Building Community
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To strengthen communities and provide solutions for homelessness by developing, coordinating, and delivering regenerative temporary shelter, workforce development and community education on homelessness and sustainability issues.
- Income
- $61,391
- Spending
- $28,357
- Reserves
- 14.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $23,073 spent. Community and Workforce Development: The Building Community (TBC) and its Executive Director was chosen as a 2025 Rural Champion by Kansas Commerce's Office of Rural Preservation. Through this program, TBC supported the Fredonia Unified School District USD 484, the Fredonia Jr/Sr High School, and gatekeepers across the community to assess and prioritize its needs for training and workforce development in response to the 2024 Housing Assessment results, which indicated a need for skilled trades and construction labor for housing development. TBC conducted community meetings, helped the JR/Sr High School expand its career academy program, and organized efforts to establish a regional workforce development and recreation center in Fredonia.
- $2,525 spent. Downtown Revitalization: TBC continued its Future of Fredonia program, organizing building and business owners and assisting them with plans to restore facades and install new storefront signage. Efforts are underway to produce new historic building signage, standing banners, window installations, and other activities to activate the downtown square and counteract population decline in the community.
- $2,194 spent. Homelessness Services and Prevention: TBC received a reimbursement grant through the Emergency Solutions Grant program administered by the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to implement a volunteer-based street outreach and homelessness prevention program for Wilson County. The program trains volunteers under the supervision of a part time contractor to conduct outreach sessions to individuals and families who are literally homeless, at safe public locations, build trust, provide basic needs supplies, and conduct Coordinated Entry assessments through the Homeless Management Information System database. TBC participates in the KS Balance of State CoC and the Coordinated Entry System to manage referrals to housing and supportive services. TBC also received funds for homelessness prevention for individuals who are at imminent risk of homelessness, which pay for rental arrears, utilities, moving costs and deposits. TBC conducted a county-wide meeting to plan and prepare for this program, and a wide array of networking meetings to build partnerships.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2021.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Community Builders Inc (Boston, MA), EIN 04-2324773. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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