2014-11-07T12:12:21-06:00 2013-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 8390 E CRESCENT PARKWAY SUITE 600 GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80221 990 2013-01-01 352237155 BUILD CHANGE BUIL 3039532563 535 16TH ST SUITE 605 DENVER CO 80202 ELIZABETH HAUSLER STRAND CEO 3039532563 2014-09-30 1 V E SHOUP CPA P00220967 3037795710 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X ELIZABETH HAUSLER STRAND 535 16TH ST SUITE 605 DENVER CO 80202 2706000 0 X WWW.BUILDCHANGE.ORG X 2004 CA TO REDUCE DEATHS AND LOSS CAUSED BY HOUSING COLLAPSES DUE TO EARTHQUAKES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 5 3 16 6 0 0 3200498 2703398 0 0 -1730 833 0 1769 3198768 2706000 0 0 0 0 2181530 1621596 0 0 322270 1410147 950539 3591677 2572135 -392909 133865 1802195 1917882 171622 153444 1630573 1764438 X TO GREATLY REDUCE DEATHS, INJURIES AND ECONOMIC LOSS CAUSED BY HOUSING COLLAPSES DUE TO EARTHQUAKES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 1 0 1027625 0 HAITI PROGRAM: BUILD CHANGE BEGAN WORKING IN HAITI AFTER THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE, WHICH DESTROYED 250,000 BUILDINGS AND KILLED 230,000 PEOPLE. THE MAJORITY OF HOUSING IS NOT EARTHQUAKE- AND HURRICANE-RESISTANT, LEADING TO A HIGHLY VULNERABLE POPULATION. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS, BUILDERS, ENGINEERS, BUILDING MATERIALS PRODUCERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO REBUILD AND RETROFIT SAFE HOUSES. FOLLOWING ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN HAITI IN 2013:ACCESS TO FINANCING BUILD CHANGE IS PILOTING A NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT WITH SOGESOL, THE MICROFINANCE SUBSIDIARY OF SOGEBANK, THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL BANK IN HAITI. THROUGH THE SOGESOL KREDI BEL KAY PROGRAM, 48 HOMEOWNERS ACCESSED $115,608 IN CAPITAL FOR REBUILDING, EXPANDING OR RETROFITTING THEIR HOMES, WITH BUILD CHANGE ENGINEERS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE REBUILDING DUE TO BUILD CHANGE ADVOCACY, THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT BODY CREATED TO OVERSEE HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION (UNITE DE CONSTRUCTION DE LOGEMENTS ET DE BATIMENTS PUBLICS) NOW EMPHASIZES HOMEOWNER-DRIVEN HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION. AS A RESULT, KEY INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE EU/ EUROPEAID, AGENCE FRANCAISE DE DEVELOPPEMENT (AFD) AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS NOW REQUIRE PARTNERS TO ADOPT HOMEOWNER-DRIVEN RECONSTRUCTION FOR SMALL HOUSING UNITS. BETTER BUILDING MATERIALS BETTER-QUALITY CONCRETE BLOCKS MAKE SAFER BUILDINGS. WE MENTORED LOCAL SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED BLOCK MAKING BUSINESS OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR CONCRETE BLOCKS AND TO CREATE DEMAND IN THE LOCAL MARKET. MOST WORKERS DOUBLED THEIR INCOME AS THEY MET THE INCREASED DEMAND. POST-EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION BUILD CHANGE PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS WHO COMPLETED 278 HOMES, PROVIDING 1,021 PEOPLE WITH SAFE, PERMANENT HOUSING. TRAINED CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE BUILD CHANGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT STRUCTURAL RETROFITTING OF DAMAGED HOUSES AS A PERMANENT HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION SOLUTION IN HAITI. WE COLLABORATED WITH J/P HRO IN THE DELMAS 32 NEIGHBORHOOD, TRAINING 93 BUILDERS AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 310 FAMILIES WHO ARE RETROFITTING THEIR HOMES. VOCATIONAL TRAINING WE EXPANDED OUR TRAINING SERVICES IN HAITI TO INCLUDE VOCATIONAL STUDENTS. WE TRAINED 75 YOUTH OF AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE IN AN INFORMAL SETTING. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH J/P HRO, AS PART OF THE WORLD BANK-FUNDED ADOLESCENT GIRLS INITIATIVE, TO PROVIDE 34 FEMALE HAITI TECH STUDENTS WITH A THREE-WEEK INTERNSHIP AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 775836 0 INDONESIA PROGRAM: BUILD CHANGE BEGAN WORK IN INDONESIA AFTER THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SUPPORTED SAFE HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND BETTER BUILDING MATERIALS IN FOUR PROVINCES AFTER THREE SUBSEQUENT EARTHQUAKES, THE 2007 AND 2009 EARTHQUAKES IN WEST SUMATRA AND THE 2013 EARTHQUAKE NEAR TAKENGON, ACEH. OUR ACTIVITIES IN INDONESIA IN 2013 WERE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FOLLOWING:POST-EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION IN ACEH IN JULY 2013, A 6.