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← AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,571,056
Total expenses
$3,504,967
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,709,611
Investment income
$726,322
Other revenue
$135,123
Total assets, end of year
$7,223,864
Total liabilities, end of year
$766,310
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,457,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,034,567
Management and general expenses
$470,400
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,034,567

Program services were 86.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $3,709,611 · related or exempt $3,709,611

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $450,902 · excluded $450,902

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $114,424

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $114,424

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $114,424 · excluded $114,424

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,194,624

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,919,204

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $275,420

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $275,420 · excluded $275,420

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $16,789 · related or exempt $16,789

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $3,910 · unrelated business $3,910

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20,699

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,538 · program services $91,903 · management and general $30,635

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $506,307 · program services $253,962 · management and general $252,345

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,155 · program services $23,185 · management and general $18,970

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,224 · program services $28,173 · management and general $23,051

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,112 · management and general $90,112

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $47,329 · program services $47,329

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $68,330 · program services $45,952 · management and general $22,378

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,835 · program services $46,785 · management and general $20,050

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,888 · program services $12,522 · management and general $5,366

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER DUES

    total $2,400,204 · program services $2,400,204

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $83,434 · program services $75,941 · management and general $7,493

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT

    total $5,271 · program services $5,271

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROVOCATOR

    total $3,340 · program services $3,340

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $634,915 · end of year $1,037,412

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $214,914 · end of year $112,456

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,832 · end of year $34,990

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $776,964

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $656,312

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $133,104 · end of year $120,652

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,538,579 · end of year $5,384,019

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $424,059 · end of year $534,335

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,468 · end of year $30,957

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,193,082 · end of year $735,353

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,751,853 · end of year $6,457,554

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE BUFFALO TEACHER FEDERATION IS TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER LOYALTY TO THE HIGHEST IDEALS IN EDUCATION AND TO AID IN BRINGING ABOUT THE REALIZATION OF THESE IDEALS. THE FEDERATION'S OBJECTIVE IS TO MAINTAIN THE TEACHING PROFESSION BY UPHOLDING A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE PROFESSION; AND TO IMPROVE THE MATERIAL WELFARE AND TO RAISE THE PROFESSIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE TEACHERS, AND THUS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND TO AWAKEN IN THE PUBLIC MIND A SENSE OF SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

  • BUFFALO TEACHERS FEDERATION, INC. IS THE BARGAINING UNIT FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 3,800 TEACHERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF BUFFALO BOARD OF EDUCATION.

    Expenses $3,034,567 · Revenue $3,726,400

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rich Nigro

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $251
    From this org
    $251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

  • Melinda MacPherson-Sullivan

    VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,197
    From this org
    $5,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Montante

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $125,335
    From this org
    $125,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Crowley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100
    From this org
    $100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Lis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $591
    From this org
    $591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melinda Cuviello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133
    From this org
    $133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janine Schuster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • April Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Mel Holden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133
    From this org
    $133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Kane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133
    From this org
    $133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Parzymieso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133
    From this org
    $133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Rosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145
    From this org
    $145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Sawicki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Brancato

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $891
    From this org
    $891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134
    From this org
    $134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134
    From this org
    $134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • M Sue Raichilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Eve Shippens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Mecca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Desiree Breckenridge-Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Jeffers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Pyszczek Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $385
    From this org
    $385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Fritz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134
    From this org
    $134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Christine Salamone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,513
    From this org
    $1,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Kenney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $758
    From this org
    $758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sophia Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,396
    From this org
    $1,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly Gabel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88
    From this org
    $88
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Herkey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $567
    From this org
    $567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Pordum

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $83,930
    From this org
    $83,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $83,930
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $83,930

  • Philip Rumore

    FORMER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $78,363
    From this org
    $78,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $78,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $78,363

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541959349300119

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