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BUILDING SKILLS NY

EIN 45-5146915 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2025
$2,024,796
Expenses 2025
$1,928,893

Program services were 83.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B30
Classification
2000
Street
570 LEXINGTON AVENUE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

See Schedule OProviding manpower training and related assistance and supportive services to unemployed and underemployed persons, particularly those from economically disadvantaged areas of the City and State of New York, including residents of New York City Housing Authority projects, in order to increase their self-sufficiency, maximize job opportunities and reduce unemployment in the City and State of New York.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Training and related assistance to unemployed and underemployed persons from New York State.

  • Building Skills NY launched a construction industry employment initiative to hire New York City residents to work in the construction industry, and to create a career path for those hires who have the interest, capability and capacity to succeed in the construction trades. Participating developers and contractors ask their general contractors and subcontractors to commit to hire a number of Building Skills referrals over the course of the next year. These referrals are referred by public and not for profit agencies, are vetted by Building Skills, have an OSHA 30 and Site Safety Training certificate and are expected to have a minimal level of experience in construction. (Continued on Sch O) Contractors are asked to provide an opportunity for these new hires to work as laborers or helpers/assistants in their trades, and to evaluate them at the end of their employment. In addition to providing us with an assessment of their skills, contractors are asked to assess the prospects for these individuals to benefit for further training in a trade. We also ask if there are any other NYC residents working for the contractors who can also benefit from training. Building Skills is currently conducting courses in NCCER in Level One Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, and HVAC. In addition to the training, Building Skills maintains a database of experienced workers, referred by industry employers, for referral for future work. This virtual hiring hall, as it is built up over time, will provide a resource for contractors and subcontractors to address hiring needs. Contractors and subcontractors are asked to participate in this database by providing referrals of successful employees who are hired on a temporary basis, and by providing job placements when hiring opportunities arise.The goals of this initiative are three-fold. One, it is an opportunity for the industry to take steps to address unemployment and underemployment in New York City by committing to provide entry level jobs to New York City residents. Second, by creating a process to enable successful employees to receive further training and access to placement in jobs when an original job placement is completed, the initiative will enable these employees to develop the skills to learn a trade and have a career in the construction trades; Third, by providing training and a source of trained workers for employers, this initiative will create a better qualified and more productive workforce for the future. This program is primarily supported by contributions.

    Expenses $1,610,951 · Revenue $119,471

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alex Arker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Serafy

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald Moelis

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debra Kenyon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Whelan

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Gross

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Mitchell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Pinsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marco Williamson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Poulon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Zakem

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rick Gropper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sheila Lopez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jacqui Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandon Baron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marlee Busching-Truscott

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Meade

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $319,152
    From this org
    $305,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,257
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,895
    Filer's total
    $319,152
  • Rose Fathers

    Director of Business Services

    Total calculated
    $155,746
    From this org
    $127,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,040
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,706
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,040
    Filer's total
    $155,746
  • Tatanisia Lumley

    Director of Training & Operations

    Total calculated
    $170,503
    From this org
    $146,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,728
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,728
    Filer's total
    $170,503

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,024,796
    Expenses
    $1,928,893
    Contributions
    $1,905,325
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,527,767
    Expenses
    $1,521,955
    Contributions
    $1,403,123
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,494,040
    Expenses
    $1,439,630
    Contributions
    $1,441,239
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,564,960
    Expenses
    $1,309,453
    Contributions
    $1,544,396
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,071,660
    Expenses
    $1,138,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $572,861
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,017,542
    Expenses
    $957,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $400,867
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $808,992
    Expenses
    $847,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $277,456
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $839,332
    Expenses
    $696,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $338,346
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $410,712
    Expenses
    $474,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $218,678
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $643,008
    Expenses
    $466,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,635
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,633
    Expenses
    $311,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,003
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $468
    Expenses
    $130,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,410
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $522
    Expenses
    $123,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,719

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.