS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JONAS TALBOTT (BUSINESS MAN): $111,238 total reported compensation
- WALTER J CHRISTOPHERSEN (RECORDING SE): $100,115 total reported compensation
- GEOFF YONKERS (PRESIDENT): $100,115 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Collective bargaining and representation of local union 275 of the internation brotherhood of electrical workers. Hold title to property, collect income from that property and turn over the entire amount less expenses to ibew local union 275.
What it reported doing in 2025
Hold title to property, collect income from that property and turn over the entire amount less expenses to ibew local union 275 (organinzation exempt from income tax)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for affiliated organizations.
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.9%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.9% of revenue deployed · 68.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $944K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.