United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union No 9

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410588577
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Austin, MN, USA
Phone
5074378647
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Labor Unions

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,122,709
Expenses
$1,040,313
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD MORGAN (PRESIDENT - PAST)
  • TERRY WOLFGRAM (1ST VICE PRESIDENT - PAST)
  • RODNEY RYKS (2ND VICE PRESIDENT - PAST)
  • RON ROSS (4TH VICE PRESIDENT - PAST)
  • MICHAEL KARNES (5TH VICE PRESIDENT - PAST)
  • ABRAHAM JOK (7TH VICE PRESIDENT - PAST)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIMOTHY SCHAEFER (SECRETARY/TREASURER - PAST): $98,648 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD MORGAN (PRESIDENT - PAST): $84,404 total reported compensation
  • CLAUDIA AMBRIZ (7TH VICE PRESIDENT - PAST): $58,513 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Labor union

What it reported doing in 2021

The objectives of this local union shall be the elevation of the position of its members. To conduct a local union of persons engaged in the performance of work within the jurisdiction; to organize, unite and assist persons for the purpose of improving wages, hours, benefits and working conditions.

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: 77
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -66.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.