THE BUILDING FOR KIDS INC

EIN 39-1706260 APPLETON, WI

Revenue 2025: $2,680,629
Expenses 2025: $2,503,108

Program services were 77.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A520
Classification: 1000
Street: 100 W COLLEGE AVE

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO INSPIRE DISCOVERY AND BUILD RESILIENCE THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL PLAY- BASED LEARNING AND EXPLORATION OF THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND HUMANITIES.

PROVIDE SPECIALLY DESIGNED EXHIBITS, PROGRAMS, CLASSES AND EVENTS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, ENGAGE PARENTS, AND ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITY.

Expenses $1,942,463 · Grants $183,063 · Revenue $1,279,615

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

Oliver ZornowOLIVER ZORNOW

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$131,043

From this org

$114,226

From related orgs

$0

Other

$16,817

Hours/week

45
Juan ArellanoJUAN ARELLANO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amanda ChavezAMANDA CHAVEZ

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bob DekochBOB DEKOCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
James FenlonJAMES FENLON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alicia FrankALICIA FRANK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Barb GonneringBARB GONNERING

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ethan HaasETHAN HAAS

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tom HardwickTOM HARDWICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jamie HessJAMIE HESS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Eric LempkeERIC LEMPKE

PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Trevor LordTREVOR LORD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michael McCormickMICHAEL MCCORMICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Debra McDowallDEBRA MCDOWALL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Timber SmithTIMBER SMITH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dr Abby SmolcichDR ABBY SMOLCICH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristen TrimbergerKRISTEN TRIMBERGER

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carrie WillerCARRIE WILLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Garrett ZimmermanGARRETT ZIMMERMAN

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2025

Revenue

$2,680,629

Expenses

$2,503,108

Contributions

$1,350,458

Grants paid

$183,063
2024

Revenue

$2,784,820

Expenses

$2,182,083

Contributions

$1,641,859

Grants paid

$169,309
2023

Revenue

$2,149,643

Expenses

$2,008,071

Contributions

$1,020,675

Grants paid

$152,580
2022

Revenue

$2,202,363

Expenses

$1,669,977

Contributions

$1,336,481

Grants paid

$131,515

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$2,680,629	$2,503,108	$1,350,458	$183,063
2024	$2,784,820	$2,182,083	$1,641,859	$169,309
2023	$2,149,643	$2,008,071	$1,020,675	$152,580
2022	$2,202,363	$1,669,977	$1,336,481	$131,515

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

2025 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$1,489,772

Expenses

$1,224,855

Assets (EOY)

$2,957,593
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,146,454

Expenses

$1,278,110

Assets (EOY)

$2,619,253
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,092,919

Expenses

$1,310,532

Assets (EOY)

$2,714,110
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,125,783

Expenses

$1,166,293

Assets (EOY)

$2,881,797
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,465,224

Expenses

$1,093,831

Assets (EOY)

$2,943,135
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,091,946

Expenses

$931,174

Assets (EOY)

$2,472,178

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2025	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$1,489,772	$1,224,855	$2,957,593
2020	990	$1,146,454	$1,278,110	$2,619,253
2019	990	$1,092,919	$1,310,532	$2,714,110
2018	990	$1,125,783	$1,166,293	$2,881,797
2017	990	$1,465,224	$1,093,831	$2,943,135
2016	990	$1,091,946	$931,174	$2,472,178

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

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

BOLDT FAMILY FUND INC

$200,000

2022 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
FOX CITIES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC

$134,000

2024 EXHIBIT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

$132,845

2022 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
MIELKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

$109,500

2022 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
ATLAS SCIENCE CENTER INC

$103,869

2025 DISSOLUTION OF ORG
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

$79,256

2024 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC

$74,401

2023 O: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
BOLDT FAMILY FUND INC

$52,607

2024 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
BASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC

$50,000

2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
BOLDT FAMILY FUND INC

$50,000

2023 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.