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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BUILDING MARKETS LTD.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,148,763
Total expenses
$4,472,680
Contributions and grants received
$5,067,141
Grants paid
$535,256
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$10,738
Other revenue
$70,884
Total assets, end of year
$2,022,607
Total liabilities, end of year
$406,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,615,846
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,216,190
Management and general expenses
$1,229,026
Fundraising expenses
$27,464
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,216,190

Program services were 71.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,804,323

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,262,818

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,738 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $10,738

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $70,378

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $70,378

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $70,378 · related or exempt $70,378

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $506 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $506

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $506

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $535,256 · program services $535,256

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $859,661 · program services $294,816 · management and general $544,485 · fundraising $20,360

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,176,375 · program services $945,757 · management and general $230,618 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,513 · program services $0 · management and general $20,307 · fundraising $206

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $156,984 · program services $135,319 · management and general $20,186 · fundraising $1,479

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $386,265 · program services $285,146 · management and general $97,167 · fundraising $3,952

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,729 · program services $22,685 · management and general $9,044 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,934 · program services $18,934 · management and general $39,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $634,654 · program services $594,813 · management and general $39,841 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,012 · program services $33,165 · management and general $1,847 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,715 · program services $20,581 · management and general $24,966 · fundraising $1,168

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $192,016 · program services $94,257 · management and general $97,759 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,005 · program services $75,367 · management and general $13,638 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,181 · program services $8,974 · management and general $14,207 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,046 · program services $0 · management and general $4,046 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,730 · program services $0 · management and general $6,730 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program supplies and other expenses

    total $216,604 · program services $141,778 · management and general $74,527 · fundraising $299

  • 24b · Other expenses: Project Overhead Allocation Expense

    total $0 · program services $9,342 · management and general -$9,342 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $525,541 · end of year $124,772

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,106,577 · end of year $1,536,216

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $113,094

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $980

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $41,222 · end of year $39,740

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

    $17,580

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

    $15,150

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,627 · end of year $2,430

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $353,820 · end of year $206,355

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $163,801 · end of year $143,724

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,197,905

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $360,245 · end of year $263,037

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $310,816 · end of year $94,196

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,521,650

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Building Markets unleashes the transformational power of small businesses to address pressing social challenges by driving job creation and inclusive growth. Founded in 2004, the organization finds, builds, and connects competitive local Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to supply chains and investment. Using this data-driven model, Building Markets has supported more than 26,700 SMEs, assisted those businesses in winning $1.36 billion in contracts and $21 million in loans, and has helped create over 75,000 jobs across diverse markets like Turkey, Jordan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Haiti.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Building Markets builds inclusive economies for small businesses (SMEs) so that all people have the opportunity to rise, Building Markets has supported more than 26,700 SMEs, assisted those businesses in winning $1.36 billion in contracts and $21 million in loans, and has helped create over 75,000 jobs across diverse markets like Turkey, Colombia, Jordan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Haiti.

  • Building Markets Sustainable Marketplace program in Turkey works with Syrian owned businesses to help them better assimilate into their host communities, and build long term livlihoods for refugees and their host communities. In the last year the program helped businesses generate 12.8 million dollars in revenue and generate 2,226 jobs.

    Expenses $2,377,855 · Grants $1,962,204

  • Building Markets works with recycling SMEs in Myanmar to help reduce waste and ensure that the collection rate for PTE and alluminium is higher for the market. In the past year Myamnars team helped increase the collection rate of PTEs by 18.6% amongst SMEs with whom we work.

    Expenses $177,436 · Grants $66,410

  • Building Markets works with SMEs that are owned or employ Venezuelan refugeesin Colombia. We work with these small businesses to strengthen their service offerings and connect them to new market opportunities.

    Expenses $660,899 · Grants $368,006

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Radha Rajkotia

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $257,040
    From this org
    $252,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,040
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $257,040
  • Frank Hamilton Mcnutt

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $179,400
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,000
    Filer's total
    $179,400
  • Ben Cushman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Didovic

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trent Hoole

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Mackie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Makinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Peigh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Saal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Duflo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathrin Frauscher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
19 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413249349300746

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