South St Paul Teachers Association Local #861

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416084259
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
South Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6514579410
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,851
Expenses
$44,556
Assets
$210,061
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jill Croonquist (Union President)
  • Teresa Tonda (Union Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jill Croonquist (Union President)
  • Teresa Tonda (Union Vice President)
  • Emily Seaberg (Union Secretary Recorder)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To represent and unify South Saint Paul Teachers Association Local 861 members. We work to support Education Minnesota, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, and other educational associations.

What it reported doing in 2024

861 LOCAL SOUTH ST PAUL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION is a union engaging in the following activities for its members: 1. Collective Bargaining - the organization is the exclusive representative of its members. Collective bargaining takes place with the school district every two years. Contract administration/labor relations: Local 861 ensures its contract with the District 6 is followed. It represents its members in labor discussions with the district throughout the year. It also represents its members on any labor-management committees set up by the district. 2. Member protection -Local 861 and its state affiliate, Education Minnesota, provides legal services, liability insurance, and grievance representation for its members as needed throughout the year. 3. Member workshops and meetings - Local 861 meets with its governance and members on a regular basis. The organization also offers training and professional development opportunities to its members throughout the year. Training and professional development could include topics such as negotiator training, updates on legislative initiatives affecting schools or employees, or health insurance. Some trainings, such as leadership training, are offered by the state affiliate, Education Minnesota.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.71; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.