The Call to Build Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844386269
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Carlisle, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7177133834
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,187
- Expenses
- $100,771
- Assets
- $127,228
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Timothy C Sheaffer (CEO, Co founder, Project Manager)
- Bethany J Smith (Board President & Secretary)
- Dale Bowser (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Timothy C Sheaffer (CEO, Co founder, Project Manager)
- Marcia L Magness-Sheaffer (Project Admin Manager, Co founder)
- Bethany J Smith (Board President & 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Repair or rebuild disaster affected private residences using volunteer help for individuals and families who do not have the resources to affect their own recovery. Clients are not charged for the work and services of The Call to Build, Inc.
What it reported doing in 2025
NEK VT Recovery: In partnership with the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, provided Operational Management (Case Management Supervision, Construction Management and Volunteer Coordination) for the project "NEK Vermont Recovery". The mission of which was to provide flood recovery services and resources to the residents of 3 Counties in the Northeast region of Vermont known as the "Northeast Kingdom" who were affected by the flooding that occurred in the region in 2022, 2023 &2024. Services were also extended to those affected by the 2024 flooding which occurred during this program year. Ultimately more than 130 households were provided with Case Management services and 14 residential properties received repair services from over 180 volunteers with funding obtained through the local recovery organization KURRVE, the Vermont Disaster Recovery Fund and UMCOR NEK VT Recovery. Repair work was performed with a combination of volunteer and contractor labor. The Call to Build, Inc. Received $29,400 in support from NEK VT Recovery (Reported as Fee for Service income/Program Service Income). The Call to Build, Inc. does not receive any form of funding from clients. The only employee for The Call to Build, Inc. is Marcy Magness-Sheaffer, who's roll as Project Administration is as a deployed member of the Project team in support of Project Administration and activities. Payroll expenses ($33,237.36) are therefore considered part of our Program Service Expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.1%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 55.4%; rating input score 55
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 48% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.1% of revenue deployed · 55.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.