Communication Workers Of America

2108 Cwa

Beltsville, MD
Tax-exempt since Jan. 1960
EIN: 52-0679127

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(5) 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.

Revenue

$750k (2023)

Expenses

$731k (2023)

Total Assets

$674k (2023)

Total Liabilities

$199k (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 Sept.
2023

Revenue

$750,356

Expenses

$731,320

Net Income

$19,036

Net Assets

$474,458

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$718,061	95.7%
Investment Income	$155	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$32,140	4.3%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$376,245	51.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$134,481	18.4%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$673,903
Total Liabilities	$199,445
Net Assets	$474,458

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Johnny Brown (Sec./Treas.)	$81,876	$0	$0
Marilyn R Irwin (President)	$79,301	$0	$0
Tamera Nelson (V. Pres. (Current))	$78,602	$0	$0
Amory Proctor (V. Pres.)	$78,573	$0	$0
Latasha Carpenter (V. Pres.)	$57,893	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Feb. 14, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2022

Revenue

$748,941

Expenses

$761,401

Net Income

-$12,460

Net Assets

$476,457

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$743,846	99.3%
Investment Income	$8	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$5,087	0.7%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$370,205	48.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$145,944	19.2%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$730,795
Total Liabilities	$254,338
Net Assets	$476,457

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Marilyn R Irwin (President)	$83,413	$0	$0
Johnny Brown (Sec./Treas.)	$77,530	$0	$0
Amory Proctor (V. Pres.)	$76,793	$0	$0
Tamera Nelson (V. Pres. (Current))	$75,562	$0	$0
Latasha Carpenter (V. Pres.)	$56,907	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Feb. 8, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2021

Revenue

$780,043

Expenses

$709,424

Net Income

$70,619

Net Assets

$510,351

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$778,192	99.8%
Investment Income	$6	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$1,845	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$362,157	51.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$118,214	16.7%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$817,347
Total Liabilities	$306,996
Net Assets	$510,351

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Marilyn R Irwin (President)	$82,178	$0	$0
Johnny Brown (Sec./Treas.)	$77,100	$0	$0
Amory Proctor (V. Pres.)	$74,802	$0	$0
Latasha Carpenter (V. Pres.)	$59,320	$0	$0
Tamera Nelson (V. Pres. (Current))	$49,438	$0	$0
Matt Klingman (V. Pres.)	$19,319	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Feb. 8, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2020

Revenue

$776,461

Expenses

$763,234

Net Income

$13,227

Net Assets

$460,467

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$774,551	99.8%
Investment Income	$16	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$1,894	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$409,688	53.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$122,860	16.1%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$818,149
Total Liabilities	$357,682
Net Assets	$460,467

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Matt Klingman (V. Pres.)	$88,704	$0	$0
Amory Proctor (V. Pres.)	$84,536	$0	$0
Johnny Brown (Sec./Treas.)	$83,455	$0	$0
Marilyn R Irwin (President)	$82,380	$0	$0
Latasha Carpenter (V. Pres.)	$70,613	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Feb. 15, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2019

Revenue

$889,172

Expenses

$904,258

Net Income

-$15,086

Net Assets

$468,515

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$829,778	93.3%
Investment Income	$106	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$59,288	6.7%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$409,027	45.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$168,655	18.7%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$874,850
Total Liabilities	$406,335
Net Assets	$468,515

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2018

Revenue

$861,707

Expenses

$855,937

Net Income

$5,770

Net Assets

$483,363

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$854,355	99.1%
Investment Income	$47	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$7,305	0.8%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$391,542	45.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$166,229	19.4%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$933,702
Total Liabilities	$450,339
Net Assets	$483,363

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2017

Revenue

$933,007

Expenses

$2,115,011

Net Income

-$1,182,004

Net Assets

$499,053

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$846,980	90.8%
Investment Income	$8	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$86,019	9.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$372,436	17.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$197,171	9.3%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$981,617
Total Liabilities	$482,564
Net Assets	$499,053

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2016

Revenue

$4,091,009

Expenses

$2,822,727

Net Income

$1,268,282

Net Assets

$1,699,453

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$762,683	18.6%
Investment Income	$39	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$3,328,287	81.4%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$302,868	10.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$194,003	6.9%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,212,379
Total Liabilities	$512,926
Net Assets	$1,699,453

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2015

Revenue

$887,715

Expenses

$903,981

Net Income

-$16,266

Net Assets

$450,304

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$834,980	94.1%
Investment Income	$6	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$52,729	5.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$329,994	36.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$223,761	24.8%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$991,228
Total Liabilities	$540,924
Net Assets	$450,304

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2014

Revenue

$834,050

Expenses

$831,315

Net Income

$2,735

Net Assets

$486,077

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$810,170	97.1%
Investment Income	$39	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$23,841	2.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$336,852	40.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$161,841	19.5%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,052,738
Total Liabilities	$566,661
Net Assets	$486,077

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2013

Revenue

$925,758

Expenses

$844,242

Net Income

$81,516

Net Assets

$502,981

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$908,258	98.1%
Investment Income	$63	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$17,437	1.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$336,078	39.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$168,832	20.0%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,093,301
Total Liabilities	$590,320
Net Assets	$502,981

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2012

Revenue

$978,781

Expenses

$868,139

Net Income

$110,642

Net Assets

$923,636

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$861,650	88.0%
Investment Income	$107	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$117,024	12.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$320,735	36.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$204,585	23.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,536,001
Total Liabilities	$612,365
Net Assets	$923,636

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Fiscal Year Ending Sept.
2011

Revenue

$1,790,113

Expenses

$1,277,002

Net Income

$513,111

Net Assets

$829,761

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$0
Program Services	$847,752	47.4%
Investment Income	$69	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$942,292	52.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$316,350	24.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$229,527	18.0%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,462,632
Total Liabilities	$632,871
Net Assets	$829,761

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Communication Workers Of America

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $750k (2023)

Expenses $731k (2023)

Total Assets $674k (2023)

Total Liabilities $199k (2023)

Tax Filings by Year

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Revenue

$750k (2023)

Expenses

$731k (2023)

Total Assets

$674k (2023)

Total Liabilities

$199k (2023)

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