N J State Bldg & Const Trades Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

17 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Organize and assist labor unions and councils throughout the state in promoting union labor.

The organization promotes union labor throughout New Jersey.

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 0 of 17 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $265K reported
Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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.

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

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.