Western Area Builders Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264838535
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Williston, ND, USA
- Phone
- 7015725744
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Boards of Trade
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,001
- Expenses
- $76,574
- Assets
- $71,784
- Liabilities
- $966
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATT LIERZ (PRESIDENT)
- LEE LUSHT (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MATT LIERZ (PRESIDENT)
- LEE LUSHT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MONICA ZELTINGER (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
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
The western area builders association is to represent the professional building industry who aspires to be on the leading edge of homebuilding through networking, education, legislation, and industry advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Home builders show.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.5%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 51.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.5% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.