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Nonprofits›Build Institute

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Build Institute

DETROIT, MI

Website

Total revenue

$1.4M

Total expenses

$1.5M

Net assets

$832K

Grants received

$2.9M

35 grants

EIN

823521553

Tax year

2024

Mission

To empower people to launch ideas and grow businesses by providing access to education, resources and a supportive engaged community.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.3M

Program service revenue$65K

Investment income$192

Other revenue$13K

Total revenue$1.4M

Expenses

Grants paid—

Salaries & benefits$571K

Fundraising$70K

Other expenses$927K

Total expenses$1.5M

Total assets$893K

Net assets$832K

People

13 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Camille Walker-Banks

Chair

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Erin Bonahoom

Co-Chair

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Toni Beaubien

Treasurer

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

April Anderson

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Jeff Aronoff

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Hassan Bazzi

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Amy Eberling

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Brandon Hodges

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Melissa Joy

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Portia Powell

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Kimberly Watts

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

J Mathew Yohannan

Member

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Regina Ann Campbell

President and CEO

Staff

$102K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST

$150K

EMPLOYMENT

2024

LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION

$20K

SEE PART IV

2024

DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION

$15K

ECONOMIC PROGRESS

2024

THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION

$300K

TO SUPPORT CAPITAL LADDER LOAN FUND, ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

2023

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST

$150K

EMPLOYMENT

2023

WK Kellogg Foundation

$100K

Jobs and Family Economic Security

2023

DETROIT ECONOMIC GROWTH ASSOCIATION

$80K

DETROIT MEANS BUSINESS

2023

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

$25K

PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT

2023

COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$10K

Expanded Programming and Resources for Equitable Micro-entrepreneurship

2023

COMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$5K

Expanded Programming and Resources for Equitable Micro-entrepreneurship

2023

THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION

$300K

TO SUPPORT CAPITAL LADDER LOAN FUND & ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM.

2022

William Davidson Foundation

$175K

capacity building to provide training and technical assistance for entrepreneurs in Detroit and Southeast Michigan

2022

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST

$151K

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM/GENERAL OPERATIONS

2022

THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION

$100K

TO SUPPORT THE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT PHASE FOR AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCUBATOR.

2022

THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$50K

ECONOMIC MOBILITY

2022

WK Kellogg Foundation

$50K

support immigrant women and their families build generational wealth by connecting them to micro-enterprise training and technical assistance through programs tailored to their linguistic and cultural needs

2022

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

$40K

PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT

2022

LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION

$25K

SEE PART IV

2022

MGM RESORTS FOUNDATION

$9K

—

2022

WK Kellogg Foundation

$100K

2021

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

$40K

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

2021

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$8K

CHARITABLE DONATION

2021

EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION

$225K

Support for strengthening core programming for main street entrepreneurs and microbusinesses and piloting an expansion beyond the Detroit metropolitan area. 201905-6543

2020

THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION

$175K

SEE PART XV, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONRECIPIENT 74TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION, EVALUATION, AND POP-UP RETAIL, PAY IT FORWARD PROGRAMS FOR ENTREPRENEURS & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AT THE BUILD INSTITUTE.

2020

William Davidson Foundation

$150K

TO SUPPORT BUILD INSTITUTE CAPACITY BUILDING

2020

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST

$112K

BUSINESS EDUCATION

2020

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST

$75K

NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES