32Bj Seiu

Legal name: Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
130535740
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
212-388-3800
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,197,202
Expenses
$130,909,438
Assets
$82,083,485
Liabilities
$64,020,479

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

Leadership & pay

137 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMANUEL PASTREICH (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT HILL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROXANA RIVERA (ASSIST TO THE PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHIRLEY ALDEBOL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAIME CONTRERAS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMANUEL PASTREICH (PRESIDENT): $294,777 total reported compensation
  • JOHN SANTOS (SECRETARY TREASURER): $289,960 total reported compensation
  • KATCHEN LOCKE (GENERAL COUNSEL): $286,447 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

32BJ is 185,000 working men and women just like you joined together for dignity and respect on the job. Together, we fight for and win the higher wages, quality healthcare, protections at work and other benefits you need for your family and community to thrive. We also make the world a better place by being an organized voice for all working people — Black, brown, white – in pursuit of a more just society for present and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organized workers for the economic and social advancement of the conditions and status of the overall membership.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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: 73
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 68 of 119 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $295K · 137 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 154 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 29 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.