Production Workers and Sign Council of the Sheet Metal Workers' International A

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113093418
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6082575757
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$252,329
Expenses
$290,761
Assets
$97,286
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK EVANS (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVE HOLZER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAL ROHDE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT GOUGEON (VICE PRESIDENT (THRU MAY))
  • SCOTT KNOCKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARIO VEGA (VICE PRESIDENT (THRU MID-DECEMBER))

Highest reported compensation

  • DEREK EVANS (PRESIDENT): $1,200 total reported compensation
  • JESSE BUELL (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $1,200 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To adjust any differences that may arise between affiliated local unions; enact rules for the benefit of their present and future; encourage the use of the union label of our craft; promote all programs endorsed and recommended by the international association; endeavor to establish improved working conditions and wages in each manufacturing facility represented by our local union.

What it reported doing in 2025

We pledge ourselves to the more effective organization of working men and women to the securing to them full recognition and enjoyment of the rights to which they are justly entitled; to the achievement of even higher standards of living and working conditions; to familiarize new business manager, business representatives and stewards, in art of negotiations and service to the members; to work collectively to educate the public in the fundamentals of unionism; to promote unionism throughout the united states of america, canada and all other industrialized nations; to the strengthening and extension of the democratic principles that are the basis of our society. Be it at the collective bargaining table or in the community, we, in exercising our rights and responsibilities, shall serve the best interest of the people of the united states and canada, or any other nation that citizens become part of our organization in the future. We shall confront resolutely, the forces which seek to undermine the democratic institutions of our nations and enslave the human soul. We shall strive always to win full respect for the dignity of the human individuals served by our union. All chartered local unions that represent production and sign workers, throughout the united states, canada and the rest of the world that belong to the sheet metal workers international association, are invited to affiliate so that we are readily adjust any differences that may arise between affiliated local unions; enact rules for the benefit of their present and future; encourage the use of the union label of our craft; promote all programs endorsed and recommended by the international association; endeavor to establish improved working conditions and wages in each manufacturing facility represented by our local union.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 83
  • Accountability: 59
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.2%; rating input score 94; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.