Louisiana · Nonprofit
unCommon Construction Inc
unCommon Construction Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,262,935 to it, the largest being THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM ($1,250,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What unCommon Construction Inc does
Mission
The mission of unCommon Construction Inc is to provide high school students with the skills and resources to follow the college and career path of their choice; bridge the skills and achievement gap by providing critical soft skill training on an active residential construction site; build character and accountability by creating platforms for learning and growth on active construction sites; and create awareness, expose and foundational experience to students with a range of ambitions, abilities and interest. Uncommon Construction accomplishes its mission through the construction of homes in Orleans Parish and other development opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Apprenticeship Program: Students from different high schools across New Orleans come together to earn hourly pay and school credit for building a house in a semester. On Saturday, apprentices collaborate on site with staff and community volunteers to complete various construction projects. Apprentices gain additional leadership development and industry exposure through a range of activities, trainings and field trips.
$877,825 spent$11,000 earned by the program43% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$196,800 spent10% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$958,609 spent$567,253 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,033,234.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $3.1M (+75%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 19% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of unCommon Construction Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% 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
Aaron Frumin
Secretary, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $37k → $482k.
12 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of unCommon Construction Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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
unCommon Construction Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
82% 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 unCommon Construction Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 86% · 2019 80% · 2020 33% · 2021 63% · 2022 38% · 2023 42% — 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
36% of unCommon Construction Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
unCommon Construction Inc draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
unCommon Construction Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like unCommon Construction 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for unCommon Construction Inc: 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 unCommon Construction Inc?
- unCommon Construction Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,262,935 to it, the largest being THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM ($1,250,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does unCommon Construction Inc have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $5,262,935 in grants to unCommon Construction Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of unCommon Construction Inc?
- THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like unCommon Construction Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 40 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing