Temple Builders Guild C/o Nick Morgan
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844649120
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5105282884
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Service Organizations and Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,649
- Expenses
- $25,526
- Assets
- $59,181
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS J LEE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- NICK MORGAN (CHAIRPERSON)
- THOMAS J LEE (PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN DOW (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide infrastructure & resources to creators of community art projects. . Our purpose is to share human resources, accrued knowledge, tools, equipment, and practical solutions to reduce waste, increase efficiency, promote sustainability, and foster joy.
What it reported doing in 2024
1. Refurbished & expanded our tools & tool trailers to be used in community art projects, including the temple at burning man. 2. Provided tools & knowledge in support of over 30 community art projects, including numberous art projects at the burning man arts festival. 3. Provided tools & knowledge in support of community art building in oakland, ca through the spring & summer of 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.7%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.7% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.