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Transport Workers Union Of America

1 Twu
  • Akron, OH
  • Tax-exempt since Aug. 1944
  • EIN: 34-0580445

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Labor, agricultural and horticultural organizations that are educational or instructive, including unions, created for the purpose of improving conditions of work, and products of efficiency.

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$121k (2023)

Expenses
$76.2k (2023)

Total Assets
$95.1k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$120,795
Expenses
$76,216
Net Income
$44,579
Net Assets
$95,117
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $7
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $95,117
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $95,117
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Wayne Cole (President) $2,400 $0
Michael Rice Iii (Secretary/Tr) $1,800 $0
April Adams (Vice Preside) $1,200 $0
Chad White (Exec Board M) $900 $0
Rachel Barnett (Exec Board M) $900 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on April 24, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$124,629
Expenses
$109,237
Net Income
$15,392
Net Assets
$50,538
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $3
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,561
1.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $50,538
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $50,538
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Wayne Cole (President) $1,287 $0
Michael Rice Iii (Secretary/Tr) $600 $0
April Adams (Vice Preside) $400 $0
Chad White (Exec Board M) $300 $0
Rachel Barnett (Exec Board M) $300 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$166,524
Expenses
$153,502
Net Income
$13,022
Net Assets
$17,813
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $18,134
Total Liabilities $321
Net Assets $17,813
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Tr) $3,124 $0
John Anderson (Exec Board M) $937 $0
Wayne Cole (Exec Board M) $937 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Vice Preside) $937 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $170 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 9, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$173,300
Expenses
$222,394
Net Income
-$49,094
Net Assets
$4,791
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $11
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $5,311
Total Liabilities $520
Net Assets $4,791
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Treasurer) $3,408 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $1,022 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $1,022 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Vice President) $1,022 $0
Wayne Cole (Executive Board Member) $852 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$174,572
Expenses
$188,745
Net Income
-$14,173
Net Assets
$53,885
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $14
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $54,336
Total Liabilities $451
Net Assets $53,885
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Treasurer) $3,408 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $1,022 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $1,022 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Executive Board Member) $1,022 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $596 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$160,464
Expenses
$176,456
Net Income
-$15,992
Net Assets
$68,058
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $16
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $68,579
Total Liabilities $521
Net Assets $68,058
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Treasurer) $3,409 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $1,022 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $1,022 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $1,022 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Executive Board Member) $1,022 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Oct. 24, 2019

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$169,273
Expenses
$165,024
Net Income
$4,249
Net Assets
$84,050
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $17
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $6,149
3.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $84,576
Total Liabilities $526
Net Assets $84,050
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Treasurer) $3,389 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $1,017 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $1,017 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $1,017 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Executive Board Member) $1,017 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Sept. 13, 2018

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$150,108
Expenses
$128,602
Net Income
$21,506
Net Assets
$79,801
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $2
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $80,307
Total Liabilities $506
Net Assets $79,801
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Shawn Ervin (Secretary/Treasurer Feb Dec) $2,909 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $986 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $986 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $986 $0
Crystalynne Justers Butler (Executive Board Member) $661 $0
Michael Smith Ii (Secretary/Treasurer Through January) $268 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 14, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$140,496
Expenses
$120,980
Net Income
$19,516
Net Assets
$58,295
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,824
Total Liabilities $529
Net Assets $58,295
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Michael Smith Ii (Secretary/Treasurer) $3,170 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $951 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $951 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $951 $0
Shawn Ervin (Executive Board Member) $951 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 9, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$137,666
Expenses
$127,667
Net Income
$9,999
Net Assets
$38,779
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $2,226
1.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $39,287
Total Liabilities $508
Net Assets $38,779
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Michael Smith Ii (Secretary/Treasurer) $2,713 $0
Richard Speelman (President) $1,272 $0
David Barbitta (Vice President) $920 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $692 $0
Shawn Ervin (Executive Board Member) $615 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on July 23, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$122,674
Expenses
$145,674
Net Income
-$23,000
Net Assets
$28,780
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $30,167
Total Liabilities $1,387
Net Assets $28,780
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Bernard Burkett (President) $12,722 $0
Richard Speelman (Secretary/Treasurer) $2,958 $0
Kenneth Kelly (Vice President) $887 $0
Michael Smith Ii (Executive Board Member) $742 $0
David Barbitta (Executive Board Member) $742 $0
John Anderson (Executive Board Member) $146 $0
Kevin Hopson (Executive Board Member) $146 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 12, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$121,281
Expenses
$116,271
Net Income
$5,010
Net Assets
$51,780
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $53,028
Total Liabilities $1,248
Net Assets $51,780

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$129,877
Expenses
$153,401
Net Income
-$23,524
Net Assets
$46,770
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $10
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $47,196
Total Liabilities $426
Net Assets $46,770

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

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Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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