BUILDING A SAFER FLORIDA INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: BUILDING A SAFER FLORIDA INC (EIN 59-3754749)
Tax period: 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30
Filed: 2025-12-31
IRS object ID: 202640139349301589
Schema version: 2024v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-12-31T14:23:49-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	593662129	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TRACI B CASH CPA LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2813 CRAWFORDVILLE HWY	AddressLine1Txt
City	CRAWFORDVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32327	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	593754749	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUILDING A SAFER FLORIDA INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BUIL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8502222772	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4883 HIGHGROVE RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	TALLAHASSEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32309	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANNA CAM FENTRISS	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8502222772	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-11-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TRACI B CASH	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00161246	PTIN
Phone	8509267600	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Anna Cam Fentriss	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4883 Highgrove Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tallahassee	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32309	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$862,673	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.buildingasaferflorida.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2001	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	FL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	EDUCATION OF BUILDING TRADES CONTRACTORS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	1	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$854,094	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$862,673	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$854,094	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$862,673	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$854,094	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$862,673	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$854,094	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$862,673	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$0	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$0	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$166,870	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$167,467	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$165,057	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$165,654	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,813	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,813	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	EDUCATION OF BUILDING TRADES CONTRACTORS	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$862,673	ExpenseAmt
Desc	BASF annually hosts a series of educational/training seminars around the state of Florida to educate building trades contractors on current state building codes and recent legislative changes	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$862,673	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	1	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Anna Cam Fentress	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8502222772	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4883 Highgrove Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tallahassee	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32309	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ANNA CAM FENTRISS
PRESIDENT	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$51,715	$0	$0
CAROL BOWEN
SECY/TREASURER	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$18,285	$0	$0
Becky Magdaleno
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$70,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
AIA FLORIDA CARRIBBEAN REGION
104 E JEFFERSON ST	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32301	TRAINING EVENTS	$338,652
FLORIDA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
2600 CENTENNIAL PLACE	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32308	TRAINING EVENTS	$151,540
JC CODE AND CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT
3447 GULF COAST DRIVE	HERNANDO BEACH	FL	34607	TRAINING EVENTS	$172,270

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$862,673	GovernmentGrantsAmt
Total Contributions	$862,673	TotalContributionsAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$862,673	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	TRAININGS/EDUCATION EVENTS	Desc
Total	$792,673	TotalAmt
Program Services	$792,673	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$862,673	TotalAmt
Program Services	$862,673	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,745	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,813	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,125	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,654	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$166,870	BOYAmt
EOY	$167,467	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$165,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,654	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$165,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$165,654	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,813	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,813	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$166,870	BOYAmt
EOY	$167,467	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$0	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 6	FLORIDA BUILDING TRADES ASSOCIATIONS ARE MEMBERS
Pt VI, Line 8b	THERE ARE NO ACTIVE COMMITTEES. DUTIES ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE
Pt VI, Line 8b	BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE FORM 990 IS SHARED DIGITALLY
Pt VI, Line 12c	DISCUSSIONS ARE HELD AT REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
Pt VI, Line 15a	COMPENSATION IS PAID UPON SUBMISSION OF A DETAILED INVOICE, REVIEWED BY THE BOARD
Pt VI, Line 15b	COMPENSATION IS PAID UPON SUBMISSION OF A DETAILED INVOICE, REVIEWED BY THE BOARD

BUILDING A SAFER FLORIDA INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (3 entries)

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

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