International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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What it says it does
TO ORGANIZE ALL WORKERS IN THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, INCLUDING ALL THOSE IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING, INTO LOCAL UNIONS; TO PROMOTE REASONABLE METHODS OF WORK; TO CULTIVATE FEELINGS OF FRIENDSHIP AMONG THOSE OF OUR INDUSTRY; TO SETTLE ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES BY ARBITRATION (IF POSSIBLE); TO ASSIST EACH OTHER IN SICKNESS OR DISTRESS; TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT; TO REDUCE THE HOURS OF DAILY LABOR; TO SECURE ADEQUATE PAY FOR OUR WORK; TO SEEK A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING; TO SEEK SECURITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL; AND BY LEGAL AND PROPER MEANS, TO ELEVATE THE MORAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS, IN THE INTEREST OF A HIGHER STANDARD OF CITIZENSHIP.
- Income
- $2.1 million
- Spending
- $1.5 million
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $169,842, business manager
Source: Form 990 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 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)
- AMONG THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION ARE (1) SOCIAL FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GROUP INTERACTION FOLLOWING, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH, LOCAL UNION MEETINGS AND TO PROVIDE MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION, (2) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING THE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION, (3) MEMORIALS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS, RETIREES, COMMUNITIES, WHICH IN TURN HELPS OUR MEMBERS.
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1940.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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