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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BUILD CHANGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,846,496
Total expenses
$4,540,084
Contributions and grants received
$3,615,729
Grants paid
$156,600
Program service revenue
$240,697
Investment income
$680
Other revenue
-$10,610
Total assets, end of year
$2,842,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$302,976
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,539,354
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,749,100
Management and general expenses
$817,629
Fundraising expenses
$973,355
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,749,100

Program services were 60.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $195,700

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,420,029

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,821

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Fees

    total $240,697 · related or exempt $240,697 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $680 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $680

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Foreign Exchange Loss

    total -$10,610 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$10,610

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$10,610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $156,600 · program services $156,600

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $223,697 · program services $59,884 · management and general $79,374 · fundraising $84,439

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,457,659 · program services $1,318,561 · management and general $444,450 · fundraising $694,648

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $259,088 · program services $152,414 · management and general $48,864 · fundraising $57,810

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $178,686 · program services $90,690 · management and general $44,570 · fundraising $43,426

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,776 · program services $11,776

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,150 · program services $12,750 · management and general $23,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,810 · program services $164,230 · management and general $44,429 · fundraising $27,151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $85,373 · program services $47,825 · management and general $26,367 · fundraising $11,181

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $98,364 · program services $62,841 · management and general $20,941 · fundraising $14,582

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,302 · program services $11,618 · management and general $3,641 · fundraising $43

  • 17 · Travel

    total $314,717 · program services $241,447 · management and general $34,431 · fundraising $38,839

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $245,550 · program services $245,550

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,971 · program services $792 · management and general $20,708 · fundraising $471

  • 24a · Other expenses: Housing Subsidies

    total $121,550 · program services $121,550 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Transport and Freight

    total $10,073 · program services $9,933 · management and general $34 · fundraising $106

  • 24c · Other expenses: Training Supplies & Equipment

    total $34,618 · program services $34,618 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Business Expenses

    total $33,100 · program services $6,021 · management and general $26,420 · fundraising $659

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,851,591 · end of year $2,336,718

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $190,765 · end of year $67,851

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,918 · end of year $22,895

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,127 · end of year $59,249

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $839,068

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $491,205

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $593,413 · end of year $347,863

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $7,697 · end of year $7,031

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,228 · end of year $723

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $257,788 · end of year $290,469

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,309 · end of year $12,507

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $195,700 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,700,294 · end of year $1,844,247

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,532,648 · end of year $695,107

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to greatly reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses caused by housing and school collapses due to earthquakes, extreme weather and fires.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To greatly reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses caused by housing and school collapses due to earthquakes, extreme weather, and fires. Build Change leaves in place permanent change in construction practice by building local skills and stimulating local demand.

  • Latin America: Exponential progress in Colombia has led to the improvement of over 110,000 homes nationally to date. Build Change's critical contributions since 2014 have helped develop, implement, and scale housing programs that better incorporate disaster resilience, while driving essential policy changes, permitting and subsidy reforms, and hundreds of millions of dollars in public investment. In 2022, the construction phase of the Build Change-supported program Plan Terrazas got underway, to support 1,250 low-income households in vulnerable informal housing in Bogota with risk management and poverty alleviation through a combination of structural home improvement and expansion. Building on the learning and success of our work in Bogota, we also launched a program with the housing authority of Bucaramanga, a city situated above one of the highest concentrations of seismic activity in the world, Build Change is supporting the city to integrate resilience into its existing home improvement programs, to initially make 560 homes more earthquake resilient. In Honduras, damages from climate hazards are expected to double in the next 20 years. Build Change's program with the Honduran Red Cross has been helping families in the flood-prone Sula Valley to adapt their homes against hurricanes and flooding while also addressing relevant seismic risk.

    Expenses $704,584 · Revenue $196,430

  • Innovations: In 2022, the Engineering, Design and Technology team expanded Build Change's capacity and position as a trusted advisor and innovator for other development agencies, donors, governments, and organizations for resilient housing through excellent, client-focused program solutions. Key achievements include: developing "Resilient Housing in a Box", supporting the Institute for Building Technology and Safety with the development of a regional capacity-building strategy, and providing continued remote system support and technical capacity building to the Dominica Housing Recovery Project.

    Expenses $466,399

  • Philippines: Build Change delivered training to 300 homeowners and 45 builders in Cebu and Bohol provinces as part of our post-Typhoon Odette assistance work with the Philippines Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF). Build Change is working with local microfinance partners to incentivize preventative home strengthening and make it accessible to low-income families. In 2022 our innovative home strengthening loans with technical assistance enabled hundreds of women in the Philippines to make critical structural improvements to their homes before the next disaster.

    Expenses $424,374 · Grants $46,419 · Revenue $19,124

  • See Schedule O - Program services for the Caribbean, Indonesia, Nepal, Advocacy, Housing and Finance and the United States programs.

    Expenses $1,153,743 · Grants $467,534 · Revenue $10,408

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Hausler

    Founder and CEO

    Total calculated
    $223,698
    From this org
    $197,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,186
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,512
    Filer's total
    $223,698

  • Diane Datteri

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $151,368
    From this org
    $121,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,548
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sharon G Cooley

    Vice President of Development

    Total calculated
    $130,789
    From this org
    $119,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,395
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,394
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,395
    Filer's total
    $130,789

  • Mary L Collins

    Vice President of Engineering

    Total calculated
    $130,677
    From this org
    $111,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,417
    Hours/week
    35

  • Sibel Berzeg

    President

    Total calculated
    $126,994
    From this org
    $113,332
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,332
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,662
    Filer's total
    $126,994

  • Monica Schroeder

    Director of Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $109,668
    From this org
    $105,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,438
    Hours/week
    40

  • Martin Fisher

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grace Hanson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hemant Shah

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erin Bradner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349328504

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