Construction Career Collaborative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463402653
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7139991218
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$816,797
Expenses
$1,165,886
Assets
$255,386
Liabilities
$126,373

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Angela Robbins Taylor (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Angela Robbins Taylor (Executive Director): $247,965 total reported compensation
  • Chase Wilson (Chief of Staff): $142,122 total reported compensation
  • Diane Aguilar (Development Director): $123,525 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As an interdependent alliance of construction industry leaders, we are collectively committed to positively impacting the future of the industry by strengthening the safe, skilled, and sustainable craft workforce pipeline.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide educational programs to Owners, Contractors, and Specialty Contractors to raise awareness of questionable practices in the industry and promote craft workers' financial security, health, and well-being. Provide an accreditation program to educate Contractors and Specialty Contractors who agree with and follow the same C3 principles. Teach safety principles on construction projects by requiring and tracking craft workers' safety training for OSHA 10, 30, and NCCER training. Provide safety refresher training for craft workers complying with OSHA 10 working on C3 designated construction projects. This safety refresher training is also free to any construction company, regardless of C3 affiliation. Continued on Schedule O.Consult with construction companies that employ craft workers qualified for C3 Accredited Employer status to help develop craft training programs linked to career paths within their organizations. Assess the craft training programs of C3 Accredited Employers to measure and endorse, if earned, each company's skills training at three levels based upon the quality of the individual training program. Emphasize and promote advantages to the industry when investments in craft worker training are made available. Establish a database of craft workers with training credentials.C3 provides services to organizations that help them formalize and structure talent management programs that address all aspects of the employee life cycle. Services include helping to formalize craft training tied to construction career paths that promote a sustainable workforce. Additionally, consulting might include addressing performance appraisal programs, retention, employee engagement, and recruiting and onboarding.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 49.6%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.6% of revenue deployed · 49.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $578K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 28 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.