Painters and Allied Trades Labor- Management Cooperation Initiative
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 526776506
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hanover, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4105645900
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,599,282
- Expenses
- $10,986,940
- Assets
- $15,607,248
- Liabilities
- $630,267
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTON RUESING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TIMOTHY STRICKER (DIRECTOR (P)): $321,704 total reported compensation
- ANTON RUESING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $296,401 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER SCHEILBLEIN (HELPING HAND DIRECTOR): $224,261 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization was established under the national labor relations act, sec. 302(c)(9) and the labor-management cooperation act of 1974 to advance the collectively-bargained finishing industries through communication, trust, and mutual respect between the international union of painters and allied trades, afl-cio (iupat), the finishing contractors association, and the signatory employers of iupat. The organization is the: (1) primary resource for the leader education, knowledge exchange, and networking that improves the capabilities of the unionized finishing industry's workforce. (2) recognized leader of a labor-management cooperative approach to advance the collectively-bargained finishing industry; and (3) driving force in expanding the cooperative initiatives to additional finishing industry association and union entities at all levels.
What it reported doing in 2024
Industry advocacy - developed and launched a comprehensive marketing and promotion campaign focused on enhancing iupat signatory contractors' market share. Developed and deployed a marketing campaign focused on increasing the number of contractors and craftworkers taking part in industry certifications and contractor quality management programs designed to increase contractors competitiveness. Developed an online platform to distribute newly created brochures and other marketing collateral. Held industry workgroups focused on targeted industry issues and problem solving, identified by a collaborative effort between labor and management.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% 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: 55
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 86.5%; rating input score 86; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -14.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% 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: 20 of 20 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $322K · 26 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.3M reported
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 27 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.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.