Ohio Laborers Benefits
Legal name: Ohio Laborers Disctict Council Ohio Contractors Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 316052984
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Westerville, OH, United States
- Phone
- 800-236-6437
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $215,154,384
- Expenses
- $212,770,080
- Assets
- $222,329,479
- Liabilities
- $1,044,375
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Robert Richardson (Chairman)
- Scott Erick (Board member)
- Ralph Cole (Board member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ohio Laborers Benefits provides quality insurance, pension, and annuity benefits for LIUNA Construction Craft Laborers in Ohio, as well as parts of Kentucky and West Virginia. Pension – The Laborers’ District Council and Contractors’ Pension Fund of Ohio has provided retirement benefits to its members for over 50 years. The Pension Fund is well-funded and has achieved a “Green Zone” certification every year. Approximately $14.5 million are paid monthly to retired members and beneficiaries. Insurance – The Ohio Laborers’ District Council – Ohio Contractors’ Association Insurance Fund provides high-quality health and welfare coverage for eligible members. This group health plan covers more tha.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Funds purpose is to provide its members and their families health and welfare benefits. For 2023 members served was approximately 16,000.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 96.4% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $202.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.