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International Union of Operating Engineers

To elevate the trade of operating engineers to its proper position in all industrial activity and the ranks of organized workers.to organize all workers for the economic moral and social advancement of their condition.

$588k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$293k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$894kEmployment$170kCommunity Improvement$94kHealth$80kCivil Rights$45kMembership Benefit$25kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $488,146, the rows itemized in this filing. The $587,946 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $99,800 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $293k
$75,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$583M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND$293,146
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING$75,000
PIPE LINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION$75,000
MARCH OF DIMES INC$25,000
SHOOT FOR A CURE$10,000
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LABORLAB: $25k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Grants abroad, by region: $65k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$65k · 100% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: GENERAL SUPPORT

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$1.2M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
HealthEmploymentHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OE
    OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $894k · revenue -79% · 77% of their budget
  • NA
    NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue -10%
  • PL
    PIPE LINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $84k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • L
    LaborLabgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +49%
  • BA
    BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +59%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Connecticut Construction Industries Association Inc

All activities conducted by the association are to enable it to:a. establish a better understanding between the members and companies in the construction and related industries.b. foster reasonable and just regulations by governments c.…

Employment
2
Construction Industry Employers Association Inc

The purpose of the association is to represent its members in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements with representatives of labor, providing for terms and conditions of employment and the administration of grievances. in…

Community Improvement
3
Laborers International Union of Na Sewer and Tunnel Miners Union Local 2

Secure fair compensation and working conditions for all members.

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4
Construction Employers Association of North Central Wv Inc

Negotiation between employers & unions.

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5
Laborers International Union of North America Local 225

Organize workers for advancement

Employment
6
The General Contractors Association of Ny Inc

The organization's mission is to assist in current issues, represent member causes & handle union contract negotiations for member general contractors in the new york metropolitan area.

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7
Associated Builders and Contractors Eastern Pa Chapter Inc

Trade association

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8
Fca International

Fca international is the only international business league devoted exclusively to serving the unique needs of united states and canadian signatory contractors in the drywall finishing, glass and glazing, industrial coating, flooring,…

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9
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 624

The organization is a trade union that represents operating engineers, who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics,and surveyors in the construction industry, and stationary engineers, who work in operations and maintenance in…

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10
Construction Industry Force Account Council

Cifac is a non-profit 501(c)(6) membership organization that supports the coalition of concerned construction industry associations, contractors and labor unions that work to ensure state and local governments' compliance with the public…

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11
Engineering & Utility Contractors Association Dba United Contractors

Support, promote, and provide services for the engineering and utility construction industry as well as provide services for members, such as safety seminars and assistance with labor negotiations.

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12
Laborer's International Union of North a

A fraternal labor organization whose purpose is to promote employment of members in a safe work environment and ensurefair labor practices.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association of Union Constructors; the most unlike its peers is Distribution Contractors Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $893,643 · EmploymentOPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUNDNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING: $150,000 · EmploymentNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTINGPIPE LINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $83,500 · OtherPIPE LINE C…BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO: $25,000 · OtherBUILDING AN…NATIONAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT LABOR- MANAGEMENT POLICY COMMITTEE: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL MA…DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherDISTRIBUTIO…ASSOCIATION OF UNION CONSTRUCTORS: $10,000 · OtherASSOCIATION…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $50,000 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthSHOOT FOR A CURE: $10,000 · HealthLaborLab: $25,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $20,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHARITY INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Employment$1,043,643Other$138,500Health$80,000Human Services$25,000Civil Rights$20,000Philanthropy$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $893,643 over 2y, 77% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING: $150,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetPIPE LINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $83,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaborLab: $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT LABOR- MANAGEMENT POLICY COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHOOT FOR A CURE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHARITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDISTRIBUTION CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF UNION CONSTRUCTORS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

United Association of…
United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & PipeMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization International Union of Operating Engineers funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Union of Operating Engineers. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to International Union of Operating Engineers through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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