Nebraska · Nonprofit
BUILDERS FOUNDATION
BUILDERS FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,070 to it, the largest being Peter Kiewit Foundation ($103,570). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $348k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $185k
- Net assets
- $987k
What Builders Foundation does
Mission
Charitable and educational organization to encourage young individuals to enter the construction trade by providing education, training, and practical experience
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The builder foundation sponsors high school students at a local community college in the construction courses as well as providing scholarships to those young individuals who are seeking degrees in the construction industry
$197,557 spentof which $10,000 as grants100% of program spendingThe builder foundation provides grants to instructors who provide training to high school students with interest in the construction industry
of which $31,406 as grants$650 earned by the programThe board has developed 48 affordable rental units which produced developer fees and potentially an ongoing income stream from rental agreements in an effort to support and expand the mission of the builder foundation to help assist individuals entering into the construction trade.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,557.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $937k to $987k (+5%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of BUILDERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mark Bowder
Executive director
Board chair
Mike Riedmann
President/chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of BUILDERS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUILDERS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 74% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
0% of BUILDERS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of BUILDERS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BUILDERS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BUILDERS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Tbf Company LLC · disregarded
- Southern Valley LP · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUILDERS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUILDERS FOUNDATION?
- BUILDERS FOUNDATION (Nebraska) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,070 to it, the largest being Peter Kiewit Foundation ($103,570). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUILDERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $185,070 in grants to BUILDERS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUILDERS FOUNDATION?
- Peter Kiewit Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $103,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUILDERS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing