CENTER FOR UNION FACTS: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: CENTER FOR UNION FACTS (EIN 20-4036946)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-11-13
IRS object ID: 201903179349304530
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-13T14:00:49-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	560574444	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHERRY BEKAERT LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11200 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	ROCKVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20852	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	204036946	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CENTER FOR UNION FACTS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CENT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2024637106	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1090 VERMONT AVE NW NO 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	WILLIAM J TATTERSALL	PersonNm
Person Title	SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2024637106	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	AMANDA ADAMS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00748038	PTIN
Phone	3015899000	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	38.142.98.34	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-11-07	IPDt
IP Tm	16:59:39	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	2E714E3C23332E73948D0414F341D65AE97E6CE4	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	18694F53AD11E15FFCEA276DE93F63B2E746D691	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-03-31 21:24:44Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	RICHARD BERMAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1090 VERMONT AVE NW NO 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$906,228	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	SEE SCHEDULE O	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2006	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	ADVOCATES FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AMERICA'S LABOR MOVEMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$282,316	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$906,100	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$403	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$128	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$282,719	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$906,228	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$832,142	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$874,229	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$27,957	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$492,906	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,271,728	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,325,048	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,145,957	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,042,329	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,239,729	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,954,274	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$518,383	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$256,004	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$59,842	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,698,270	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$458,541	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON US AND INTERNATIONAL LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,076,260	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LAUNCHED SUBWAYSCAM.COM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON NEW YORK CITY BUILDING TRADES UNIONS THAT TAKE RESOURCES AWAY FROM SUBWAY REPAIRS AND UPGRADES. LAUNCHED ASKGARYWHY.COM TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK, GARY LABARBERA. WROTE AND DISTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND OP-EDS, RESULTING IN 35 TOTAL MEDIA HITS. PRODUCED AND POSTED ONLINE VIDEOS TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN; EDUCATED THE PUBLIC THROUGH RADIO COMMERCIALS AND OTHER FORMS OF ADVERTISING. RECEIVED OVER 86,000 COMBINED VISITS TO THE TWO CAMPAIGN WEBSITES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$689,087	ExpenseAmt
Desc	RESEARCHED AND EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT (ERA), LEGISLATION TO REFORM LABOR LAWS BY PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF BOTH UNION AND NON-UNION WORKERS. ENGAGED IN LIMITED LOBBYING TO SUPPORT THE ERA. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PRESS ABOUT THE ERA, MAINTAINED THE WEBSITE EMPLOYEERIGHTSACT.COM. RELEASED AN ANALYSIS OF UNION POLITICAL SPENDING, PROMOTED THE ERA THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND WROTE AND DISTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND OP-EDS LEADING TO NEWS COVERAGE IN NEARLY 90 ONLINE, PRINT, RADIO, AND TELEVISION OUTLETS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$272,474	ExpenseAmt
Desc	MAINTAINED MULTIPLE RESEARCH-BASED WEBSITES AND A BLOG TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON LABOR UNION ISSUES, RECEIVING MORE THAN 2 MILLION WEBSITE VISITORS. WROTE BLOG POSTS AND PRODUCED ADDITIONAL CONTENT ABOUT UNION ISSUES, AND ABOUT ACTIVIST GROUPS FUNDED BY LABOR INTERESTS. PROMOTED THE BLOG AND THE CENTER VIA SOCIAL MEDIA (FACEBOOK AND TWITTER) AND ENGAGED IN ADVERTISING TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC, THE MEDIA AND POLICYMAKERS TO VISIT THE WEBSITES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT UNION ISSUES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,628	ExpenseAmt
Desc	BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLICUNIONFACTS.COM, AN ONLINE DATABASE OF PUBLIC-UNION POLITICAL SPENDING FOR THOUSANDS OF UNIONS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING IN 1997 AND RUNNING THROUGH 2018.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$5,628	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,043,449	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	14	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RICHARD BERMAN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2024637106	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1090 VERMONT AVE NW 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
RICHARD BERMAN
PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE DIREC	19.27	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$27,150	$0	$0
WILLIAM J TATTERSALL
SECRETARY/TREASURER, DIREC	0.20	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$500	$0	$0
CRAIG BRIGHTUP
DIRECTOR	0.10	Yes (X)		$500	$0	$0
RICHARD KLEMP
DIRECTOR	0.10	Yes (X)		$500	$0	$0
RONALD PETTY
DIRECTOR	0.15	Yes (X)		$500	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$29,150	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
RICHARD BERMAN AND COMPANY INC
1090 VERMONT AVE SUITE 800	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	ADV, RESEARCH, LOBBYING & ACCT	$845,213
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
1090 VERMONT AVE SUITE 800	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	PROGRAM SERVICES	$414,430
FACEBOOK INC
1 HACKER WAY	MENLO PARK	CA	94025	ADVERTISING	$100,214

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$906,100	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$906,100	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$128	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$128	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$906,228	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$128	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,975	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,975	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$845,213	TotalAmt
Program Services	$799,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,100	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,041	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$2,041	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,822	TotalAmt
Program Services	$972	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,740	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$110	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,035	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$183,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$183,400	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$172,502	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,671	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$831	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$847,851	TotalAmt
Program Services	$847,851	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,491	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,313	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,178	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,955	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$376	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$425	TotalAmt
Management And General	$425	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,521	TotalAmt
Program Services	$824	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,697	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	TAXES LICENSES AND FEES	Desc
Total	$6,850	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,850	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,145,957	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,043,449	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$74,551	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,957	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$257,494	BOYAmt
EOY	$209,491	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,671,780	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,297	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,000	BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$25	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$285,570	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,184	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$4,184	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,954,274	BOYAmt
EOY	$518,383	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$256,004	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,842	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$256,004	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,842	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,698,270	BOYAmt
EOY	$384,169	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$74,372	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,698,270	BOYAmt
EOY	$458,541	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,954,274	BOYAmt
EOY	$518,383	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,239,729	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,210,512	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,718,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$776,283	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$282,316	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$906,100	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,894,096	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,210,512	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,718,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$776,283	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$282,316	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$906,100	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,894,096	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,454,184	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,439,912	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$390	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$367	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$947	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$403	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$128	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,235	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$19	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$10	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$29	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,896,360	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.41380	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.46060	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPY FEE - 2014 AMOUNT: $ 9. 2016 AMOUNT: $ 10. MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - 2014 AMOUNT: $ 10.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$234,650	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$234,650	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,911,307	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,145,957	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$257,298	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$64,325	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$237,154	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$202,936	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$207,505	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$257,298	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$904,893	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,357,340	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$8,300	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$15,019	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$102,721	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$234,650	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$360,690	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$59,289	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$50,734	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$51,876	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$64,325	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$226,224	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$339,336	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,184	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,184	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,219,105	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$312,877	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$312,877	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$906,228	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$906,228	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,458,834	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$312,877	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$312,877	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,145,957	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,145,957	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THE EFFECT OF GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY U.S. GAAP ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE CENTER CONTINUES TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION AT DECEMBER 31, 2018. MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED ALL OTHER TAX POSITIONS THAT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND DETERMINED THE CENTER HAD NO UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AT DECEMBER 31, 2018.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RICHARD BERMAN AND COMPANY INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	SEE PART V	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$845,213	TransactionAmt
Transaction	SEE PART V	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART IV (B) - DESCRIPTION OF RELATIONSHIP:

ENTITY MORE THAN 35% OWNED BY RICHARD BERMAN, PRESIDENT.

PART IV (D) - DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTIONS:

SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE RESEARCH AND MONITORING/ANALYSIS ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE ORGANIZATION, ADVERTISING, PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, LOBBYING, MANAGEMENT, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE, MEETING PLANNING, AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES AS NEEDED IN MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OF CENTER FOR UNION FACTS IN THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS MISSION AND EXEMPT PURPOSES.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM J: WEBSITES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:	UNIONFACTS.COM; LABORPAINS.ORG; TEACHERSUNIONEXPOSED.COM, EMPLOYEERIGHTSACT.COM, AFTFACTS.COM, WORKERCENTERS.COM, SEIUEXPOSED.COM, BLACKWORKERSMATTER.COM, PUBLICUNIONFACTS.COM, ABOUTJANUS.COM, ASKGARYWHY.COM, EYESON11.COM; SUBWAYSCAM.COM, UAWACCOUNTABILITY.COM, UAWINVESTIGATION.COM
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3	RICHARD BERMAN AND COMPANY INC. IS THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR THE CENTER FOR UNION FACTS. RICHARD BERMAN, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR UNION FACTS, WAS COMPENSATED AS PRESIDENT OF RICHARD BERMAN AND COMPANY, INC. DURING 2018. DUE TO THE CENTER'S ESTABLISHED ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL INTERNAL CONTROL PROCESSES, WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE INDEPENDENT AUDITING FIRM, THE CONFIDENTIAL COMPENSATION INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE PREPARER AND SIGNING OFFICER.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	CENTER FOR UNION FACTS' FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT. MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL BOTH RECEIVED AND REVIEWED COPIES OF THIS FORM 990, REDACTED FOR DONOR INFORMATION, PRIOR TO ITS FILING. COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE RETURN WAS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	CENTER FOR UNION FACTS REQUIRES THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS TO READ AND SIGN THE POLICY AND TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THEY MAY HAVE TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THE BOARD THEN DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THERE EXISTS A CONFLICT. ANY OFFICERS OR BOARD MEMBERS WITH CONFLICTS ARE RECUSED FROM VOTING UPON ISSUES INVOLVING THEIR PARTICULAR CONFLICT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	CENTER FOR UNION FACTS REQUIRES THAT COMPENSATION FOR THE DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; PERSONS WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT AT ISSUE ARE RECUSED. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDKEEPING ARE DONE WITH RESPECT TO DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS WAS REVIEWED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	CENTER FOR UNION FACTS DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION EXCEPT THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS FILED WITH ITS FORM 1023 EXEMPTION APPLICATION (COPY AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC) AS REQUIRED BY LAW.