Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council Afl-cio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
226064516
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
West Berlin, NJ, USA
Phone
8567674001
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,749
Expenses
$68,113
Assets
$71,525

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SAM FERRAINO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SAM FERRAINO (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIO CERRITO (SECRETARY-TR)
  • MIKE FORDS (EXEC VP)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the southern New Jersey central labor council, afl-cio is to improve the lives of working families - to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation. To accomplish this mission, we work to: 1. Build a broad movement of workers by helping workers join and form unions. 2. Support workers as they bargain with employers to improve their living conditions and workplaces, as well as their communities, state and nation. 3. Strengthen the voice of New Jersey working families at all levels of government by continuing to build on our labor candidates program.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support workers as they bargain with employers to improve their living conditions and workplaces, as well as their communities, state, and nation. Strengthen the voice of New Jersey working families at all levels of government by continuing to build on our labor candidates program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.3%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.3% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.