Public Charity

HOW TO BUILD UP INC

HOW TO BUILD UP INC is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.5M revenue, $2.4M expenses, $841K total assets. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $404K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 831982842 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Community Improvement & Capacity Building N.E.C. NTEE: S99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.5M
Total Expenses$2.4M
Total Assets$841K
Grant Records9
Funding Total$404K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

HOW TO BUILD UP'S (BUILD UP) GLOBAL CORE TEAM BUILDS PEACE AROUND THE WORLD BY BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE SKILLS: MEDIATION, NEGOTIATION, FACILITATION, MARKETING, MEDIA, FILMMAKING, DESIGN, CODING, DATA ANALYSIS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GRAPHIC RECORDING.

Where $100 goes at How to Build Up Inc

How How to Build Up Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$41
Our most significant area of programming in 2025 was focused on digital conflict
49% of program spending
$30
The next most significant portion of build up's work in 2025 was in the area of inclusive politics where we provided support to peacebuilding processes at the intersection…
36% of program spending
$8
Build up developed a substantial open source peacebuilding tool enabling peacebuilders to "listen" to social media and gain greater understandings of the attitudes and behaviors driving digital conflicts
10% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

$88,968
2024
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
$15,000
$20,000
2023
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
$15,000
2022
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
$15,000

Showing up to 5 of 9 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Charles Hauss
CHAIR Dr Medinat Malefakis
BOARD MEMBER Hein Paing Htoo Chit
CEO/CONSULTANT Helena Puig Larrauri
TREASURER/SECRETARY/CONSULTANT Jerry Mccann
BOARD MEMBER Rodrigo Davies

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$404,428 9 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.5M $2.4M $841K
2024 $4.0M $3.7M $711K
2023 $1.6M $1.5M $361K
2022 $1.2M $1.3M $413K
2021 $808K $1.0M $386K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $808K to $2.5M (+212%), with total assets most recently reported at $841K.

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