The Builders Association Inc

Overview

Mission

The organization is a New York based performance and media company that exploits the richness of contemporary technologies to extend the boundaries of theater.

What it reported doing in 2024

Throughout 2024 the builders association engaged in biweekly, remote concept meetings to continue developing its new work, atlas drugged (tools for tomorrow). Multiple New York city-based work periods and public, work in progress showings took place, including with under the radar in january 2024 and target margin theater in august 2024, serving a total audience of 165. The work culminated in a world premiere presentation at nyu skirball in october, 2024 for an audience of 1159 over three performances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133852592
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.48; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.