San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

35 people listed

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

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

A membership organization providing training, leadership and support for local labor unions.

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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th 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: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Independent voting board: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 34 of 35 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 35 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 9 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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.