New York · Nonprofit
BUILDERS NETWORK INC
BUILDERS NETWORK INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,553,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($5,333,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Builders Network Inc does
Mission
The organization was established to promote mutual understanding, cooperation, and dialogue among groups that are often seen as at odds. It seeks to combat the currently widespread perception that americans and others throughout the world are divided and unable to make progress on important issues, with one faction unable to listen to, understand or compromise with others.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Builders middle east (bme): bme produces and distributes, via social media channels, short videos of human stories and news content designed to promote mutual understanding between israelis and palestinians.
$1,920,539 spent52% of program spendingBuilders usa: builders usa approach is to reach and teach people at scale with powerful content, equip them with new skills and innovative tools, and mobilize the growing builders movement with grassroots civic programs to hold political leaders accountable for being builders. Program activities include (I) social media programming that develops and distributes short videos of human stories, news media, and educational content to foster flexible thinking and constructive problem solving; (ii) convening discussion groups of citizens with widely differing views on divisive issues, facilitating attempts to reach consensus on those issues and publicizing the results in order to demonstrate to the public that consensus and cooperation are possible; (iii) producing and distributing a weekly newsletter that illuminates the causes and effects of toxic polarization and demonstrating the power of citizens working together across lines of difference.
$1,595,856 spent43% of program spendingBuilders ukraine: to raise awareness and educate americans on the global fragility and interconnectivity of democracy.
$121,196 spent3% of program spendingEducation & research: developing toolkits and education content to equip people with tools and skills to foster critical thinking, constructive communication, and problem solving in schools, workplaces, and communities, including the 4 cs curriculum; builders mindset crash course; and an education resource guide of best practices for fostering a builders mindset in the education system.
$90,477 spentof which $20,150 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,728,068.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $50k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lubetzky Family Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BUILDERS NETWORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BUILDERS NETWORK INC’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 NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUILDERS NETWORK INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
94% of BUILDERS NETWORK INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $460k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BUILDERS NETWORK INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUILDERS NETWORK INC?
- BUILDERS NETWORK INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,553,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($5,333,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUILDERS NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $7,553,000 in grants to BUILDERS NETWORK INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUILDERS NETWORK INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $5,333,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUILDERS NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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