Nonprofit · EIN 23-7341563
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
Also known as 257 CENTRAL NY AREA LOCAL
Tax-exempt · SYRACUSE, NY 13220
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $441,462 | $396,907 | $44,555 | $1,103,085 | $1,207 | $1,101,878 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $463,758 | $435,258 | $28,500 | $1,033,583 | $1,615 | $1,031,968 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $438,542 | $441,751 | -$3,209 | $989,206 | $1,516 | $987,690 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $418,211
- Investment income
- $16,031
- Other revenue
- $7,220
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $242,700
- Other salaries and wages
- $20,422
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $285,231
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,000
- Occupancy
- $14,022
- Travel
- $31,224
- Program services (functional)
- $69,438
- Management and general (functional)
- $327,469
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,033,583
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,103,085
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,207
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,101,878
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $204,167
- Gross receipts
- $441,462
- Employees
- 26
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1976
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE BURNETT | PRESIDENT Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $108,346 |
| DAVID SIMMONS | EXECUTIVE VP Officer | 40 | $96,691 |
| PATRICIA WALSH | ASSOC VP Officer | 20 | $13,568 |
| DENISE PRICE | AVP SCHENECTADY Officer | 8 | $9,575 |
| SHIRLEY PITTS | HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTOR Officer | 4 | $4,046 |
| MICHAEL LANDRY | ASSOC CRAFT VP Officer | 4 | $2,581 |
| JAMES PRITCHARD | MAINTENANCE CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $2,194 |
| FLOYD GERMANO | TREASURER Officer | 8 | $1,927 |
| JOHANNA BAILEY | CLERK CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $1,923 |
| DARLENE DOW | COMPTROLLER Officer | 4 | $1,040 |
| SHERETTA MCCLAIN | SECRETARY Officer | 4 | $809 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE BURNETT | PRESIDENT Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,210 |
| DAVID SIMMONS | EXECUTIVE VP Officer | 40 | $94,682 |
| PATRICIA WALSH | ASSOC VP Officer | 20 | $12,554 |
| DENISE PRICE | AVP SCHENECTADY Officer | 8 | $9,636 |
| JOHANNA BAILEY | CLERK CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $4,894 |
| JAMES PRITCHARD | MAINTENANCE CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $4,354 |
| SHIRLEY PITTS | HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTOR Officer | 4 | $3,041 |
| FLOYD GERMANO | TREASURER Officer | 8 | $1,960 |
| MICHAEL LANDRY | ASSOC CRAFT VP Officer | 4 | $1,887 |
| DARLENE DOW | COMPTROLLER Officer | 4 | $1,040 |
| SHERETTA MCCLAIN | SECRETARY Officer | 4 | $809 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLE BURNETT | PRESIDENT Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,300 |
| DAVID SIMMONS | EXECUTIVE VP Officer | 40 | $80,276 |
| PATRICIA WALSH | ASSOC VP Officer | 20 | $11,403 |
| DENISE PRICE | AVP SCHENECTADY Officer | 8 | $7,515 |
| JOHANNA BAILEY | CLERK CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $7,443 |
| MICHAEL LANDRY | ASSOC CRAFT VP Officer | 4 | $4,508 |
| JAMES PRITCHARD | MAINTENANCE CRAFT DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $4,335 |
| SHIRLEY PITTS | HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTOR Officer | 4 | $2,827 |
| FLOYD GERMANO | TREASURER Officer | 8 | $2,505 |
| REBECCA BACKE | AVP GLENS FALLS Officer | 8 | $1,819 |
| ROBERT KIMM | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Officer | 8 | $1,479 |
| DARLENE DOW | COMPTROLLER Officer | 4 | $1,050 |
| SHERETTA MCCLAIN | SECRETARY Officer | 4 | $878 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 2233, SYRACUSE, NY 13220-2233
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Nicole Burnett, 407 East Taft Road, North Syracuse, NY 13212
- Signed the 990
- David Simmons, Executive Vice President
- Phone
- (315) 452-1123
- Website
- www.apwucnyal.homestead.com
- Return prepared by
- Tax-Girl Tax Service
Mission
To represent all covered employees by the enforcement of the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by the United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO with regards to hours, wages and working conditions.
Program accomplishments
- The local union maintains a union hall to provide a place for members to attend meetings, attend union initiated social functions as well as a place to hold their own private functions.Expenses $15,149
- Local Union members have an allotment to their respective social funds in order to hold social functions, give charitable contributions, scholarship grants, sympathy gifts and organize members. (Social Functions - $2547) (Charitable Donations, Scholarships, Sympathy, Organizing - $10751)Expenses $13,298
- Publishing a local newsletter to keep members informed as to the issues affecting hours, wages and working conditions.Expenses $1,264
- GENERAL MEETINGS ARE HELD IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE LOCAL TO ENSURE THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND AND BE HEARD.Expenses $6,291
- TRAVEL EXPENSES AND FEES FOR CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCES WHICH INCLUDED AIRFARE, LODGING AND PERDIEMS ARE INCURRED. LOCAL TRAVEL BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT BUSINEES IN FULFILLING THEIR DUTIES TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.Expenses $33,436
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7341563
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1973
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Group exemption
- 2474: AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,103,085
- Income (IRS master file)
- $441,462
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $441,462 | $396,907 | $1,103,085 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $463,758 | $435,258 | $1,033,583 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $438,542 | $441,751 | $989,206 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $429,984 | $322,799 | $972,857 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 23-7341563).
Questions about AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION is 23-7341563.
- Is AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1973.
- Are donations to AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION 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 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Nicole Burnett.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 11 received compensation from the organization, the highest $108,346 (NICOLE BURNETT, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $441,462, expenses of $396,907 and total assets of $1,103,085 at year end.
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