To educate and encourage business owners across industries to measure and improve their social and environmental impact using the B impact assessment online tool.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 98 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $69K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $811K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9.1M
61% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 61% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$32.0M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$31.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$5.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$32.0M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$14.4M
FY2021$19.0M
FY2022$26.7M
FY2023$29.6M
FY2024$32.0M
Expenses
$31.5M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.8M
FY2021$18.0M
FY2022$26.3M
FY2023$29.7M
FY2024$31.5M
Net assets
$5.8M
FY2024▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$5.4M
FY2024$5.8M

From the FY2024 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2008.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $26.2M Management & general 14% · $4.3M Fundraising 3% · $952K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO, B Lab US & Canada
$307,729Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Co-Lead Executive
$282,217Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Co-Lead Executive
$229,671Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Global Transformation
$169,727Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Finance
$164,014Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director - Policy & Programs
$152,782Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Marketing and Communications
$136,575Pt VII · Sec A
$90,000Pt VII · Sec A

Jorge Fontanez’s $308K as CEO, B Lab US & Canada is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 232 $10–100M public & societal benefit 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Eleanor Allen Lead Executive—$373,867———
Jorge Fontanez$307,729$292,463$270,540$119,548—
Clay Brown$282,217————
Sarah Schwimmer$229,671$191,134$191,321——
Barton Houlahan$48,979$130,176$213,790$208,082—
Andrew Kassoy$45,016—$213,070$212,433$212,242
Jay Coen Gilbert———$193,669$212,242
Barton W Houlahan————$212,242

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

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1 program · $26.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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To educate and encourage business owners across industries to measure and improve their social and environmental impact using the b impact assessment online assessment tool. These programs include: (1) certification of b corporations: b corps are companies that meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance…

$26.2Mprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
New Venture FundFY2024$175K
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$811K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$32.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Money outPt IX
$31.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$26.2M
Managementcol C$4.3M
Fundraisingcol D$952K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.2M
Total assetsLn 16$15.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.3M
Total revenueLn 12$32.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7.1M
SavingsLn 2$57K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K
Other assetsLn 15$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$15.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.1M
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 598
VolunteersI 68
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.0M$7.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$84K$29K
Total assetsLn 16$14.4M$15.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.1M$9.1M
Net assetsLn 32$5.4M$5.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$175K$175K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$775K$156K$401K$218K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$12.8M$11.1M$1.2M$541K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$195K$165K$19K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$991K$841K$93K$57K
Payroll taxesLn 10$716K$593K$82K$40K
Legal feesLn 11b$307K$307K
Accounting feesLn 11c$89K$89K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$122K$122K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9.2M$8.8M$418K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$836K$834K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$71K$62K$8K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$567K$490K$64K$13K
TravelLn 17$579K$547K$20K$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$791K$748K$27K$16K
InterestLn 20$200K$200K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$199K$190K$6K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$100K$87K$11K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.7M$1.3M$1.4M$30K
All other expensesLn 24e$55K$55K
Total functional expensesLn 25$31.5M$26.2M$4.3M$952K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $32.0M$31.5M$546K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $29.6M$29.7M−$143K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $26.7M$26.3M$353K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $19.0M$18.0M$1.0M$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $14.4M$15.8M−$1.4M$4.4M 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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $32,030,972 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,129,874$1,664,304
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,011,263$28,012,127
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $9,299$8,022
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,402,194$2,346,519
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $29,552,630$32,030,972
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $161,976$175,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $16,880,756$15,481,908
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $3,597$6,653
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $12,649,703$15,821,782
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $29,696,032$31,485,343
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$143,402$545,629
Part VI · Governance 6 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $32,030,972 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $27,360 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,664,304
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,664,304
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,984,767$27,984,767
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8,022$8,022
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $2,333,680$2,333,680
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $12,839$12,839
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,012,127 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,354,541$32,030,972
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $31,485,343 across 21 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $175,000$175,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $155,941 · Management $400,742 · Fundraising $218,441$775,124
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,081,634 · Management $1,182,896 · Fundraising $540,916$12,805,446
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $164,992 · Management $18,548 · Fundraising $11,251$194,791
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $841,391 · Management $92,785 · Fundraising $56,828$991,004
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $593,313 · Management $82,134 · Fundraising $40,096$715,543
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $307,291$307,291
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $89,318$89,318
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $122,130$122,130
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $6,653$6,653
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,801,909 · Management $418,178$9,220,087
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $834,481 · Management $1,498$835,979
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $61,707 · Management $8,006 · Fundraising $1,645$71,358
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $489,973 · Management $63,569 · Fundraising $13,068$566,610
IX-17 TravelPrograms $547,273 · Management $19,512 · Fundraising $11,941$578,726
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $747,701 · Management $26,659 · Fundraising $16,313$790,673
IX-20 InterestManagement $199,811$199,811
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $189,917 · Management $5,882 · Fundraising $2,962$198,761
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $86,857 · Management $11,269 · Fundraising $2,317$100,443
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,305,710 · Management $1,350,102 · Fundraising $30,061$2,685,873
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $54,722$54,722
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $26,199,929 · Management $4,332,922 · Fundraising $952,492$31,485,343
Part X · Balance sheet $14,977,886 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $42,988; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,910,594$7,120,805
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,433$57,178
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,433,782$504,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,693,233$2,450,151
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $478,149$321,545
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $84,004$29,320
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,873,136$1,729,049
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,901,346$2,722,850
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $14,430,677$14,977,886
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,491,718$2,941,313
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $702,481$2,039,281
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $4,562,433$4,106,688
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $319,842$41,018
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,076,474$9,128,300
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,431,966$4,773,588
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,922,237$1,075,998
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,354,203$5,849,586
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $14,430,677$14,977,886
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,849,586 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$32,030,972
XI-2 Total expenses$31,485,343
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$545,629
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,354,203
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$50,246
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,849,586

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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