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Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Filed by BUILDERS INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$245,156,232
Total expenses
$117,928,006
Contributions and grants received
$151,183,593
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$96,806,070
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$1,901,331,073

Listed in Part VIII

  • Lukas Walton

    DIRECTOR, CEO, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Robert Smith

    TREASURER (UNTIL 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce McNamer

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lisa Forbes

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karishma Desouza

    TREASURER (FROM 7/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$96,630,143
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$96,630,143
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the cash method, under which a grant is recorded when it is paid. Even so, the books total and the cash figures in this section can differ, and column (d) is sometimes filed as 0.

  • Chicago Community Foundation

    $4,000,000

    Chicago, IL

    to support a program focused on reducing, mitigating and preventing street violence

  • CREO Family Office Syndicate

    $3,000,000

    New York, NY

    to support growth and sustainability planning

  • ForeFront

    $3,000,000

    Chicago, IL

    to support a food resilience program in Chicago

  • Rewiring America Inc

    $2,000,000

    Washington, DC

    to support the decarbonization of low-income homes in Indiana

  • Walton Family Foundation

    $1,862,500

    Bentonville, AR

    to support its grantmaking program focused on advancing sustainability efforts in the Midwest

  • Best Friends Animal Society

    $1,000,000

    Kanab, UT

    to support the operating costs of a pet resource center and shelter in Bentonville, Arkansas

  • Common Market Philadelphia Inc

    $1,000,000

    Philadelphia, PA

    to support its work in the Great Lakes region

  • Elevate

    $1,000,000

    Chicago, IL

    To provide general operating support

  • Everyday People for Change Inc

    $1,000,000

    San Leandro, CA

    to support an entrepreneurship project

  • Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

    $1,000,000

    Chicago, IL

    to support organizations working in support of environmental and climate efforts in Chicago

The 10 largest to organizations. The API serves every grant row.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202513009349100326

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