Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church
Legal name: Rebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274158090
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, US
- Phone
- 7035281999
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeowners & Tenants Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $566,725
- Expenses
- $570,775
- Assets
- $210,445
- Liabilities
- $35,765
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Patricia Klein (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Patricia Klein (Executive Director): $89,046 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives. Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church (Rebuilding Together-AFF) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that makes critical repairs at no charge for low-income homeowners and nonprofit organizations. Our volunteers make homes safe and healthy, and they help seniors age in place. We give special priority to seniors, people living with disabilities, families with children and veterans. Thanks to our donors and volunteers, we repair and renovate more than 70 homes each year. Rebuilding Together-AFF also relies on the generous support of small businesses, corporations and faith communities. We produce real results for real families with real needs. With our dedicated volunteers, we f.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rebuilding Together/Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church, Inc. ("RTAFF") organizes housing rehabilitation projects to repair the homes of low-income homeowners residing in Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, and the City of Falls Church, Virginia. RTAFF also provides these services to group homes and shelters operated by other not-for-profit organizations. Rehabilitations are done at no cost to the homeowner. A significant portion of the work is performed by volunteers. During the year ended June 30, 2025, RTAFF organized and completed 138 housing rehabilitation projects. 435 individuals contributed approximately 6,431 hours of skilled and unskilled labor to RTAFF.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $107.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $510K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.