The Civil Service Employees Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 140479613
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Albany, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5182571000
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $177,569,140
- Expenses
- $138,158,574
- Assets
- $565,857,527
- Liabilities
- $100,660,738
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
90 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JARVIS BROWN (REGION 1 PRESIDENT)
- KENNETH GREENLEAF (REGION 5 PRESIDENT)
- LESTER CROCKETT (REGION 2 PRESIDENT)
- MARY E SULLIVAN (PRESIDENT)
- SHANA DAVIS (REGION 4 PRESIDENT)
- STEPHEN HEALY (REGION 6 PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEWART-GOUVEIA (DIRECTOR): $229,365 total reported compensation
- SHARON LOVELADY-HALL (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO PRE): $222,543 total reported compensation
- PETER DIANA (DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL OPERA): $222,097 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See statementas working men and women - everyone and everywhere - we are our greatest resource. We organize and represent workers to ensure our voice is heard, our place at the table is kept, and the american dream is ours in the 21st century. As a labor union, we hold these values as our working principles - honesty: we are honest with ourselves and each other; inclusiveness: every group, every idea is welcomed; full participation: we encourage and expect full participation in all union matters; respect: we respect each other and honor our differences; diversity: we celebrate our diversity and use it to strengthen us; open communications: we listen and provide for open communication across all parts of our union and in all directions; accountability: we are accountable for our actions and decisions; fiscal responsibility: we conduct our business in a fiscally sound manner. As a labor union, we are committed to union democracy and we follow these values with integrity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote the organization of workers, to represent its members with respect to all terms and conditions of employment, to uphold and extend the principles of merit and fitness in employment, and to advance the interests of its members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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: 88
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.1%; rating input score 88; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.1; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 74 of 84 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $229K · 90 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 66 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.