Nonprofit screen
Screen a listBuckminster Fuller Institute
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$5.0Mrevenue
FY20241staff
7 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin51.0%
Months of reserve11.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+32.5%
Middle half of peersMedianBuckminster Fuller Institute
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.5M spent
Programs$2.4M96%Management and general$72k3%Fundraising$31k1%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
No return on record for FY2021
It filed for FY2020 and FY2022, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$1.0M in FY2022 and −$1.2M in FY2023. Cash covers 11.2 months, above the peer median of 4.5.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
3 of 3 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 32% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort39funders
$2.3Ma year, last 3 years
23%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Sergey Brin Family FoundationNew in FY2023$1.6MThe Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental TrustOn and off$1.0MGordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationOn and off$1.0MTransformation Trust IncStopped after FY2021$250k$251k–The Schmidt Family FoundationSince FY2022$250k$250kThe Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic InnovationOn and off$350k$21kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$45k$35k$25k$1.0M$49k$394k$1.2M16 other fundersUp to $298k a year each$20k$2k$8k$543k$111k$155k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped