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WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,719 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS ($105,719). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$85k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$106k
Net assets
$157k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation does

Mission

Labor organization

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide information to members regarding labor issues

    $123,643 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $123,643.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($99k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($85k)2020 Revenue 172 ($171k) Expenses 176 ($132k) Net assets 144 ($123k)2021 Revenue 163 ($162k) Expenses 156 ($116k) Net assets 198 ($169k)2022 Revenue 138 ($137k) Expenses 168 ($126k) Net assets 211 ($180k)2023 Revenue 102 ($101k) Expenses 163 ($122k) Net assets 187 ($160k)2024 Revenue 146 ($145k) Expenses 143 ($107k) Net assets 232 ($198k)2025 Revenue 85 ($85k) Expenses 168 ($125k) Net assets 184 ($157k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (85)Expenses (168)Net assets (184)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $123k to $169k (+37%).

$85k
$123k
$169k
$181k
$160k
$198k
$158k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’19
$39k
’20
$45k
’21
$11k
’22
−$20k
’23
$38k
’24
−$41k
’25
15
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.

Board chair

Ethel Everett

Pioneer valley labor assembly chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed20212121201915
Joined·+10+0+0+9+1+1
No longer listed·9001025
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $15k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION’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.

Where its funders are

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION?
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,719 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS ($105,719). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $105,719 in grants to WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION?
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $105,719 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA LABOR FEDERATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing