Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1940.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990; $125K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Daun | $44,000 | $44,000 | $40,846 | $41,158 | $29,939 | $3,600 |
| Michael Bongiorno | — | — | — | — | $35,219 | $42,741 |
| Jeremy Felsecker | $26,500 | $25,781 | $3,300 | $3,600 | — | — |
| Brian Merkel | $26,500 | $26,500 | $24,000 | $24,000 | $2,855 | — |
| Joe Haasch | — | — | — | — | — | $24,792 |
| John Kokalj | — | — | — | — | — | $24,792 |
| Jennifer Schaefer | — | — | $24,000 | — | — | — |
| Jen Schaefer | — | — | — | $24,000 | $24,000 | $3,600 |
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.
See Milwaukee Professional Firefighters executive salaries →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
Programs and updates
Advocates for fair pay, reasonable hours, and member support.
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The organization's purpose is to help serve membership interests through negotiations, education, and other group activities.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $328K | $102K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $657K | $722K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $136K | $244K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $67K | $13K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $10K | |||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $127K | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $105K | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $9K | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $18K | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $60K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $34K | |||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $18K | |||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $5K | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $13K | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $9K | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $18K | |||
| Payments to affiliatesLn 21 | $187K | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $22K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $92K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $49K | |||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $6K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $782K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 11, 2026 | $1.1M | $877K | $228K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2025 | $925K | $896K | $28K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $837K | $776K | $60K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 24, 2023 | $888K | $871K | $17K | $892K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $780K | $850K | −$71K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $748K | $782K | −$34K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $747,993 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 0 of 12 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $747,993 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $781,728 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,145,781 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,132,717 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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