Office and Professional Employees International Union
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What it says it does
TO ORGANIZE ALL UNORGANIZED OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL, AND CLERICAL WORKERS; TO SECURE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ITS WORKERS CONSONANT WITH IDEALS OF FAIR WAGES; TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE HARMONIOUS RELATIONS BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OUR EMPLOYERS; TO RENDER ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS; AND TO HAVE, IN GENERAL, THE SAME AIMS AND PURPOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION AS PROVIDED FOR IN ITS CONSTITUTION IN THE INTEREST OF ALL OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL, AND CLERICAL WORKERS.
- Income
- $4.6 million
- Spending
- $4.5 million
- Employees
- 27
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $236,056, president/business manager
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 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 October 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 October 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 (3)
- OPEIU LOCAL 277 REPRESENTS UNION MEMBERS IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ON BEHALF OF WORKERS WITH MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE WORKERS' EMPLOYER.
- OPEIU PARTICIPATES IN THE SETTLEMENT OF GRIEVANCES OF WORKERS WITH MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYER FOR THEIR MEMBERS.
- OPEIU 277 COORDINATES AND PARTICIPATES IN ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS FOR GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTES FOR THEIR MEMBERS WITH MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYER.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 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 October 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 April 1946.
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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