International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
366001415
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7738750437
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Business and Industry

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,880
Expenses
$121,123
Assets
$103,866
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Verhoeve (President)
  • Frank Bilotto (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Verhoeve (President)
  • Frank Bilotto (Vice President)
  • Carlos Villasenor (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since obtaining its charter on September 15, 1918, IBEW Local 794 has and will continue to seek to better the working conditions of workers in the railroad branch of the electrical industry within its jurisdiction, to improve the grade of their work product, and to enhance the efficiency of the electrical work they perform through the following activities: (i) bargaining collectively with employers; (ii) organizing workers; (iii) promoting reasonable methods of work; (iv) cultivating feelings of friendship among those in the electrical industry; (v) settling disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible); (vi) assisting members in sickness and distress; (vii) assisting members in securing employment; (viii) securing adequate pay and other similar benefits for members' work; (ix) seeking a higher and higher standard of living for members; and (x) seeking security for members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Since obtaining its charter on September 15, 1918, IBEW Local 794 has and will continue to seek to better the working conditions of workers in the railroad branch of the electrical industry within its jurisdiction, to improve the grade of their work product, and to enhance the efficiency of the electrical work they perform through the following activities: (i) bargaining collectively with employers; (ii) organizing workers; (iii) promoting reasonable methods of work; (iv) cultivating feelings of friendship among those in the electrical industry; (v) settling disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible); (vi) assisting members in sickness and distress; (vii) assisting members in securing employment; (viii) securing adequate pay and other similar benefits for members' work; (ix) seeking a higher and higher standard of living for members; and (x) seeking security for members. As part of its exempt mission, IBEW Local 794 also seeks by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of its members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.