Building Blocks in Africa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822486136
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8014505173
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,961
Expenses
$76,527
Assets
$56,154
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RACHEL FAGERGREN (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN GLEED (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND MANAGING DIRECOTR - KENYA)

People named in this filing

  • RACHEL FAGERGREN (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN GLEED (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND MANAGING DIRECOTR - KENYA)
  • BETHANY WEEDEN (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & MANAGING DIRECTOR - GHANA)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charitable. Creating opportunities in education and leadership to locals in ghana and kenya. We partner with school leaders to build structures and provide capital for sustainability projects. The end goal is for these projects to help the schools become completely self-sustaining.

What it reported doing in 2025

Spring of hope school for girls - construction is underway on this secondary school in rural kenya - hoping to open in january 2026. The funds were used to pay for building of classroom block, abolution block. Science block. Only local supplies used. 30+ jobs created for locals to construct the school. Once open, the school will provide a safe place to educate girls in the area who may otherwise be forced into child marriage. Estimated 20+ students in the first year, 5 - 10 staff.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98

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: -36.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.