USGBC SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER

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2015 · Form 990EZ · revenue $23K · expenses $20K · assets $41K

EIN
20-2528145
Address
PO BOX 1084, GREENVILLE, SC 29602
Website
WWW.USGBCSC.ORG
NTEE code
C99 Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C. (Environment) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.70; not an IRS classification)
Exempt type
-
Ruling date
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Mission

To transform the way buildings and communities in South Carolina are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Melissa Leroy (former) Executive Dir.2011-2013 $33,330$113,171 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

39 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
John Hansen Director2010-2015 0 $0 reported 2
George W Druyos Director2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Eleni Glekas Director2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Rick Huffman Secretary2012-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Sarah Hodge Director2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Justin Solesbee Director2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Douglas Rackley Chairman2012-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Greg Soyka Vice Chairman2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Joe Manganelli Treasurer2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1
Ben Ward (former) Chairman2012-2013 0 $0 reported 2
Dan Gerst (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Denise Sherman (former) Board Member2010-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Hiren Shah (former) Treasurer2010-2013 0 $0 reported 1
John Brandon (former) Board Member2011-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Bachman Smith (former) Board Member2011-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Brent Trenga (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Katherine Fishburne (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Lauren Ulmer (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Heather Sewell (former) Board Member2010-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Christina Fleming (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Mary Pat (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Mark T Godfrey (former) Board Member2010-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Michael Criss (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Brent Tenga (former) Board Member2012-2013 0 $0 reported 1
Patricia Jerman (former) Board Member2011 0 $0 reported 1
Katy Perrin (former) Board Member2011 0 $0 reported 1
Kate Taft (former) Board Member2011 0 $0 reported 1
Karen Sustakoski (former) Treasurer2011 0 $0 reported 1
Iris Meeker (former) Board Member2010-2011 0 $0 reported 1
Dennis Knight (former) Board Member2010-2011 0 $0 reported 1
Laura Cloud (former) Board Member2010-2011 0 $0 reported 1
Joe Bace (former) Board Member2011 0 $0 reported 1
Adam Bernholz (former) Chairman2010-2011 0 $0 reported 1
Barry Taylor (former) Director2010 0 $0 reported 2
Josh Boltinhouse (former) Director2010 0 $0 reported 2
Jenny Wiedower (former) Executive Direc2010 0 $0 reported 1
Jerry Hunt (former) Director2010 0 $0 reported 1
Doug Webster (former) Director2010 0 $0 reported 1
Bryan Cordell (former) Director2010 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2015 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GEORGE W DRUYOS Director0 $0-- $01
ELENI GLEKAS Director0 $0-- $01
JOHN HANSEN Director0 $0-- $02
RICK HUFFMAN Secretary0 $0-- $01
SARAH HODGE Director0 $0-- $01
JUSTIN SOLESBEE Director0 $0-- $01
DOUGLAS RACKLEY Chairman0 $0-- $01
GREG SOYKA Vice Chairman0 $0-- $01
JOE MANGANELLI Treasurer0 $0-- $01
2014 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GEORGE W DRUYOS Director0 $0-- $01
ELENI GLEKAS Director0 $0-- $01
JOHN HANSEN Director0 $0-- $02
RICK HUFFMAN Secretary0 $0-- $01
SARAH HODGE Director0 $0-- $01
JUSTIN SOLESBEE Director0 $0-- $01
DOUGLAS RACKLEY Chairman0 $0-- $01
GREG SOYKA Vice Chairman0 $0-- $01
JOE MANGANELLI Treasurer0 $0-- $01
2013 · 18 people listed · 1 paid, $33K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELISSA LEROY Executive Dir.40 $33,330-- $33,3301
DAN GERST Board Member0 $0-- $01
DENISE SHERMAN Board Member0 $0-- $01
HIREN SHAH Treasurer0 $0-- $01
RICK HUFFMAN Board Member0 $0-- $01
JOHN BRANDON Board Member0 $0-- $01
BACHMAN SMITH Board Member0 $0-- $01
BRENT TRENGA Board Member0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE FISHBURNE Board Member0 $0-- $01
DOUGLAS RACKLEY Board Member0 $0-- $01
LAUREN ULMER Board Member0 $0-- $01
HEATHER SEWELL Board Member0 $0-- $01
CHRISTINA FLEMING Board Member0 $0-- $01
MARY PAT Board Member0 $0-- $01
MARK T GODFREY Board Member0 $0-- $01
