Rebuilding Together Nyc

Tax-deductible

Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Since 1998HousingEIN 13-3997769Revenue $2.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSrebuildnyc.org126 10th Street A, 11215-8016 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Oct 1998Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Repair homes, revitalize communities, and rebuild lives by improving housing safety, reskilling underemployed new yorkers in construction trades, and enhancing community spaces with volunteers and partners.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 343 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $71K a year · 3% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 3 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$195K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 86% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $329K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$639K
76% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 76% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
-20% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$203K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2025▼ -20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$2.3M
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$2.7M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2025▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$2.7M
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$2.7M
Net assets
$203K
FY2025▼ -0.9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$362K
FY2020$380K
FY2021$610K
FY2022$602K
FY2023−$40K
FY2024$205K
FY2025$203K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1998.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $2.1M Management & general 16% · $419K Fundraising 7% · $178K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $195K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$194,865Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Valerie Payne’s $195K as Executive Di is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Valerie Payne$194,865$187,370$184,255$177,960$171,125$148,627
Rachael Long—$143,654$142,341———
Kayleigh Marshall———$110,250$92,167$79,931
Stanley Smith——————
Terry Scott——————
Sarah Desmond——————

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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Questions the 990 asks

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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

Repairs homes for low-income owners and needed nonprofit facilities, while offering job training.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Housing preservation in 2025, rtnyc supported 22 units of home repairs at 13 unique addresses in 2 of 5 boroughs. Of the 13 addresses, 6 were female headed households; 6 were residents with self-reported disabilities; and 9 residents were over 65 years of age.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Careers in construction in 2025, careers in construction program graduated 77 students, and placed 20, 75% of those placed in union apprenticeship programs.

$600Kprogram expense
03

Community rebuild days in 2025, rtnyc partnered with 2 local nonprofits and 3 nyc housing authority sites over 6 project days, engaging nearly 350 volunteers to strengthen community spaces across nyc.

$153Kprogram expense

Funders

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
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $278K · 2022–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$68,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$68,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$42,100
Unitemized GrantFY2022$100,351

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$26
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$419K
Fundraisingcol D$178K
Owns and owesPt X
$203K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$438K
Total assetsLn 16$842K
LiabilitiesLn 26$639K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$548K
Investment incomeLn 3$26
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$332K
SavingsLn 2$106K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$438K
Other assetsLn 15$37K
Total assetsLn 16$842K
LiabilitiesLn 26$639K
Net assetsLn 32$203K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 6343
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$538K$438K
Total assetsLn 16$804K$842K
LiabilitiesLn 26$599K$639K
Net assetsLn 32$205K$203K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$68K$68K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$204K$72K$72K$61K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$545K$510K$10K$25K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$12K$1K$732
Other employee benefitsLn 9$64K$57K$5K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$59K$47K$6K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$80K$19K$61K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$43K$43K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$972K$137K$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$38K$25K$11K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$52K$34K$15K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$120K$78K$36K$6K
TravelLn 17$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$19K$19K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$73K$64K$8K$870
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$132K$110K$22K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.1M$419K$178K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.7M$2.7M−$2K$203K 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.3M$3.1M$248K$205K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$2.7M−$575K−$40K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.2M−$8K$602K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.4M$2.1M$230K$610K 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$2.0M$18K$380K 990 PDF
FY2019 $2.3M$2.7M−$407K$362K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,661,486 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,311,782$2,658,710
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $68$26
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,386$2,750
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,316,236$2,661,486
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $68,000$68,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,073,395$887,054
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$42,907
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,927,039$1,665,300
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,068,434$2,663,261
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $247,802−$1,775
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $2,661,486 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$547,709
VIII-1e Government grants$1,389,444
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$721,557
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,658,710
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26$26
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,750$2,750
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $2,776$2,661,486
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,663,261 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $68,000$68,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $71,550 · Management $71,546 · Fundraising $61,326$204,422
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $509,630 · Management $10,410 · Fundraising $24,893$544,933
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,224 · Management $1,272 · Fundraising $732$14,228
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $57,424 · Management $5,007 · Fundraising $1,663$64,094
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $46,856 · Management $5,815 · Fundraising $6,706$59,377
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,350$2,350
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $18,574 · Management $61,341$79,915
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $42,907$42,907
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $971,638 · Management $137,185 · Fundraising $23,986$1,132,809
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $4,125$4,125
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $24,925 · Management $10,676 · Fundraising $2,535$38,136
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $33,539 · Management $15,479 · Fundraising $2,580$51,598
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $78,207 · Management $36,095 · Fundraising $6,015$120,317
IX-17 TravelManagement $3,399$3,399
IX-20 InterestManagement $18,862$18,862
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,533$2,533
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $63,628 · Management $8,202 · Fundraising $870$72,700
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $110,020 · Management $22,400$132,420
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,136$6,136
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,066,215 · Management $418,708 · Fundraising $178,338$2,663,261
Part X · Balance sheet $841,977 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $424,354$331,607
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $113,485$105,911
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $69,152$324,723
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $30,273$274
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $26,288$42,500
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $140,918$36,962
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $804,470$841,977
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,017$129,024
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $217,289$357,443
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $599,252$638,534
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $33,968$33,443
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $171,250$170,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $205,218$203,443
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $804,470$841,977
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $203,443 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,661,486
XI-2 Total expenses$2,663,261
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,775
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$205,218
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$203,443

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