Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 136

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
350722973
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Evansville, IN, USA
Phone
8124238043
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,109,273
Expenses
$3,944,396
Assets
$6,684,603
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN BATES (BUSINESS MGR): $165,500 total reported compensation
  • SETH CARNES (ASST BUS AG/): $141,095 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW FALKENSTEIN (BUSINESS AGT): $140,495 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Labor union-betterment of members

What it reported doing in 2025

Job promotion fund--funds collected from general membership and paid to contractors who apply for subsidy when bidding against open shop contractors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 48% for direct work, 0% for grants, 35% for affiliated organizations, and 17% for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 19 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $166K · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.