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MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST

MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $406,770 to it, the largest being MIDWEST REGION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ($406,770). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$407k
Net assets
$4.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 106 ($2.0M) Expenses 90 ($1.7M) Net assets 121 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 103 ($2.0M) Expenses 90 ($1.7M) Net assets 133 ($2.1M)2023 Revenue 136 ($2.6M) Expenses 84 ($1.6M) Net assets 198 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 142 ($2.7M) Expenses 93 ($1.7M) Net assets 259 ($4.2M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (142)Expenses (93)Net assets (259)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (15% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,613 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$49k
’20
$338k
’21
$291k
’22
$1.0M
’23
$979k
’24
24
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $166k → $38k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,550 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin36% · top quartile
Months of reserve24.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,550 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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In Illinois

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

16
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 11 related entities

  • Illinois Laborers Legislative Committee · exempt
  • Midwest Region Laborers Political League · exempt
  • Midwest Region Laborers Political League Education Fund · exempt
  • Illinois Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Fund · exempt
  • Midwest Region Organizing Committee · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST?
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $406,770 to it, the largest being MIDWEST REGION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ($406,770). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $406,770 in grants to MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST?
MIDWEST REGION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE is the largest funder on record, with $406,770 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MIDWEST REGION LABORERS'-EMPLOYERS' COOPERATION & EDUCATION TRUST find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing