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Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust at a glance

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Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust

The mission is to maximize project opportunities for signatory contractors and job opportunities for liuna members.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Employment$817kEnvironment$150kCommunity Improvement$150kHealth$110kInternational$53kArts & Culture$45kPhilanthropy$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $65,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $68,800 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,800 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.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LABORERS HEALTH & SAFETY FUND$30,000
SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION$15,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING$10,000
NATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA PROVIDENCE: $10k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
MI
NY
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$756k · 12 repeat orgs$637k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$756k
$637k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+6%

Still filing today

92%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EmploymentEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TC
    TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA
    7× · 2017–2023 · $180k · revenue +19%
  • LH
    LABORERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY FUND OF NORTH AMERICA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $120k · revenue +12%
  • ND
    NATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • LB
    LABORERS-EMPLOYERS BENEFIT PLAN COLLECTION TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +15%
  • LE
    LABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUC TRUST SW
    one grant, 2024 · $71k · revenue 0%
  • AI
    AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +6%
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
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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2
Laborers' International Union of North America

To improve working conditions and living standards of members through collective bargaining, education, training, and employee benefits.

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3
Laborers International Union of North America Local 225

Organize workers for advancement

Employment
4
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.

—
5
Laborers International Union of 341 Hcl

Union hall devoted to the betterment of members compensation and working conditions, to secure recognition of workers rights to engage in collective bargaining, and to promote the development and maintenance of on-the-job safety practices…

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6
Laborers International Union of North America - Local 1076

The local is a nonprofit organization established to represent its members in wage and fringe benefits matters in the construction industry. the local's primary areas of jurisdiction are oakland and livingston counties.

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7
Laborers' Int'l Union of North America District Council of Chicago

To promote unity of action in dealing with employers and to coordinate and consolidate the activities of its various affiliated local unions so they can work in a harmonious and united way.

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8
Laborers International Union of State of Mi

Collective bargaining and representation

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9
The Laborers Northwest Regional Organizing Coalition

The northwest regional organizing coalition (nroc) is established and exists to increase union participation in the industries in which the laborers' international union of north america (liuna!) currently represents workers. it is nroc's…

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10
Laborers International Union of North America Local 152

Labor union

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11
Construction and Public Employees Liuna Local #177

Operation of laborers local union for the benefit of its members.

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12
Laborers International Union of Na Great Plains Laborers' District Council

Provide assistance to member locals with all union related activities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Laborers' District Council; the most unlike its peers is Dc Friends of Ireland. 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

18 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. 18 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LABORERS-EMPLOYERS BENEFIT PLAN COLLECTION TRUST: $500,000 · OtherLABORERS-EMPLOYERS BENEFIT PLAN COLLECTION TRUSTTRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: $180,000 · OtherTRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIALABORERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY FUND OF NORTH AMERICA: $120,000 · OtherLABORERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY FUND OF NORTH AMERICAMICHIGAN LECET: $110,000 · OtherMICHIGAN LECETNATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION: $78,000 · OtherNATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS: $42,482 · Other+5 more: $123,000 · Other+5 moreLABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUC TRUST SW: $70,800 · Youth DevelopmentTHE NEW ENGLAND LABORERS APPRENTICESHIP ADVANCEMENT FUND: $45,000 · EmploymentNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING: $20,000 · EmploymentWASHINGTON IRELAND PROGRAM FOR SERVICE & LEADERSHIP: $52,500 · InternationalAMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $10,000 · EducationLIUNA PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EDUCATION AND EVENTS FUND: $6,000 · EducationGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$1,153,482Youth Development$70,800Employment$65,000International$52,500Arts & Culture$25,000Education$16,000Human Services$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 budgetLABORERS-EMPLOYERS BENEFIT PLAN COLLECTION TRUST: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: $180,000 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetLABORERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY FUND OF NORTH AMERICA: $120,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION: $78,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUC TRUST SW: $70,800 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWASHINGTON IRELAND PROGRAM FOR SERVICE & LEADERSHIP: $52,500 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND LABORERS APPRENTICESHIP ADVANCEMENT FUND: $45,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS: $42,482 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT LABOR- MANAGEMENT POLICY COMMITTEE: $33,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTERENCE J O'SULLIVAN LIUNA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDC FRIENDS OF IRELAND: $20,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR CONTRACTING: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWISCONSIN LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIUNA PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EDUCATION AND EVENTS FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Laborers' Health and …Great Lakes Region Or…Laborers' Internation…
Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North AmericaDC15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America · Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee · Laborers' International Union of North America

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 Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–60%
    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.

    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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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