To defray the costs appertaining to vocational and advancement training, general and specific education, improving and insuring safety habits and conditions, and to devise and implement such procedures and programs necessary or favorable to fulfill the foregoing objectives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 21 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists 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 $2.2M a year · 27% 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
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $25.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 15.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$476K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.0M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$7.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$44.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$10.0M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.8M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$7.6M
FY2023$7.7M
FY2024$8.8M
FY2025$10.0M
Expenses
$7.5M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.8M
FY2021$5.2M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$7.5M
Net assets
$44.9M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$33.6M
FY2021$36.2M
FY2022$37.8M
FY2023$39.7M
FY2024$41.9M
FY2025$44.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · 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 Jun 1973.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $6.2M Management & general 17% · $1.3M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Direc
$193,310Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Direc
$157,872Pt VII · Sec A
Instructor
$149,663Pt VII · Sec A
Instructor
$146,685Pt VII · Sec A
Instructor
$145,619Pt VII · Sec A
Instructor
$145,577Pt VII · Sec A
Instructor
$144,195Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Direc
$113,019Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
George Samuelsen$193,310$178,483$164,365$118,945——
Joseph Scerbo JR$113,019$181,967$178,408$174,590$165,236$167,110
Joseph Demarco JR———$179,759$173,350$170,450
Joseph Scerbo III$157,872—————
John J Bohme$149,663$141,127$130,929———
Michael Grisko$146,685$135,365$130,526$120,064——
William Coffin$145,619—————
Howard Tomlin$145,577—————

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 15aNo

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Funds vocational training, education, and safety programs to improve lives.

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2 programs · $6.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The fund provides journeyman training and apprentice training classes for the purpose of vocational and advancement training, general and specific education, and improving safety habits and conditions on behalf of the 7,670 participants as of march 31,2025 and also to participants of another training fund.

$6.1Mprogram expense
02

The plan maintains a scholarship program, awarding four scholarships per year to children of participants for utilization towards tuition fees and other related course expenses. The program provides $5,000 annually for four years to those selected by the scholarship selection COMMITTEE.THE board of trustees agreed on october 26,2015 to…

$79Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 6 grants · $468K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$77,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$80,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$77,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$80,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$82,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$70,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$384
Money outPt IX
$7.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.2M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$44.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.8M
Total assetsLn 16$45.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$476K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$384
Government grantsLn 1e$384
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.3M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$16K
Total revenueLn 12$10.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$9.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.2M
Other assetsLn 15$203K
Total assetsLn 16$45.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$476K
Net assetsLn 32$44.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 521
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
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$7.9M$9.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$24.5M$25.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.5M$8.2M
Total assetsLn 16$42.3M$45.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$331K$476K
Net assetsLn 32$41.9M$44.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$78K$78K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$600K$600K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$146K$146K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$727K$727K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$387K$387K
Payroll taxesLn 10$181K$181K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$66K$66K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$40K$40K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$315K$261K$54K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$255K$56K$199K
TravelLn 17$285K$285K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$5K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$442K$442K
InsuranceLn 23$102K$102K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.8M$1.4M$337K
All other expensesLn 24e$225K$220K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.5M$6.2M$1.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $10.0M$7.5M$2.5M$44.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.8M$6.9M$1.9M$41.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.7M$6.0M$1.7M$39.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.6M$5.3M$2.4M$37.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.9M$5.2M$2.7M$36.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.8M$5.8M$2.0M$33.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $9,989,942 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$384
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,801,742$8,682,968
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $941,283$1,306,590
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $65,702$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,808,727$9,989,942
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $80,000$77,500
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,491,843$3,857,101
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,293,980$3,521,906
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,865,823$7,456,507
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,942,904$2,533,435
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,989,942 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$384
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$384
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,682,968$8,682,968
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,322,854$1,322,854
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$16,264−$16,264
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,682,968 · Excluded from tax $1,306,590$9,989,942
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,456,507 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $77,500$77,500
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $600,254$600,254
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $146,393$146,393
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,816,194$1,816,194
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $727,054$727,054
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $386,625$386,625
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $180,581$180,581
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $12,339$12,339
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $66,000$66,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $40,465$40,465
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,978$2,978
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $260,825 · Management $53,883$314,708
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,282 · Management $198,794$255,076
IX-17 TravelPrograms $284,803$284,803
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,890$4,890
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $442,387$442,387
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $102,187$102,187
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,433,491 · Management $337,459$1,770,950
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $219,538 · Management $5,585$225,123
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,194,430 · Management $1,262,077 · Fundraising $0$7,456,507
Part X · Balance sheet $45,335,065 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,200$1,200
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,902,530$9,844,732
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$384
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $988,494$1,093,595
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $52,419$124,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,490,167$8,238,864
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $24,458,303$25,829,089
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $384,147$203,201
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $42,277,260$45,335,065
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $330,956$256,235
X-25 Other liabilities$219,779
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $330,956$476,014
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $41,946,304$44,859,051
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $42,277,260$45,335,065
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $44,859,051 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,989,942
XI-2 Total expenses$7,456,507
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,533,435
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$41,946,304
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$379,312
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$44,859,051

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