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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUILDERS NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,300,898
Total expenses
$3,859,683
Contributions and grants received
$5,293,000
Grants paid
$20,150
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,898
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,584,773
Total liabilities, end of year
$143,558
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,441,215
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,728,068
Management and general expenses
$131,615
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,728,068

Program services were 96.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,293,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,898 · excluded $7,898

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,150 · program services $20,150

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $986,065 · program services $932,666 · management and general $53,399

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,057 · program services $10,458 · management and general $599

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $67,802 · program services $64,130 · management and general $3,672

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,524 · program services $84,676 · management and general $4,848

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,531 · program services $13 · management and general $20,518

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,064 · management and general $28,064

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $16,524 · program services $16,524

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,209,569 · program services $2,209,329 · management and general $240

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $195,917 · program services $195,917

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,296 · program services $26,207 · management and general $2,089

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $143,461 · program services $132,896 · management and general $10,565

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,420 · program services $31,009 · management and general $3,411

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,036 · program services $3,036

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $921 · program services $921

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $176 · program services $136 · management and general $40

  • 24a · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $4,170 · management and general $4,170

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $259,378

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,303,050

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,848

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,497

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $143,558

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,168,256

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $272,959

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, COOPERATION, AND DIALOGUE AMONG GROUPS THAT ARE OFTEN SEEN AS AT ODDS. IT SEEKS TO COMBAT THE CURRENTLY WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION THAT AMERICANS AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE DIVIDED AND UNABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, WITH ONE FACTION UNABLE TO LISTEN TO, UNDERSTAND OR COMPROMISE WITH OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION MISSION IS TO EQUIP CITIZENS TO OVERCOME TOXIC POLARIZATION AND SOLVE OUR TOUGHEST PROBLEMS TOGETHER BY PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, COOPERATION, AND DIALOGUE AMONG GROUPS THAT ARE OFTEN SEEN AS AT ODDS. IT SEEKS TO COMBAT THE CURRENTLY WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION THAT AMERICANS AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE DIVIDED AND UNABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, WITH ONE FACTION UNABLE TO LISTEN TO, UNDERSTAND OR COMPROMISE WITH OTHERS.

  • BUILDERS MIDDLE EAST (BME): BME PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES, VIA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, SHORT VIDEOS OF HUMAN STORIES AND NEWS CONTENT DESIGNED TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS.

    Expenses $1,920,539

  • BUILDERS USA: BUILDERS USA APPROACH IS TO REACH AND TEACH PEOPLE AT SCALE WITH POWERFUL CONTENT, EQUIP THEM WITH NEW SKILLS AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS, AND MOBILIZE THE GROWING BUILDERS MOVEMENT WITH GRASSROOTS CIVIC PROGRAMS TO HOLD POLITICAL LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING BUILDERS. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (I) SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMMING THAT DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES SHORT VIDEOS OF HUMAN STORIES, NEWS MEDIA, AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO FOSTER FLEXIBLE THINKING AND CONSTRUCTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; (II) CONVENING DISCUSSION GROUPS OF CITIZENS WITH WIDELY DIFFERING VIEWS ON DIVISIVE ISSUES, FACILITATING ATTEMPTS TO REACH CONSENSUS ON THOSE ISSUES AND PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT CONSENSUS AND COOPERATION ARE POSSIBLE; (III) PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THAT ILLUMINATES THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TOXIC POLARIZATION AND DEMONSTRATING THE POWER OF CITIZENS WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS LINES OF DIFFERENCE.

    Expenses $1,595,856

  • BUILDERS UKRAINE: TO RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE AMERICANS ON THE GLOBAL FRAGILITY AND INTERCONNECTIVITY OF DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $121,196

  • EDUCATION & RESEARCH: DEVELOPING TOOLKITS AND EDUCATION CONTENT TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH TOOLS AND SKILLS TO FOSTER CRITICAL THINKING, CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AND COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE 4 CS CURRICULUM; BUILDERS MINDSET CRASH COURSE; AND AN EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE OF BEST PRACTICES FOR FOSTERING A BUILDERS MINDSET IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

    Expenses $90,477 · Grants $20,150

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL JOHNSTON PRESIDENT

    THRU 2/23/24, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JULIANNA STORCH COHEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • DANIEL LUBETZKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • JUSTIN MERVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSAMYN WALDMAN RODRIGUEZ

    PRESIDENT, EFF. 2/23/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • KAREN MCSHERRY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • ASHLEY PHILLIPS

    HEAD OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $159,543
    From this org
    $139,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,381
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,924
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $238
    Deferred
    $3,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,141
    Filer's total
    $159,543

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349326112

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