Utility Workers Union of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131122317
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125754400
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,007,594
Expenses
$10,979,408
Assets
$15,879,646
Liabilities
$7,269,273

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

Leadership & pay

53 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANK MORALES (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS A MARTIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES SHILLITTO (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM SMITH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRANK MORALES (PRESIDENT): $273,879 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS A MARTIN (VICE PRESIDENT): $267,372 total reported compensation
  • STEVEN D'AURIA (SECRETARY TREASURER): $257,149 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Local 1-2 represents workers in collective bargining with utility companies operating the the New York city area and westchecter.

What it reported doing in 2025

The local 1-2 union represents approximately 7800 members in collective bargining with employers with respect to wages, benefits and working conditions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 30 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $274K · 53 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $399K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 53 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.