Community Builders Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660938334
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
San Juan, PR, USA
Phone
6263543709
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,547
Expenses
$96,011
Assets
$107,679

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD BRINEGAR (President)

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD BRINEGAR (President)
  • MICHAEL LUEDKE (Secretary)
  • BRIAN MORSE (Treasurer)

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

Community Builders, Inc. is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and Section 1101.01a2 of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code. The organizations primary purpose is to promote and support community development and charitable initiatives by serving as a fiscal sponsor for emerging nonprofit projects and public-benefit programs, providing fiduciary oversight, financial management, and capacity-building support until such projects become fiscally independent. All funds and activities are dedicated exclusively to charitable purposes that benefit the public, with no part of the net earnings inuring to the benefit of any private individual.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Builders, Inc. provided fiscal sponsorship and administrative support to community-based nonprofit initiatives in Puerto Rico, including projects focused on sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, and health education. Through partnerships with the Caribbean Agroforestry Institute and Comida Limpia de Puerto Rico, the organization managed donations amounting to $80,586, facilitated transparent fund distribution, and provided operational support for educational and community development programs. These efforts advance the organizations mission to help charitable projects operate effectively and move toward fiscal independence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 66.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.6% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.