Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Associated Builders and Contractors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591235851
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8138798064
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,593,224
- Expenses
- $3,092,153
- Assets
- $7,016,011
- Liabilities
- $1,248,323
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE P CONA III (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVE P CONA III (PRESIDENT/CEO): $319,812 total reported compensation
- RHONDA BISSET (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $197,500 total reported compensation
- LAURA GROSS (VP OF MEMBERSHIP): $184,589 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the associated builders and contractors, inc. (abc) is the advancement of the merit shop construction philosophy, which encourages open competition and a free enterprise approach that awards contracts based solely on merit, (continued on schedule o) regardless of labor affiliation. Abc is a national association founded in 1950 representing 23,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms with over two million employees. Founded in 1969, the Florida gulf coast chapter of abc is devoted exclusively to representing the interest of over 600 of its member companies from gainesville to naples Florida. The organization's activities include government representation, legal advocacy, education, workforce development, communications, technology, recognition through national and chapter awards programs, empolyee benefits and information on best practices and business development.
What it reported doing in 2025
Educational seminars to help contractor members and the industry meet their state licensing requirements. Seminars to help members manage their businesses and to promote job safety. Trade shows, conventions and special events to foster public awareness of the issues facing the industry. All members and the industry served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $320K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.