International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 696

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
346555538
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Wellsville, OH, USA
Phone
3308313718
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,239
Expenses
$111,697
Assets
$70,372
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lanny Walker (President)
  • Jacob Crawford (Past V.President-Workers Comp Rep)

People named in this filing

  • Greg Verhovec (Business Manager)
  • Lanny Walker (President)
  • Jacob Crawford (Past V.President-Workers Comp Rep)

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

Our membership within Local Union 696 is part of the IBEW AFL-CIO Labor organization, including all officers responsible for full representation of the membership in its entirely within L.U. 696. The objects of this Local Union shall be to promote, by all proper means the material and intellectual welfare of its members and to promote a fraternal and friendly feeling among the electrical craft and the Ohio Power Company system. This is done through collective bargaining to secure better working conditions, wages and other similar benefits, including but not limited to lockouts, death, sickness & accidents.

What it reported doing in 2025

"The last calendar day, 12/31/25, our membership within L.U. 696 represented a total of 84 members; including officers, executive board members, stewards, and all other members. We successfully represented every employee according to the agreement between IBEW L.U. 696 & the Ohio Power Company. In doing so, we could guarantee a safe and equitable workplace by making sure the welfare & wages of our membership, as agreed upon in our bargained contract, was adhered to by all parties involved."

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 91.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 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: 10 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.