Mission
OUR CORE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE OPEN ACCESS DATA AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO ENABLE BROAD AND SWIFT ACTION ACROSS THE BUILDING INDUSTRY IN ADDRESSING EMBODIED CARBON'S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE.
Public Charity
BUILDING TRANSPARENCY
BUILDING TRANSPARENCY is a Public Charity headquartered in SEATTLE, WA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.0M revenue, $3.3M expenses, $7K total assets. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.2M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 842727715
SEATTLE, WA
Pollution Abatement & Control
NTEE: C20
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$3.3M
Total Assets$7K
Grant Records9
Funding Total$2.2M
Filing Years2020–2024
Where $100 goes at Building Transparency
How Building Transparency divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.
$82
Programs
the work itself
$18
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $82 for programs
$46
Ec3 tool
$31
Odci
$5
Tallylca tool
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
$500,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$13,350
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
$500,000
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$50,000
PROJECT SUPPORT
$14,758
Showing up to 5 of 9 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
BOARD MEMBER
Billie Faircloth
BOARD MEMBER
Don Davies
BOARD MEMBER
Julia Raish
SECRETARY
Kate Simonen
BOARD MEMBER
Katie Ross
CHAIR
Lisa Conway
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.0M | $3.3M | $7K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.2M | $124K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | — |
| 2021 | $832K | $1.4M | — |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $676K | — |
Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $3.0M (+126%), with total assets most recently reported at $7K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.