The Building Industry Consulting Service International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592226593
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8139791991
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,973,810
Expenses
$17,482,931
Assets
$32,348,034
Liabilities
$13,884,410

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID RICHARDS (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM FOY (PRESIDENT ELECT (TREAS THRU 1/25))
  • JOHN H DANIELS (CEO)
  • RONDA THOMAS (VICE PRESIDENT OF CERTIFIC)
  • PENNIE FERGUSON (VICE PRESIDENT OF PROF. DEV)
  • MELISSA CUMMISKEY (VICE PRESIDENT OF MEETING)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN H DANIELS (CEO): $630,343 total reported compensation
  • GEORGE PARNELL (GENERAL COUNSEL): $311,595 total reported compensation
  • GAIL MOORE-SWABY (CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER): $280,865 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Advancing the information and communications technology profession. Bicsi provides education and training, conferences and events, credentials and certification programs, standards and best practices, reference manuals, and community and membership.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bicsi, inc. Sponsored two major education conferences in fiscal year ending june 30, 2025. These conferences were planned, marketed, and conducted by bicsi, inc. The registered communications distribution designer (rcdd) program is considered a major program service of bicsi. The rcdd program tests ict professionals. Bicsi permits selected ict professionals to use the professional designation of rcdd in their business affairs upon completion of the appropriate criteria and payment of fees.the ict cabling installation program is considered a major service of bicsi. The ict cabling installation program tests ict professionals. Bicsi permits selected ict professionals to use the professional designations of bicsi installer 1, bicsi installer 2, copper, bicsi installer 2, optical fiber, and bicsi technician in their business affairs upon completion of the appropriate criteria and payment of fees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $630K · 27 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.