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LEADING BUILDERS OF AMERICA

EIN 27-1284683 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$3,857,127
Expenses 2024
$3,720,975

As filed

Subsection
06
Street
1455 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW 400

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 · 2024

Mission

THE LEADING BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE POLICY ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY DECISIONS ON THE HOUSING MARKET. THE COALITION ADVOCATES FOR THE INTEREST OF HOMEBUILDERS, COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS, MATERIALS SUPPLIERS, HOMEOWNERS, EMPLOYEES OF THE HOMEBUILDING INDUSTRY, AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THE HOMEBUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY PROPOSALS THAT AFFECT HOMEBUILDING AND INDIVIDUAL HOME BUYERS AND HOMEOWNERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING HOME BUILDERS ON PUBLIC POLICY MATTERS AFFECTING THE HOUSING MARKET.

  • ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION FOR HOMEBUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SECTORS.

  • NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF LEGISLATION ON THE HOUSING MARKET.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ryan Marshall

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bert Selva

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jon Jaffe

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allan Merrill

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Weekley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Steve Alloy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Ken Balogh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Douglas Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 2 related
  • Kathy Britton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • David Drees

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Adrian Foley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 2 related
  • Ara Hovnanian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Eric Lipar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Phillipe Lord

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Jeff Mezger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Sheryl Palmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 2 related
  • Robert Schottenstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Douglas Yearley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Paul Romanowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • David Viger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Rick Robideau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Keith Holdbrooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Kenneth Gear

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,628,837
    From this org
    $1,628,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $504,167
    Bonus
    $1,124,670
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $1,628,837
  • Philip Crone

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $362,500
    From this org
    $362,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,500
    Bonus
    $70,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $362,500

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,857,127
    Expenses
    $3,720,975
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,041
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,759,780
    Expenses
    $3,969,945
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $35,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,587,923
    Expenses
    $3,571,841
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $10,000

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
    $4,357,976
    Expenses
    $4,004,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,017,606
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,142,851
    Expenses
    $2,894,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,343,210
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,947,543
    Expenses
    $3,520,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,775,499
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,354,890
    Expenses
    $2,859,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,678,545
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,426,947
    Expenses
    $2,717,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,946,795
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,759,485
    Expenses
    $3,092,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,732,393
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,386,221
    Expenses
    $2,981,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,065,003
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,414,302
    Expenses
    $2,917,142
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,659,952
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,848,475
    Expenses
    $2,261,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,162,792
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,929,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,575,942

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • BUILDING TALENT FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. · DC · controlled entity

  • LEADING BUILDERS OF AMERICA PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITIES · DC · controlled entity

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.