Seiu Education and Support Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521761037
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Northampton, MA, USA
Phone
2069997844
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Academic Exchange

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,013,447
Expenses
$27,390,223
Assets
$18,499,921
Liabilities
$1,281,424

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KURSTEN HOLABIRD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KURSTEN HOLABIRD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $231,588 total reported compensation
  • LAURA STRAVINO (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $199,659 total reported compensation
  • SARAH FOWLER (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CHILDCARE): $188,198 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Esf provides education and training programs to empower workers, raise standards, and promote high-quality jobs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided labor-aligned training that helps underappreciated workers like child care educators, janitors and social workers gain the skills, confidence, and community they need to thrive. In child care: provided high-impact, worker-centered professional development and training for family child care educators across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and California. Made strides to increase the number of family child care educators serving their communities via pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways to enter the field. Provided leadership development opportunities via peer mentorship, peer leadership, and peer facilitator roles as well as through learning cohorts and expanded language access for trainings - in total, training was provided in 13 languages. In human services: surpassed $1 million in total scholarships awarded to ma public sector workers and their dependents since 2021, while continuing to provide high impact, worker-centered, professional development and training series, online learning, and individual and group (workplace-based) grants. In property services: continued and expanded green janitor programming in seven states while continuing sexual-assault prevention training. Launched first english skills program for janitors in partnership with portland community college. Launched new pilot initiatives, including a fast food training program for over 500,000 workers in los angeles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -44.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $232K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.8M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.