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THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC

THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,990 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TMSTRS LOCAL 282 TCWH ($53,245). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.5M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$98k
Net assets
$1.7M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The General Contractors Association of Ny Inc does

Mission

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.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Assist in current issues, represent member causes & handle union contract negotiations for member general contractors in the new york metropolitan area.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.6M) Expenses 100 ($4.3M) Net assets 100 ($67k)2018 Revenue 92 ($4.3M) Expenses 99 ($4.3M) Net assets 6 ($4k)2019 Revenue 122 ($5.6M) Expenses 126 ($5.4M) Net assets 419 ($280k)2020 Revenue 85 ($3.9M) Expenses 87 ($3.7M) Net assets 705 ($472k)2021 Revenue 85 ($3.9M) Expenses 81 ($3.5M) Net assets 1406 ($941k)2022 Revenue 89 ($4.1M) Expenses 89 ($3.9M) Net assets 1609 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 89 ($4.1M) Expenses 91 ($3.9M) Net assets 2046 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 98 ($4.5M) Expenses 98 ($4.2M) Net assets 2597 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (98)Expenses (98)Net assets (2597)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $5.2M to $7.4M (+41%).

$4.9M
$5.4M
$5.0M
$5.2M
$5.2M
$7.4M
$7.6M
$7.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$299k
’17
−$9k
’18
$189k
’19
$192k
’20
$402k
’21
$265k
’22
$177k
’23
$296k
’24
0.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Robert G Wessels

Secretary/executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3536383837383939
Joined·+12+11+11+37+38+8+6
No longer listed·11911383776
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $18k.

Funder
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Local Union 1556unclassified
$19k
funders
1
1
2
2
3
2

From the IRS filings of THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC.

54%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 57% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’19
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC

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In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

33
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Heavy Construction Industry Fund · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC?
THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,990 to it, the largest being INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TMSTRS LOCAL 282 TCWH ($53,245). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $97,990 in grants to THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC?
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TMSTRS LOCAL 282 TCWH is the largest funder on record, with $53,245 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing