Eastern Contractors Association INC

Not tax-deductible

Albany, NY501(c)(6)Since 1958EIN 14-1438951Revenue $1.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSecainc.org6 Airline Dr, 12205-1051 · Albany, NYTax-exempt since Mar 1960

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To promote the interests of the construction industry.

55¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$363K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $212K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
55%
of spending
Worth a look: 55% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$363K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $850
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$323K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
55%
Net assets
$4.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$4.1M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$4.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1960.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

55 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 55% · $941K Management & general 45% · $761K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

26 people listed on the 990; $363K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$245,015Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$118,473Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Todd Helfrich$245,015$230,117$226,310$198,554$197,172$186,094
Laura Regan$118,473—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for the construction industry's interests.

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3 programs · $664K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Assisting and representing contractors involved in labor negotiations

$471Kprogram expense
02

Provide electronic plan room.

$110Kprogram expense
03

Upstate masonry institute administration

$83Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2021
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$850

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$460K
Investment incomeLn 3$112K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$941K
Managementcol C$761K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$374K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$323K
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$42K
Investment incomeLn 3$112K
Other incomeLn 4–11$460K
Gains on assetsLn 7$35K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$350K
SavingsLn 2$24K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$374K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$323K
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$371K$374K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$482K$323K
Net assetsLn 32$3.8M$4.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$299K$254K$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$442K$218K$223K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$32K$14K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$6K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$51K$31K$20K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$77K$77K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$12K$12K
Investment management feesLn 11f$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$30K$30K
Office expensesLn 13$53K$53K
OccupancyLn 16$67K$67K
TravelLn 17$38K$28K$10K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$77K$64K$13K
InterestLn 20$9K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$69K$69K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$10K$588
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$255K$166K$89K
All other expensesLn 24e$116K$99K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.7M$941K$761K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.7M$237K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.7M$1.4M$266K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$1.5M$246K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.5M$114K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.4M$159K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.5M$1.3M$250K$3.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,938,814 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,195,097$1,325,312
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $29,103$42,177
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $77,916$111,704
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $394,091$459,621
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,696,207$1,938,814
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,000$5,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $731,943$855,174
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $693,086$841,860
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,430,029$1,702,034
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $266,178$236,780
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,938,814 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $29,081 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$1,325,312
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,325,312
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,347 · Unrelated business $14,830$42,177
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $76,632$76,632
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $60,832$60,832
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $35,072$35,072
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $369,708$369,708
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $486,968 · Unrelated business $14,830 · Excluded from tax $111,704$1,938,814
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,702,034 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,000$5,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $253,761 · Management $44,782$298,543
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $218,111 · Management $223,429$441,540
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,173 · Management $17,544$31,717
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,444 · Management $25,967$32,411
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,524 · Management $20,439$50,963
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,124$3,124
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $77,269$77,269
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $12,000$12,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $25,391$25,391
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $29,530$29,530
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $53,197$53,197
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $67,274$67,274
IX-17 TravelPrograms $28,436 · Management $9,853$38,289
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $64,019 · Management $13,245$77,264
IX-20 InterestManagement $8,688$8,688
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $68,555$68,555
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,062 · Management $588$10,650
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $166,397 · Management $88,514$254,911
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $99,088 · Management $16,630$115,718
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $940,669 · Management $761,365 · Fundraising $0$1,702,034
Part X · Balance sheet $4,398,943 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $50,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $252,408$349,633
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $119,025$24,144
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,653,514$1,572,053
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,194,039$2,378,263
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $24,850$24,850
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,293,836$4,398,943
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,755$28,114
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $13,140$36,223
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$8,316
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $481,895$322,653
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,811,941$4,076,290
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,811,941$4,076,290
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,293,836$4,398,943
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,076,290 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,938,814
XI-2 Total expenses$1,702,034
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$236,780
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,811,941
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$27,569
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,076,290

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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