Philadelphia Joint Boardworkers United

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
230971735
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2157519770
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,885,139
Expenses
$1,947,418
Assets
$7,522,236
Liabilities
$159,198

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL DRAPER (PRESIDENT/EXEC. BOARD)

Highest reported compensation

  • SANDRA MINTER (ASSISTANT MANAGER): $112,870 total reported compensation
  • ANNE MARIE ZAREN (SECTY-TREAS.): $111,316 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL DRAPER (PRESIDENT/EXEC. BOARD): $77,162 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of philadelphia joint board, workers united is to organize, supervise and coordinate activities and affairs of its affilated local unions; to improve the wages and hours of work, to increase job security and to better the working and living conditions of the members of its affiliated local unions; to establish and maintain collective bargaining with employers within its jurisdiction; to promote health and safety and to provide facilities for advancing the cultural, educational, social, and recreational interests of workers and their families; to defend and extend democratic institutions and procedures and the civil rights and liberties of the members of its affiliated local unions and others; to give assistance and encouragement in organizing workers and to engage in such other activities as may be necessary or proper to strengthen the labor movement and to extend the processes of collective bargaining throughout all trades and industries.

What it reported doing in 2025

To organize all workers for the economic, moral and social advancement of their condition and status.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% 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: 92
  • Accountability: 40
  • Sustainability: 42
  • 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; 63rd 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: 28.6%; rating input score 29; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -3.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.86; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 2 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.