American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs
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What it says it does
LABOR COUNCIL
- Income
- $70,734
- Spending
- $91,826
- Highest pay
- $7,200, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- THE EASTERN CONNECTICUT AREA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO REPRESENTS OVER 25,000 MEMBERS OF 70 UNIONS THROUGHOUT NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT.THE MISSION OF THE EASTERN CONNECTICUT AREA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKING FAMILIES TO BRING ECONOMIC JUSTICE TO THE WORKPLACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO OUR STATE AND THE NATION.TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, WE WORK TO:BUILD A BROAD MOVEMENT OF CONNECTICUT WORKERS BY HELPING WORKERS JOIN AND FORM UNIONS.SUPPORT CONNECTICUT WORKERS AS THEY BARGAIN WITH EMPLOYERS TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS AND WORKPLACES, AS WELL AS THEIR COMMUNITIES, STATE AND NATION.STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF CONNECTICUT WORKING FAMILIES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY.THE EASTERN CONNECTICUT AREA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO IS A KEY PART OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND STRONGEST LABOR FEDERATION THE AFL-CIO, WHICH UNITES 10.5 MILLION WORKING WOMEN AND MEN OF EVERY RACE AND ETHNICITY AND FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1958.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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