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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITAT.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,793,203
Total expenses
$6,120,460
Contributions and grants received
$3,875,410
Grants paid
$55,000
Program service revenue
$1,642,365
Investment income
$275,428
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$14,674,929
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,559,410
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,115,519
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,825,124
Management and general expenses
$679,307
Fundraising expenses
$616,029
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,825,124

Program services were 78.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,437,393

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,438,017

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Congress & conferences

    total $1,171,167 · related or exempt $1,171,167

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Research

    total $315,110 · related or exempt $315,110

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Publications

    total $156,088 · related or exempt $156,088

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $275,428 · excluded $275,428

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,186,523

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,186,523

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,282,516 · program services $977,771 · management and general $146,831 · fundraising $157,914

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $111,807 · program services $111,807

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,083,868 · program services $1,562,142 · management and general $251,377 · fundraising $270,349

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $98,418 · program services $75,032 · management and general $11,268 · fundraising $12,118

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $107,415 · program services $81,892 · management and general $12,298 · fundraising $13,225

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $221,994 · program services $169,245 · management and general $25,415 · fundraising $27,334

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,729 · program services $7,512 · management and general $12,217

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,528 · program services $17,715 · management and general $28,813

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $52,401 · management and general $52,401

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $154,456 · program services $132,080 · management and general $20,498 · fundraising $1,878

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $204,417 · program services $153,313 · management and general $25,552 · fundraising $25,552

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $227,561 · program services $170,671 · management and general $28,445 · fundraising $28,445

  • 17 · Travel

    total $154,591 · program services $141,261 · management and general $649 · fundraising $12,681

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $934,093 · program services $859,638 · management and general $13,199 · fundraising $61,256

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,635 · management and general $16,635

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,859 · management and general $13,859

  • 24a · Other expenses: Publications

    total $65,346 · program services $64,580 · management and general $766

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff development

    total $34,490 · program services $14,074 · management and general $15,139 · fundraising $5,277

  • 24c · Other expenses: Research & resource library

    total $166,788 · program services $165,685 · management and general $1,103

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $13,078 · program services $10,665 · management and general $2,413

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55,470 · program services $55,041 · management and general $429 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $75,009 · end of year $152,606

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,939,023 · end of year $2,704,803

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,494 · end of year $354,590

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $153,461 · end of year $183,919

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $186,076 · end of year $298,232

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

    $153,150

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

    $134,026

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,759 · end of year $19,124

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,751,889 · end of year $8,151,260

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,366,907 · end of year $2,501,138

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $480,495 · end of year $309,257

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $148,198 · end of year $164,354

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $998,818 · end of year $1,045,593

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $563,549 · end of year $349,463

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,199,298 · end of year $13,070,519

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,250 · end of year $45,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To disseminate multi-disciplinary information on all aspects of tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the most recent knowledge available.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To disseminate multi-disciplinary information on all aspects of tall buildings.

  • CTBUH events offer a wide variety of benefits to attendees, speakers, and sponsors. As the recognized international authority on tall buildings, CTBUH conferences are best known by industry leaders for both quality of knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities. By holding conferences and events throughout the world, CTBUH maximizes the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment and makes the most recent knowledge available to these professionals.

    Expenses $1,763,040 · Revenue $1,171,167

  • CTBUH performs objective research and thought leadership at all scales and distributes findings in the form of technical guidelines, white papers, data studies, and reports that highlight critical issues facing tall buildings and future cities.

    Expenses $838,953 · Revenue $315,110

  • CTBUH's membership is made up of the world's leading owners, developers, planners, engineers, designers, suppliers, and builders of the vertical urban realm. Through meaningful, multidisciplinary engagement, CTBUH offers its members the opportunity to share best practice information, promote their expertise globally and in their local region, and shape the future of cities. CTBUH Assemblies comprise dynamic, member-driven committees that can contribute their expertise to CTBUH in many ways: educational programming, research publications, journal articles and peer review participation.

