Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521 FY2023 filing

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San Francisco, CA501(c)(5)Since 1944Mutual / membership EIN 94-0722887Revenue $716K in FY2023Latest return filed Aug 10, 2026

On file with the IRSmediaworkers.org433 Natoma St FL 2, 94103-2940 · San Francisco, CATax-exempt since Nov 1950

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To represent Workers in the communications field in matters related to collective bargaining.

501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$132K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $46K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$132K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$35K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$716K
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$774K
Net assets
$790K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$716K
FY2023▼ -5%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$694K
FY2021$709K
FY2022$755K
FY2023$716K
FY2024$716K
FY2025$859K
Expenses
$774K
FY2023▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$607K
FY2021$554K
FY2022$648K
FY2023$774K
FY2024$760K
FY2025$832K
Net assets
$790K
FY2023▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$617K
FY2022$846K
FY2023$790K
FY2024$786K
FY2025$817K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending September 2023) · 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 1950.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $132K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Officer
$112,620Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$14,868Pt VII · Sec A
$4,734Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Typo Sector President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael Applegate$118,600$115,840$112,620$94,178—$91,741
Annie Sciacca$6,813$15,674$14,868—$3,500—
Michael Cabantuan——$4,734———
Michael Cabatuan—$3,910—$1,156——
Derek Moore—————$1,200

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

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

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

To represent workers in the communications field in matters related to collective bargaining.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$716K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$430K
Other incomeLn 4–11$276K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6K
Money outPt IX
$774K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$790K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$671K
Total assetsLn 16$825K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a0
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$430K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Other incomeLn 4–11$276K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$716K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$551K
SavingsLn 2$120K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$671K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$124K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$825K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
Net assetsLn 32$790K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$727K$671K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$121K$124K
Total assetsLn 16$879K$825K
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K$35K
Net assetsLn 32$846K$790K
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$137K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$243K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$57K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$29K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$31K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$124K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$832
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$39K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$774K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 10, 2026 $859K$832K$27K$817K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 3, 2025 $716K$760K−$44K$786K 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 25, 2024 $716K$774K−$58K$790K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 13, 2023 $755K$648K$108K$846K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 25, 2022 $709K$554K$155K$617K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 2, 2021 $694K$607K$87K$490K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $715,780 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $62,504$6,061
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $443,573$430,015
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,897$3,986
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $246,299$275,718
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $755,273$715,780
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 $400,825$437,321
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $246,724$336,681
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $647,549$774,002
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $107,724−$58,222
Part VI · Governance 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body0
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $715,780 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,061
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,061
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $430,015 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$430,015
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,986$3,986
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $275,718 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$275,718
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $705,733 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,986$715,780
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $774,002 across 31 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$137,289
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$242,599
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$21,388
IX-9 Other employee benefits$6,122
IX-10 Payroll taxes$29,923
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$32,923
IX-11c Accounting fees$18,800
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$57,055
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$28,926
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$31,225
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$123,522
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$832
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$39,472
IX-24e All other expenses$3,926
IX-25 Total functional expenses$774,002
Part X · Balance sheet $825,121 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $650,719$551,250
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $75,786$119,962
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,293$30,372
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $120,644$123,537
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 $879,442$825,121
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-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $33,692$34,699
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,692$34,699
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $845,750$790,422
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $845,750$790,422
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $879,442$825,121
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $790,422 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$715,780
XI-2 Total expenses$774,002
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$58,222
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$845,750
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,894
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$790,422

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