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ACEH TENGAH, DAMAGING 16,000 HOUSES AND DISPLACING OVER 22,000 PEOPLE. IN SEPTEMBER WE SET UP A FIELD OFFICE IN TAKENGON, NEAR THE AFFECTED AREA, TO BEGIN TRAINING LOCAL RESIDENTS ON HOW TO BUILD SAFE HOMES. THE USAID OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH FLYERS AND RADIO TO OVER 12,000 PEOPLE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE'RE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 2,500 HOMES. IN 2013, WE TRAINED 35 COMMUNITY EXTENSION WORKERS TO EXPAND OUR LOCAL IMPACT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GRAMEEN FOUNDATION, WE ARE PILOTING AN INNOVATIVE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM USING MOBILE TABLETS AND PLAN TO SCALE THIS THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAMMING IN 2014. VOCATIONAL TRAINING WE PARTNER WITH TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO TRAIN VOCATIONAL STUDENTS IN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION IN EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. WE TRAINED 3,661 STUDENTS AND 562 SUPERINTENDENTS AT 34 SCHOOLS IN 2013, SUPPORTED BY THE CATERPILLAR FOUNDATION. BETTER BRICKS AND LESS TIMBER IN INDONESIA AS PART OF THE CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE, BUILD CHANGE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH 200 BRICKMAKERS IN SUMATRA TO IMPROVE BRICK QUALITY, IMPROVE BRICKMAKERS' BUSINESS SKILLS AND LIVELIHOODS AND REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. IN JANUARY 2013, WE PILOTED A PROGRAM IN WEST SUMATRA WITH 32 BRICKMAKERS. HALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE WOMEN. BRICKMAKERS IMPROVED THE STRENGTH OF THEIR BRICKS BY 50%, USED HALF AS MUCH TIMBER AND LOWERED THEIR PRODUCTION COSTS BY 25%. 18735 0 PHILIPPINES PROGRAM: TWO DEVASTATING EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2013: A 7.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ON THE ISLAND OF BOHOL ON OCTOBER 15, AND TYPHOON YOLANDA/HAIYAN, WHICH HIT THE VISAYAS ON NOVEMBER 8. OVER 1.2 MILLION HOUSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. BUILD CHANGE WAS ON THE GROUND IN DECEMBER TRAINING LOCAL ENGINEERS AND NGO WORKERS AND DEVELOPING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES FOR DISASTER-RESISTANT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. WE PARTNERED WITH THE BOHOL SHELTER CLUSTER, FUNDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETY, TO DESIGN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR SAFER REBUILDING OF TIMBER AND MASONRY HOMES USING LESSONS LEARNED IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. MULTI-LANGUAGE POSTERS ARE AVAILABLE ON BUILDCHANGE.ORG. IN EARLY 2014, WE OPENED AN OFFICE IN CEBU CITY AND ARE NOW SCALING UP TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO THE PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT AND NGO COMMUNITY. MORE TYPHOONS AND EARTHQUAKES ARE INEVITABLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. DISASTER-RESISTANT HOMES AND SCHOOLS CAN SAVE LIVES, PRESERVE PROPERTY, PREVENT MASSIVE ECONOMIC LOSSES AND REDUCE THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY DISASTER AID. 27487 0 COLOMBIA PROGRAM: OVER 2.5 MILLION COLOMBIANS LIVE IN SUB-STANDARD HOUSES THAT MAKE THEM VULNERABLE TO EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANES. THEY ARE AT HIGH RISK OF SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURY OR DEATH DUE TO BUILDING COLLAPSES, EVEN IN MODERATE EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANES. BUILD CHANGE LAUNCHED ITS FIRST PRE-EARTHQUAKE MITIGATION PROGRAM IN COLOMBIA IN DECEMBER OF 2013. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE HOMES IN BOGOTA SAFE FROM EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANES BEFORE A NATURAL DISASTER STRIKES, USING RETROFITTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. WE PLAN TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM IN 2014 TO INCLUDE MEDELLIN. BUILD CHANGE IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SWISSCONTACT, RMS, AND THE COLOMBIA GOVERNMENT. WE WILL TRAIN STAFF OF COLOMBIA'S SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE (SENA) IN RETROFITTING TECHNIQUES AND PARTNER WITH THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH EXISTING HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANTS PROGRAMS. 