    Expenses $752,724

  • CTBUH developed the international standards for measuring and defining tall buildings, as outlined on its website, and is recognized as the arbiter for bestowing designations such as the "World's Tallest Building." These standards also inform the basis of the CTBUH Tall Building Database, the world's premier online resource for accurate, reliable information on tall building data. The CTBUH website provides the public with detailed data, images, and technical information on more than 40,000 tall buildings, and their cities, the world over.

    Expenses $644,044

  • Through the publication of books, proceedings, technical guides, research reports, and a monthly newsletter, CTBUH disseminates multidisciplinary information on all aspects of tall buildings and sustainable urban environments.

    Expenses $575,944 · Revenue $156,088

  • CTBUH offers annual competitions for professionals and students to engage in design and research projects. The evaluation of competition proposals and designs are undertaken by an expert peer review committee, which reflects a multi-disciplinary group of tall building/urban experts from around the world with experience in varying fields. The Masters of Tall Buildings and Vertical Urbanism (M.TBVU) program is a collaboration between CTBUH and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and is the world's first multidisciplinary advanced degree focused specifically on the high-rise and the role of urban density in future cities.

    Expenses $250,419 · Grants $55,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charu Thapar

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Francisco Javier Quintana de Una

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $420,290
    From this org
    $361,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,506
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,599
    Bonus
    $30,867
    Other
    $64,318
    Deferred
    $27,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,924
    Filer's total
    $420,290

  • Shonn Mills

    Trustee (part year), Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Steve Watts

    Chairman & Secretary (part year), Vice-Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Seel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kam Chuen Tse

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Katrin Forster

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mounib Hammoud

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Scott Duncan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shaofeng Wang

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Antony D Wood

    President

    Total calculated
    $583,436
    From this org
    $509,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,162
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,767
    Bonus
    $211,049
    Other
    $49,458
    Deferred
    $44,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,902
    Filer's total
    $583,436

  • Patricia Thurmond

    VP Finance and Administration

    Total calculated
    $142,119
    From this org
    $119,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,679
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brian McLaren

    Sr Director Technology

    Total calculated
    $184,886
    From this org
    $157,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,952
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,962
    Bonus
    $10,282
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $13,548
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,404
    Filer's total
    $184,886

  • Charles Mutscheller

    Director Marketing & Communications

    Total calculated
    $154,844
    From this org
    $133,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,267
    Bonus
    $7,387
    Other
    $1,063
    Deferred
    $11,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,909
    Filer's total
    $154,844

  • Steven Henry

    Sr Director Events & Strategic Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $167,820
    From this org
    $133,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,232
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,744
    Bonus
    $10,653
    Other
    $191
    Deferred
    $12,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,542
    Filer's total
    $167,820

  • Tracie Moxley

    Director Member Engagement

    Total calculated
    $143,433
    From this org
    $107,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,416
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
A housing allowance of $64,318 was provided to Francisco Javier Quintana de Una, CEO. This was included in his taxable income.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1b Written policy regarding payment or reimbursement of expenses
The Board reviewed and approved the housing allowance provision.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 5a Compensation contingent on revenues of the organization
Consistent with the President's employment contract, the organization paid to the President additional compensation at a rate of 7.5% contingent upon new revenue brought to the organization.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
The board approved nonfixed payments made in the form discretionary bonuses.
Schedule J, Part II Part VII, Line 5
Antony D. Wood, President, received compensation and benefits from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for services provided to IIT as part of a joint academic appointment in his role as President of CTBUH, the filing organization. Total reportable compensation for Antony was $298,225 and non-taxable benefits was $29,902 as reported on his 2023 IIT Form W-2. Of this amount, CTBUH is responsible for $279,911 and the amount paid directly by IIT is $48,216 under the joint agreement.

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CTBUH Business Consulting (Shangai) Co Ltd

    C Corporation · Tall Buildings · CH · 100% owned · share of income $227,913 · share of assets $188,448 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422209349300992

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