International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 659

Overview

Mission

The objects of the international brotherhood of electrical workers are: to organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the local union 659 jurisdiction of the united states and canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions, to promote reasonable methods of work, to cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry, to settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible), to assist each other in sickness or distress, to secure employment, to reduce the hours of daily labor, to secure adequate pay for our work, to seek a higher and higher standard of living, to seek security for the individual, and by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.

Operating model

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 verdict

REVIEW - 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: 56
• Accountability: 18
• Sustainability: 55
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
• Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 12 of 14 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 2 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
• High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 40/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.