Community Builders INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 04-2324773)

Bartholomew J Mitchell III’s $400K as President/CEO is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 33 $100M+ housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Bartholomew J Mitchell III	$400,118	$396,990	$418,997	$384,477	$428,000
Patricia Belden	$343,812	$386,679	$364,079	$311,998	$261,539
Lisa Wilcox-Erhardt	$306,962	$330,013	$317,508	$278,446	$296,231
Thomas Buonopane	$247,012	$274,528	$260,847	$222,269	$250,623
D Morgan Wilson	$257,743	$272,963	$264,067	$233,414	$252,231
Ethan Ceplikas	—	$247,268	$211,783	$190,218	$196,192
Susan McCann	—	—	$169,079	$224,146	$244,662
Jesse Batus	$214,529	$243,573	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops, rehabilitates, and manages affordable rental and homeownership housing to support low- and moderate-income families and strengthen local neighborhoods.

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1 program · $72.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

The primary purpose of the corporation is to foster low- and moderate-income housing ("affordable housing") by acquiring, owning, developing, constructing, sponsoring, managing, improving (through rehabiliation, new construction or otherwise) and making available rental and homeownership housing at an affordable cost to low- and…

$72.8Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

New Hope Community Capital INCFY2024$2.4M

Park West Apartments INCFY2024$927K

Community Development INCFY2024$225K

Health Resources in Action INCFY2024$178K

The Schenectady FoundationFY2024$76K

Children's Hospital CorporationFY2024$55K

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare GroupFY2024$40K

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INCFY2024$27K

Total grants receivedfrom 12 funders$4.0M

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Grants paid · 2 grants · $30K · 2022–2022

East 66th Street Services INCOH · FY2022$25,000

Ohio Capital Corporation for HousingOH · FY2022$5,500

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$80.9M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$63.0M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.7M

Other incomeLn 4–11$3.2M

Money outPt IX

$77.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$72.8M

Managementcol C$4.5M

Owns and owesPt X

$26.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22.3M

Total assetsLn 16$136.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$110.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

31

listed · VII A

PaidVII A15

Voting boardVI 1a16

IndependentVI 1b16

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.7M

Government grantsLn 1e$9.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$63.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$36K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3.2M

Total revenueLn 12$80.9M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$22.3M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22.3M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.7M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$42.6M

Total assetsLn 16$136.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$110.2M

Net assetsLn 32$26.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5708

VolunteersI 641

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$21.4M	$22.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$4.5M	$4.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$43.9M	$42.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$124.5M	$136.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$99.2M	$110.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$25.3M	$26.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$2.5M	$2.3M	$216K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$40.7M	$37.5M	$3.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$1.1M	$1.0M	$75K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3.5M	$3.3M	$239K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$3.6M	$3.4M	$239K
Legal feesLn 11b	$160K	$151K	$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$577K	$526K	$51K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1.4M	$1.4M	$49K
Office expensesLn 13	$274K	$262K	$12K
Information technologyLn 14	$886K	$854K	$32K
OccupancyLn 16	$2.8M	$2.8M	$75K
TravelLn 17	$311K	$308K	$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$545K	$395K	$151K
InterestLn 20	$1.2M	$1.1M	$25K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$586K	$573K	$13K
InsuranceLn 23	$465K	$424K	$41K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$16.6M	$16.5M	$46K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$77.3M	$72.8M	$4.5M	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$109.2M	$101.4M	$7.8M	$41.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$99.7M	$99.0M	$604K	$32.6M	990 PDF
FY2022	$90.2M	$90.1M	$116K	$33.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$87.8M	$84.5M	$3.3M	$27.7M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$80.9M	$77.3M	$3.6M	$26.2M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $80,911,214 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,772,640$14,667,987

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $57,964,119$62,981,709

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,012$35,614

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,468,636$3,225,904

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $84,219,407$80,911,214

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $55,514,634$51,528,007

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $28,535,045$25,818,911

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $84,049,679$77,346,918

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $169,728$3,564,296

Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16

VI-1b Independent voting members16

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $80,911,214 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $3,225,904 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1d Related organizations$429,728

VIII-1e Government grants$9,272,523

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,965,736

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,667,987

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $62,981,709$62,981,709

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $35,614$35,614

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $66,207,613 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $35,614$80,911,214

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $77,346,918 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,318,577 · Management $216,064$2,534,641

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $37,452,126 · Management $3,227,183$40,679,309

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,044,724 · Management $75,473$1,120,197

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,308,457 · Management $239,010$3,547,467

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,407,859 · Management $238,534$3,646,393

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $151,262 · Management $9,230$160,492

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $526,474 · Management $50,928$577,402

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,369,963 · Management $49,093$1,419,056

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $262,011 · Management $12,045$274,056

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $853,707 · Management $32,387$886,094

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,774,532 · Management $74,850$2,849,382

IX-17 TravelPrograms $307,840 · Management $2,820$310,660

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $394,581 · Management $150,686$545,267

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,137,008 · Management $24,829$1,161,837

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $573,378 · Management $12,944$586,322

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $424,100 · Management $41,025$465,125

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,537,504 · Management $45,714$16,583,218

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $72,844,103 · Management $4,502,815 · Fundraising $0$77,346,918

Part X · Balance sheet $136,376,006 assets, 15 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $25,473,883; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,417,727$22,349,484

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $27,350,788$40,405,288

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,084,892$750,577

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $43,903,194$42,558,088

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $4,513,369$4,706,247

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $47,919$132,439

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $124,474,195$136,376,006

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,106,967$26,497,548

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $876,524$1,023,035

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $15,565,890$21,168,806

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $99,155,787$110,199,831

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $22,727,273$22,710,873

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,591,135$3,465,302

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,318,408$26,176,175

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $124,474,195$136,376,006

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,176,175 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$80,911,214

XI-2 Total expenses$77,346,918

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,564,296

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,318,408

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$2,706,529

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,176,175

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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