Pennsylvania Builders Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231474787
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Camp Hill, PA, USA
Phone
7177304380
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,408,251
Expenses
$1,235,053
Assets
$6,009,154
Liabilities
$442,526

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

Leadership & pay

126 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS MCCOSBY (PRESIDENT)
  • DEAN HILLIARD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA BLEDSOE (ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN OLSON (DIRECTOR/IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL DURDEN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL DURDEN (CEO): $207,152 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Incorporated in 1945, the Pennsylvania builders association is a nonprofit professional trade organization representing approximately 4,066 members from across the commonwealth. Pba members include contractors, builders, and remodelers, subcontractors, consultants, lending institutions, utilities and others involved in the housing industry. Pba serves its membership by providing proactive leadership on state regulatory and legislative issues and by offering products and services to its 29 local associations and chapters that enhance the effectiveness and professionalism of its members. The mission remains centered around 3 main service areas: government affairs initiatives to protect and grow the industry, continuing education of our members, and timely & accurate communications to members across the state to keep them fully informed on pba activities and industry developments. Pba serves pa communities and consumers through its steadfast efforts.

What it reported doing in 2024

Regulatory priorities and judicial advocacy - pba's government affairs efforts include tracking, reporting on and often lobbying for legislation that will improve builders' ability to provide quality, affordable housing. Pba also watches and acts to improve or prevent the introduction of harmful legislation, regulation and/or judicial determinations that are likely to have a negative impact on the housing industry or housing consumers. This takes considerable effort as a number of state agencies can produce regulations that can negatively impact homebuilding. The most pertinent state agencies are the department of environmental protection, the department of labor and industry, and the department of transportation. Pba staff and members meet regularly with state agency officials, and they frequently testify before legislative committees on regulations that could impact new home construction and housing affordability. Under the banner of judicial advocacy, pba also maintains an industry action fund for mounting court challenges against poorly conceived laws or regulations that could harm the state's homebuilders or negatively impact the affordability of housing for the state's homebuyers. Members pay an annual $20 assessment as part of their dues to fund such litigation. Past legal challenges included such issues as government-mandated fire sprinklers in single-family homes and townhouses, environmental regulations that are not supported by sound scientific data, and local ordinances that unfairly discriminate against new construction. Pba plays a critical role by spearheading such legal campaigns because it is uniquely positioned to address these concerns that otherwise would go unopposed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 20

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: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.87; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 126 of 126 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $207K · 126 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.