United Steelworkers 486 Local

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581084732
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Winder, GA, USA
Phone
6784258521
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,699
Expenses
$169,634
Assets
$174,373
Liabilities
$860

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTHONY WATTS (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFERY HECTOR (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANTHONY WATTS (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFERY HECTOR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EDDIE RAMEY (FINANCIAL SECRETARY)

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

Local steelworkers union

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.