California · Nonprofit
BUILDING CARBON
BUILDING CARBON (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,575 to it, the largest being The Devine Foundation Inc ($2,575). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Building Carbon does
Mission
Through community partnerships in ecuador, Building Carbon scales up regenerative agroforestry through farmer training and advances the state of the art of bamboo building technology through r&d. We are built on partnerships and collaborations with farmers, builders, researchers, leaders, innovators and community leaders committed to regeneration, sustainability, and positive impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Trained 25 farmers in regenerative agroforestry to transition from chemical based monoculture agriculture. 100% of participants successfully implement practice plots of regenerative agroforestry (no income or grant for this came to Building Carbon, however we supported the facilitation through the rotary foundation and the rfi entity).
$0 spentLaunched a farmer field school for 100 farmer participants with 10 farmer trainers ("promoters"). Promoters completed a training of trainers in regenerative agroforestry methods
$0 spentFabricated massbu beams to field test the composite strength of glued vs bolted beams. Glued beams were 1.6x stronger.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BUILDING CARBON’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.
Where its funders are
BUILDING CARBON draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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
BUILDING CARBON receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUILDING CARBON: 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 BUILDING CARBON?
- BUILDING CARBON (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,575 to it, the largest being The Devine Foundation Inc ($2,575). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUILDING CARBON have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,575 in grants to BUILDING CARBON.
- Who is the largest funder of BUILDING CARBON?
- The Devine Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,575 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUILDING CARBON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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