Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410833701
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6125290621
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,081,428
Expenses
$4,081,462
Assets
$1,668,095
Liabilities
$233,617

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CATINA NEAL TAYLOR ESP LOCAL 59 (ESP PRESIDEN): $12,500 total reported compensation
  • TEQUILA LARAMEE BETHUNE (JOINT TREASU): $3,500 total reported compensation
  • MIKEL HERB SANFORD (ESP 2ND VP): $3,300 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We exist to ensure that all students learn. We support their growth into knowledgeable, skilled, and confident citizens capable of succeeding in their work, personal, and family lives into the 21st century. Mft represents its membership, negotiates three contracts, and works to improve the material conditions for learning in our public schools.

What it reported doing in 2023

The minneapolis federation of teachers and esp (education support professionals), local 59, is the exclusive representative of the teachers and educational assistants employed by the minneapolis schools. We work in collaboration with the minneapolis public schools to provide high quality education to the children and families of minneapolis. We have been serving the needs of our members since 1919. We are proud of our members and of what they do. They are among the best educators in the country. We are affiliates of the american federation of teachers, the afl-cio, and education Minnesota. We are also founding members of the teacher union reform network (turn), and a network of the most progressive teacher unions in the country. The mission of the minneapolis federation of teachers, afl- cio, improves the lives of our members and their families, gives voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, strengthens the institutions in which we work, improves the quality of the services we provide, brings together all members to assist and support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% 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

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 24 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.