Office and Professional Employees International Union
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What it says it does
TO ORGANIZE ALL UNORGANIZED PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, OFFICE AND CLERICAL EMPLOYEES, TO SECURE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ITS MEMBERS CONSISTENT WITH IDEAS OF FAIR WAGES AND BENEFITS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE HARMONIOUS RELATIONS BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OUR EMPLOYERS TO RENDER ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO OUR FELLOW MEMBERS IN THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS (AFL-CIO) AND TO HAVE, IN GENERAL, THE SAME AIMS AND PURPOSES AS THE INTERNATIONAL UNION (INTERNATIONAL UNION OR OPEIU) PROVIDES FOR ITS CONSTITUTION IN THE INTEREST OF ALL PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, OFFICE AND CLERICAL EMPLOYEES.
- Income
- $4.9 million
- Spending
- $4.5 million
- Employees
- 59
- Highest pay
- $350,369, exec directo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 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 July 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 July 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 (3)
- $1.1 million spent. PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO MEMBERS IN MATTERS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT TO ESTABLISH PROPER WAGES, CONDITIONS AND HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYERS AND TO FULFILL AND REQUIRE OBSERVANCE THEREOF.
- $3.4 million spent. TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER GOODWILL AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF THIS UNION AND ITS MEMBERS BY ACTIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED, SPONSORING ACTIVITIES THAT CONSERVE THE INTERESTS OF THIS UNION AND SERVE ITS MEMBERSHIP, AND PROVIDING DONATIONS TO SUPPORT LABOR FRIENDLY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
- TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER GOODWILL AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF THIS UNION AND ITS MEMBERS BY ACTIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED, SPONSORING ACTIVITIES THAT CONSERVE THE INTERESTS OF THIS UNION AND SERVE ITS MEMBERSHIP, AND PROVIDING DONATIONS TO SUPPORT LABOR FRIENDLY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 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 November 6, 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 July 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 April 1946.
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 November 4, 2026.
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