Unite Here

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133819434
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, US
Phone
212-265-7000
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,542,707
Expenses
$127,156,400
Assets
$210,710,083
Liabilities
$46,205,972

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONALD R TAYLOR (PRESIDENT (THRU 03/24))
  • GWENDOLYN MILLS (SECR-TREAS/PRESIDENT (AS OF 03/24))
  • SUSAN M MINATO (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN KENT (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARLENE PATRICK-COOPER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEREMY HAICKEN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DONALD R TAYLOR (PRESIDENT (THRU 03/24)): $367,261 total reported compensation
  • GWENDOLYN MILLS (SECR-TREAS/PRESIDENT (AS OF 03/24)): $269,600 total reported compensation
  • PHILIP J DAUGHERTY (EXECUTIVE VP (THRU 06/24)): $237,431 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

UNITE HERE is a labor union representing workers in the hospitality, gaming, food service, and related industries across the United States and Canada. The union fights for fair wages, benefits, health and safety, and equity and civil rights for its members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Administrative and governance: governance of unite here, conventions, general executive board meetings and expenses, and administration of the constitution and bylaws; internal administration of unite here including formulating policy, financial administration, and maintenance of membership status; education and training for affiliated unions' officers and employees; per capita tax or fees paid to a labor organization and litigation costs and professional fees incurred to support internal governance. In june 2024, unite here held its convention and election of officers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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: 69
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

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: 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 9 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $367K · 31 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.4M reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 79 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 67 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.