Service Employees International Union
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What it says it does
NYS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FEDERATION (PEF) IS A UNION REPRESENTING THE PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES OF NEW YORK STATE AND SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES. PEF EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS BY REPRESENTING THEM WITH RESPECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. PEF SHALL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONCEPTS OF INDIVIDUAL MERIT AND ETHICAL PERFORMANCE AS CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO BEST PROMOTE EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK STATE. PEF RECOGNIZES THAT ALL POWER ULTIMATELY RESIDES IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CITIZENS AND SHALL THEREFORE INSIST THAT THE GOVERNMENT OPERATE TO SERVE AND NOT DOMINATE ITS CITIZENS. SIMILARLY, IT RECOGNIZES THAT PEF EXISTS AS SOLE BARGAINING AGENT FOR ITS MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE MANDATE OF THIS CONSTITUENCY AND IS HEREBY BOUND TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS.
- Income
- $48.1 million
- Spending
- $46.8 million
- Employees
- 190
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $305,797, general counsel
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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)
- SELF GOVERNING UNIT REPRESENTING PREDOMINANTLY THE PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. APPROXIMATELY 54,000 MEMBERS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4,400 NON MEMBERS WHO OPTED OUT OF, OR DID NOT JOIN, THE UNION AND DO NOT RECEIVE CERTAIN BENEFITS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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 March 2025.
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 November 1943.
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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