Buildingsmart USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851206247
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Denver, NC, USA
- Phone
- 6035406250
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,065
- Expenses
- $60,598
- Assets
- $101,236
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CALVIN KAM (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- IAN HOWELL (TREASURER)
- CALVIN KAM (PRESIDENT)
- DENNIS SHELDEN (SECREATARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Buildingsmart USA is an independent country chapter that provides education (via marketing newsletter, email campaigns, linkedin posts, webinars and events) and training (via training providers) to promote the adoption of the open standards and online services developed and hosted by buildingsmart international by us industry professionals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided weekly newsletter, weekly posts on linkedin, monthly webinars and ran three successful industry events. Attended more 15 industry conferences/seminars with speaking engagements at over half of them. Collaborated with other industry associations in cross promoting their events and webinars. Hosted our first openbim workshop masterclass.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.4%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55.1%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 7/100.