BEN WARD Chairman0 $0-- $02
MICHAEL CRISS Board Member0 $0-- $01
BRENT TENGA Board Member0 $0-- $01
2012 · 18 people listed · 1 paid, $50K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELISSA LEROY Executive Dir.40 $50,000-- $50,0001
BRENT TENGA Board Member0 $0-- $01
DAN GERST Board Member0 $0-- $01
MICHAEL CRISS Board Member0 $0-- $01
BEN WARD Chairman0 $0-- $02
MARK T GODFREY Board Member0 $0-- $01
MARY PAT Board Member0 $0-- $01
CHRISTINA FLEMING Board Member0 $0-- $01
HEATHER SEWELL Board Member0 $0-- $01
LAUREN ULMER Board Member0 $0-- $01
DOUGLAS RACKLEY Board Member0 $0-- $01
KATHERINE FISHBURNE Board Member0 $0-- $01
BRENT TRENGA Board Member0 $0-- $01
BACHMAN SMITH Board Member0 $0-- $01
JOHN BRANDON Board Member0 $0-- $01
RICK HUFFMAN Board Member0 $0-- $01
HIREN SHAH Treasurer0 $0-- $01
DENISE SHERMAN Board Member0 $0-- $01
2011 · 17 people listed · 1 paid, $30K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELISSA LEROY Executive Dir.40 $29,841-- $29,8411
PATRICIA JERMAN Board Member0 $0-- $01
KATY PERRIN Board Member0 $0-- $01
MARK T GODFREY Board Member0 $0-- $01
KATE TAFT Board Member0 $0-- $01
KAREN SUSTAKOSKI Treasurer0 $0-- $01
HEATHER SEWELL Board Member0 $0-- $01
IRIS MEEKER Board Member0 $0-- $01
DENNIS KNIGHT Board Member0 $0-- $01
JOHN HANSEN Board Member0 $0-- $02
LAURA CLOUD Board Member0 $0-- $01
BACHMAN SMITH Secretary0 $0-- $01
JOHN BRANDON Board Member0 $0-- $01
JOE BACE Board Member0 $0-- $01
HIREN SHAH Board Member0 $0-- $01
DENISE SHERMAN Vice President0 $0-- $01
ADAM BERNHOLZ Chairman0 $0-- $01
2010 · 15 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JENNY WIEDOWER Executive Direc0 $0-- $01
JOSH BOLTINHOUSE Director0 $0-- $02
MARK T GODFREY Director0 $0-- $01
JERRY HUNT Director0 $0-- $01
HEATHER SEWELL Director0 $0-- $01
IRIS MEEKER Director0 $0-- $01
DENNIS KNIGHT Director0 $0-- $01
JOHN HANSEN Chairman0 $0-- $02
LAURA CLOUD Director0 $0-- $01
DOUG WEBSTER Director0 $0-- $01
BARRY TAYLOR Director0 $0-- $02
BRYAN CORDELL Director0 $0-- $01
HIREN SHAH Treasurer0 $0-- $01
DENISE SHERMAN Director0 $0-- $01
ADAM BERNHOLZ VICE CHAIRMAN0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$22,957$19,636 $41,212$41,212 $3,279$10,116 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,260$15,460 $38,425$37,891 $13,530$6,070 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$76,194$108,412 $21,625$21,091 $17,153$35,338 ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,373$127,962 $57,488$53,309 $37,901$86,149 ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$127,520$134,039 $41,092$31,898 $43,528$57,132 ---
2010 · Form 990EZ period ending 2010-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$123,414$143,668 $40,658$38,417 $22,917$60,517 ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $129,069 in all, tax years 2012 to 2015. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
FORGOOD INC $97,1174 $10,7272015 2012-2015 DAF sponsor Exact
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U S GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL INC $31,9522 $20,4522013 2012-2013 Public charity Exact
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2015 · Form 990EZ · $19,636 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,303 98.3%
Printing, publications, postage $328 1.7%
Fees to independent contractors $5 0.0%
Total$19,636100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $15,460 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,253 98.7%
Printing, publications, postage $207 1.3%
Total$15,460100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $108,412 spent · pay $35,880 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $65,517 60.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $35,880 33.1%
Fees to independent contractors $6,795 6.3%
Printing, publications, postage $220 0.2%
Total$108,412100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $127,962 spent · pay $53,825 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $69,964 54.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $53,825 42.1%
Fees to independent contractors $4,083 3.2%
Printing, publications, postage $90 0.1%
Total$127,962100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $134,039 spent · pay $39,876 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $77,625 57.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $39,876 29.7%
Fees to independent contractors $15,403 11.5%
Printing, publications, postage $1,135 0.8%
Total$134,039100%

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2010 · Form 990EZ · $143,668 spent · pay $7,894 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $86,671 60.3%
Fees to independent contractors $48,299 33.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $7,894 5.5%
Printing, publications, postage $804 0.6%
Total$143,668100%

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