New York State Public Employees Federation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132808635
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Albany, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5187851900
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $48,051,840
- Expenses
- $46,808,108
- Assets
- $39,228,073
- Liabilities
- $25,387,805
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
129 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRUCE GIDDINGS (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- DARLENE WILLIAMS (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- RANDI DIANTONIO (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- SHARON DESILVA (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- WAYNE SPENCE (PRESIDENT)
- TODD KERNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- EDWARD GREENE (GENERAL COUNSEL): $305,797 total reported compensation
- JOSEPH COCCI (DIRECTOR OF MIS): $272,403 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER LEO (CHIEF OF STAFF): $271,047 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Nys public employees federation (pef) is a union representing the professional, scientific, and technical employees of New York state and several other public agencies. Pef exists to promote the welfare of its members by representing them with respect to all terms and conditions of employment. Pef shall support and defend the concepts of individual merit and ethical performance as criteria for public service employees in order to best promote efficient delivery of services to the citizens of New York state. Pef recognizes that all power ultimately resides in the sovereignty of the citizens and shall therefore insist that the government operate to serve and not dominate its citizens. Similarly, it recognizes that pef exists as sole bargaining agent for its members because of the mandate of this constituency and is hereby bound to serve the interests of its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Self governing unit representing predominantly the professional, scientific, and technical employees of the state of New York. Approximately 54,000 members with an additional 4,400 non members who opted out of, or did not join, the union and do not receive certain benefits.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 120 of 120 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $306K · 129 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $830K reported
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.