Is it real?
Yes. Revoked May 2025, reinstated. IRS ruling Jul 2025, per the IRS master file. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2025.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
13 people listed on the 990.
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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
Programs and updates
Advocates for higher education as a universal right, led by those it serves, prioritizing people and equity.
Questions for Higher Education Labor United
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National Coordinating Organizing
This committee is primarily responsible for helu's goal of aligning the activities of higher education worker organizations. In particular, the committee brings together higher education worker organizations to (1) share information about best practices in contract bargaining and (2) share successful organizing strategies.
Politics and Policy
This committee is primarily responsible for (1) generating helu's national and state-level policy agenda to advance the interests of higher education workers, (2) implementing strategies to educate the public and policymakers about these issues, and (3) achieving policy reform.
Outreach
This committee works to establish and maintain relationships with local unions, individuals, and organizations doing work similar to helu's. The outreach committee also recruits new members into helu.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $86K | $179K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $86K | $179K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $86K | $179K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $0 | |||
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $0 | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $63K | $50K | $13K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $256 | $256 | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $22K | $22K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $700 | $700 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $641 | $641 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $15K | $5K | $10K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | $2K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $115K | $67K | $48K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $208K | $115K | $93K | $179K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $208,166 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $208,166 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $115,467 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $179,003 assets, 7 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $179,003 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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