Building a Better America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 844220570
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2021
Forms available: Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 7035871469
Rating: 41
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $15,179
Expenses: $24,414
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GENERRA PECK (PRESIDENT)
CATHERINE LINKUL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

GENERRA PECK (PRESIDENT)
PATRICK SULLIVAN (BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TREASURER)
KIRK ADAMS (BOARD OF DIRECTORS)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Building a better america's mission is (a) to educate americans about the activities, priorities, and policies of federal representatives; (b) to own, lease, sell, exchange or otherwise deal with all property, real and personal, tangible or intangible, to be used in furtherance of these purposes; and (c) to engage in any and all lawful activities incidental, useful or necessary to the accomplishment of the above-referenced purposes. Bba advocates for infastructure reform.

What it reported doing in 2021

National environmental policy act reform

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 0
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 12
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -60.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -197.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 1 filing year from 2021
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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.