Uncommon Construction INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 47-3623284)

Aaron Frumin’s $130K as Secretary, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Aaron Frumin	$129,669	$92,554	$83,705	$69,882	$63,053	$62,208
Mary Bliss McCrossen	$126,620	—	—	—	—	—

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

Builds homes with youth to prepare them for construction careers.

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3 programs · $269K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Apprenticeship Program

Through uncommons selective apprenticeship program, students from different high schools across the city apply to join a diverse team to earn hourly pay and school credit for building a house together.

$214Kprogram expense

02

Pipeline Development

Uccs pipeline development program involves all aspects of the active recruitment and selection of high school students prior to their enrollment in the apprenticeship program. Each semester, at each of our six partnering schools, ucc hosts at least two recruitment events such as information sessions, during school career fairs, back to…

$53Kprogram expense

03

Hire Uncommon

This program allows schools, businesses, and residents of new orleans to hire out uncommon construction apprentices. This program built little free libraries for lapcs during the fiscal year 2020-2021.

$1Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025

Greater Twin Cities United WayFY2025$26K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$26K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$269K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$243K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K

Investment incomeLn 3$11K

Money outPt IX

$385K

Ln 25

Programscol B$269K

Managementcol C$77K

Fundraisingcol D$39K

Owns and owesPt X

$144K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$59K

Total assetsLn 16$473K

LiabilitiesLn 26$329K

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$243K

Government grantsLn 1e$51K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$37K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K

Investment incomeLn 3$11K

Total revenueLn 12$269K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$59K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$59K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K

Other assetsLn 15$147K

Total assetsLn 16$473K

LiabilitiesLn 26$329K

Net assetsLn 32$144K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 545

VolunteersI 6250

Fiscal year endsHeaderMay

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 FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$207K	$59K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$40K	$32K
Total assetsLn 16	$392K	$473K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$164K	$329K
Net assetsLn 32	$227K	$144K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$55K		$27K	$27K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$171K	$171K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$26K	$17K	$5K	$5K
Legal feesLn 11b	$205		$205
Accounting feesLn 11c	$11K		$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$3K		$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$3K	$419	$2K	$601
Information technologyLn 14	$24K	$16K	$8K
OccupancyLn 16	$7K	$3K	$3K
InterestLn 20	$4K	$3K	$758
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$8K		$8K
InsuranceLn 23	$23K	$17K	$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$34K	$32K	$1K
All other expensesLn 24e	$16K	$8K	$1K	$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$385K	$269K	$77K	$39K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$2.5M	$2.7M	−$215K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$2.8M	$1.6M	$1.3M	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.7M	$863K	$800K	$1.2M	990 PDF
FY2022	$774K	$547K	$227K	$372K	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$269K	$385K	−$115K	$144K	990 PDF
FY2020	$420K	$374K	$46K	$227K	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 M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $269,135 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $425,716$242,658

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,300$15,655

I-10 Investment income$10,822

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$25,721$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $420,295$269,135

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $209,881$251,553

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $164,416$132,985

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $374,297$384,538

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $45,998−$115,403

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 $269,135 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$51,251

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$191,407

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$36,969

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$242,658

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $15,655$15,655

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,822$10,822

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,655 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10,822$269,135

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $384,538 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $27,254 · Fundraising $27,254$54,508

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $170,820$170,820

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,981 · Management $4,622 · Fundraising $4,622$26,225

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $205$205

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,268$11,268

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,708$2,708

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $419 · Management $2,361 · Fundraising $601$3,381

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,238 · Management $8,119$24,357

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,286 · Management $3,286$6,572

IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,971 · Management $758$3,729

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,894$7,894

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,360 · Management $5,978$23,338

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,411 · Management $1,447$33,858

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,084 · Management $1,337 · Fundraising $6,254$15,675

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $268,570 · Management $77,237 · Fundraising $38,731$384,538

Part X · Balance sheet $472,968 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $206,824$59,153

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,960$46,539

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $137,209$184,131

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $615$4,047

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $40,078$32,184

X-15 Other assets$146,914

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $391,686$472,968

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,561$17,594

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,772$4,487

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $132,432$293,423

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $164,441$328,540

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $227,245$144,428

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $227,245$144,428

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $391,686$472,968

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $144,428 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$269,135

XI-2 Total expenses$384,538

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$115,403

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$227,245

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$32,586

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$144,428

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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