27487 1849683 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 16 1 0 1 HA ID CH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X X X TIM LOUIS 4153771992 535 16TH STREET SUITE 605 DENVER CO 80202 ELIZABETH HAUSLER STRAND FOUNDER & CEO 40.00 X X 133824 0 157 TIM LOUIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 40.00 X X 65933 0 2794 MARTIN FISHER BOARD CHAIRPERSON 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BRUNO WALT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL VANDERMARCK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 199757 0 2951 1 0 0 0 0 81055 2622343 2703398 833 833 FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN 900099 1769 1769 1769 2706000 0 0 2602 202721 4931 145364 52426 1071291 703611 140697 226983 259872 161828 44055 53989 87712 47743 23130 16839 1037 1037 34229 34229 31297 8745 20364 2188 129789 100107 17532 12150 10103 4897 4656 550 145335 119062 26189 84 117301 67505 22757 27039 20902 19154 1748 TRANSPORT AND FREIGHT 189748 142811 3287 43650 TRAINING SUPPLIES AND E 182106 182106 TRAINING AND OUTREACH M 58908 58908 GENERAL BUSINESS EXPENS 29784 7192 22454 138 221083 -107317 -113766 2572135 1849683 400182 322270 824915 789413 525000 833969 354795 218935 24162 17679 96296 47004 67287 49292 6036 8594 1802195 1917882 54189 103406 117433 50038 171622 153444 X 1055573 543695 575000 1220743 1630573 1764438 1802195 1917882 133865 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 278525 2382501 3588397 3200498 2703398 12153319 278525 2382501 3588397 3200498 2703398 12153319 1203163 10950156 648 415 699 1015 833 3610 1769 1769 12158698 0.90060 0.99970 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 96296 47004 49292 49292 ACCRUED SEVERANCES - HAITI 1362 ACCRUED SEVERANCES - INDONESIA 48522 DUE TO RELATED PARTY 154 50038 X 2718632 12632 12632 2706000 0 2706000 2584765 12632 12632 2572133 2 2 2572135 PART X, LINE 2: IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, A PRIVATE ENTITY IS REQURIED TO DISCLOSE ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT MANAGEMENT BELIEVES DOES NOT MEET A "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" STANDARD OF BEING SUSTAINED UNDER AN INCOME TAX AUDIT AND TO RECORD A LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH TAXES INCLUDING PENALTY AND INTEREST. MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT INDENTIFIED ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE THE RECORDING OF A LIABILITY MENTIONED ABOVE OR FURTHER DISCLOSURE. THE ORGANIZATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL OR STATE INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND PRIOR. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: ROUNDING 2. EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2 28 PROGRAM SERVICES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 794571 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1 23 PROGRAM SERVICES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 1027625 SOUTH AMERICA 1 4 PROGRAM SERVICES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 6265 4 55 0 0 4 55 1828461 0 1828461 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 IN DECEMBER 2013, BUILD CHANGE BEGAN NEW COUNTRY PROGRAMS IN COLOMBIA AND THE PHILIPPINES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CEO PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. THE FORM 990 IS ALSO PROVIDED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THE CEO SIGNS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOCUMENT. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE DISCLOSED AND THOSE WITH THE "CONFLICT" ARE NOT INVOLVED IN DECISION MAKING RELEVANT TO THE CONFLICT IN QUESTION. SHOULD A CONFLICT ARISE IT WOULD BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES AND/OR BROUGHT TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION IF DEEMED SIGNIFICANT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO. THE BOARD REVIEWS SALARY COMPARABILITY DATA WHEN DETERMINING THE SALARY OF THE CEO. THE PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2012. THE CEO REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE SALARY OF TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. ANY HIRE IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION POSTS ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON ITS OWN WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO EITHER THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR SELECTION PROCESS DURING THE TAX YEAR.