American Postal Workers Union FY2021 filing

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Ft Worth, TX501(c)(5)Since 1914Mutual / membership EIN 75-1390825Revenue $417K in FY2021

On file with the IRSPo Box 162121, 76161-2121 · Ft Worth, TXTax-exempt since Nov 1973

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Provides representation to union members regarding various local union collective bargaining issues

501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$138K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(5)
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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $741 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$138K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 10 voting members
Concern: none of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$417K
Spent
$389K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$320K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$417K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$417K
FY2022$513K
FY2023$556K
FY2024$555K
FY2025$528K
Expenses
$389K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$389K
FY2022$574K
FY2023$532K
FY2024$550K
FY2025$528K
Net assets
$320K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$320K
FY2022$259K
FY2023$283K
FY2024$288K
FY2025$288K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1973.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $138K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$92,120Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$10,007Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$7,801Pt VII · Sec A
Owcp Director
$7,252Pt VII · Sec A
$6,268Pt VII · Sec A
Clerk Craft Director
$4,516Pt VII · Sec A
Mvs Craft Direcgtor
$3,996Pt VII · Sec A
Maintenance Craft Director
$3,996Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Benjamin Martinez$109,963$114,964$111,822$108,077$92,120
Toni Dimas$45,452$39,023$28,700$25,370$7,252
Alvin Curtis—$12,701$15,599$19,747$10,007
Karen Reed$7,839$17,621$7,421$6,221$4,516
Cheri Sampson$6,433$6,954$8,728$14,287—
Tonya Brooks————$7,801
Jacoby Johnson$6,918————
Rosie Pruitt————$6,268

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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  • 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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Advocates for fair wages, benefits, and member issues through collective bargaining.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Provides representation to union members regarding various local union collective bargaining issues

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$417K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$417K
Investment incomeLn 3$23
Money outPt IX
$389K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$320K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$112K
Total assetsLn 16$320K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$417K
Investment incomeLn 3$23
Total revenueLn 12$417K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$112K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$112K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$208K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$320K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$320K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$90K$112K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$218K$208K
Total assetsLn 16$308K$320K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$0
Net assetsLn 32$292K$320K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$138K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$50K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$51K
Information technologyLn 14$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$23K
TravelLn 17$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$36K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K
InsuranceLn 23$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$389K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $528K$528K−$36$288K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 16, 2025 $555K$550K$5K$288K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 11, 2024 $556K$532K$24K$283K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 19, 2023 $513K$574K−$61K$259K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 12, 2022 $417K$389K$28K$320K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $417,132 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $361,310$417,109
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $454$23
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $614$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $362,378$417,132
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $200,197$233,777
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $143,763$155,646
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $343,960$389,423
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $18,418$27,709
Part VI · Governance 0 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $417,132 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,021 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $416,088 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$416,088
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $23$23
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $417,109 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $23$417,132
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $389,423 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 staff$138,163
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$49,993
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$31,727
IX-10 Payroll taxes$13,894
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$10,446
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$51,354
IX-14 Information technology$3,967
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$23,214
IX-17 Travel$4,620
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$3,387
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$36,009
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$10,064
IX-23 Insurance$2,191
IX-24e All other expenses$10,394
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$389,423
Part X · Balance sheet $319,847 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $89,942$111,664
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $218,247$208,183
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $308,189$319,847
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,051$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $292,138$319,847
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $292,138$319,847
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $308,189$319,847
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $319,847 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$417,132
XI-2 Total expenses$389,423
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$27,709
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$292,138
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$319,847

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