Western New York Area Labor Federation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161607266
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7168520375
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$356,694
Expenses
$295,040
Assets
$70,214
Liabilities
$256

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENISE ABBOTT - NEW 2025 (PRESIDENT)
  • PETER DE JESUS JR - PAST 2025 (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE BOLLMAN - NEW 2025 (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DENISE SZYMURA - PAST 2025 (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD LIPSITZ (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

Highest reported compensation

  • DENISE ABBOTT - NEW 2025 (PRESIDENT): $6,000 total reported compensation
  • PETER DE JESUS JR - PAST 2025 (PRESIDENT): $6,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See part iii question 4a

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization's primary purpose is to promote the objectives and policies of the afl-cio, promote and assist the organizing activities of affiliated labor unions of the afl-cio, provide cooperation and support to affiliated organizations in their common and individual endeavors, influence legislation concerning workers and organized labor, encourage workers to vote and exercise their rights of citizenship, and to serve as a means of exchange of information among affiliates on matters of common interest.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% 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: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -85.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 26 of 27 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 32 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.