Nonprofit · EIN 95-1939454
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA
Also known as 9510 CWA
Tax-exempt · ORANGE, CA 92868
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $815,971 | $807,727 | $8,244 | $1,027,106 | $197,748 | $829,358 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $770,547 | $833,482 | -$62,935 | $1,025,613 | $204,499 | $821,114 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $787,151 | $797,506 | -$10,355 | $1,094,995 | $210,946 | $884,049 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $5,200
- Program service revenue
- $794,466
- Investment income
- $2,914
- Other revenue
- $13,391
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $40
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $323,392
- Other salaries and wages
- $165,268
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $594,319
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $18,165
- Occupancy
- $17,061
- Travel
- $13,149
- Depreciation
- $23,285
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,025,613
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,027,106
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $197,748
- Net assets, end of year
- $829,358
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $898,048
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $829,358
- Gross receipts
- $815,971
- Employees
- 56
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1951
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETER O'BRIEN | PRESIDENT (THRU 11/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $102,488 |
| JASON JUSTICE | PRESIDENT (AS OF 11/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 21 | $53,056 |
| KRISTY L PHAM | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 21 | $50,066 |
| ALFONSO OCHOA JR | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 14 | $33,411 |
| ALICE SIERRAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $20,274 |
| GLENN BALL | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $19,440 |
| ROBERT COLE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $18,572 |
| ENRIQUE M RAMIREZ | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $18,478 |
| ISIDORE NOVEMBER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $15,318 |
| ANTHONY TESTA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 7 | $15,272 |
| DANIELLE PITTS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 6 | $12,446 |
| THOMAS GARDELLA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $4,441 |
| MATTHEW L FUENTES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $2,174 |
| JESSE CARRASCO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $1,741 |
| ROBERT J NATHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $1,577 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA GEIGER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $1,084 |
| HANNAH MOTEGI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $344 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETER O'BRIEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 39 | $106,709 |
| JASON JUSTICE | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 17 | $43,916 |
| KRISTY PHAM | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 19 | $43,708 |
| ALFONSO OCHOA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 12 | $31,144 |
| DANILLE PITTS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $24,906 |
| ENRIQUE RAMIREZ | EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 15 | $23,668 |
| YESENIA GONZALES ENDED 824 | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 14 | $23,111 |
| ANTHONY TESTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $16,660 |
| ALICE SIERRAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 8 | $15,516 |
| ROBERT COLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 6 | $13,988 |
| THOMAS GARDELLA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $6,998 |
| GLENN BALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $6,759 |
| MATT FUENTES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $2,868 |
| MICHAEL SEGURA END 1023 | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $1,269 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETER O'BRIEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 39 | $106,044 |
| KRISTY PHAM | SECRETARY/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 19 | $41,824 |
| JASON JUSTICE | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 17 | $39,693 |
| ALFONSO OCHOA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 12 | $27,233 |
| ENRIQUE RAMIREZ | EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 15 | $25,060 |
| YESENIA GONZALES | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 14 | $22,419 |
| ALICE SIERRAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 8 | $14,139 |
| ROBERT COLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 6 | $12,707 |
| THOMAS GARDELLA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $6,008 |
| GLENN BALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $3,651 |
| MATT FUENTES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $2,709 |
| MICHAEL SEGURA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $1,147 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 606 N ECKHOFF ST, ORANGE, CA 92868-1004
- In care of
- % JASON JUSTICE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JASON JUSTICE, 606 N ECKHOFF STREET, ORANGE, CA 92868
- Signed the 990
- JASON JUSTICE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (714) 978-9510
- Website
- WWW.CWA9510.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-1939454 or by the name COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
ADMINISTRATION OF NEGOTIATED UNION CONTRACTS.
Program accomplishments
- PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL UNION PROGRAMS, EMPLOYEE & MEMBER BENEFITS - PAYMENT OF LOST TIME WAGES TO MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE OPERATION OF THE LOCAL AND TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS TO NETWORK WITH OTHER COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES.
- GENERAL OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
- MEMBER EDUCATION - EDUCATE MEMBERS REGARDING ISSUES AFFECTING THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND VARIOUS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MATTERS.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-1939454
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1951
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Group exemption
- 1102: COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA AFL-CIO CLC
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,027,106
- Income (IRS master file)
- $815,971
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $815,971 | $807,727 | $1,027,106 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2024 | $770,547 | $833,482 | $1,025,613 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $787,151 | $797,506 | $1,094,995 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $733,287 | $728,722 | $1,111,544 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-1939454).
Questions about COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA
- What is the EIN of COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA is 95-1939454.
- Is COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1951.
- Are donations to COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names JASON JUSTICE.
- Who are the officers and directors of COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 17 received compensation from the organization, the highest $102,488 (PETER O'BRIEN, PRESIDENT (THRU 11/2024)).
- How much revenue does COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $815,971, expenses of $807,727 and total assets of $1,027,106 at year end.
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