#294 of 500 · Foundation / Grantmaker / DAF
Builders Initiative
The Chicago-based philanthropic (grantmaking) arm of Builders Vision, the impact platform founded by Lukas Walton, a Walmart heir. Operating as a private foundation, it makes grants to and collaborates with nonprofits, businesses and others pursuing sustainable environmental and social solutions, concentrating on food and agriculture, climate and energy, oceans, and community, and pairs grantmaking with mission-related and impact investing.
Open the interactive profileFinancials, fiscal 2023
- Revenue
- $519.9M
- Expenses
- $110.8M
- Total assets
- $1.53B
- Net assets
- $1.53B
- Operating margin
- 78.7%
- 1-year growth
- 174.0%
- 5-year growth (CAGR)
- 83.0%
- Reserve (years of spending)
- 165.4
- Contributions share
- 108.6%
- Programme spending
- n/a
- Fundraising cost
- n/a
- Executive pay share
- 0.00%
- Employees
- n/a
- Revenue per employee
- n/a
- Grants paid
- n/a
- Years filing
- 6
NFP Health Score: 75 / 100
Financial 63 · Governance 85 · Operational 90. The score is built from Form 990 line items only. It cannot measure how well an organisation delivers its mission.
Mission
Builders Initiative invests in and collaborates with nonprofits, businesses and others working toward sustainable solutions to societal and environmental problems, across the impact areas of food and agriculture, climate and energy, oceans, and community.
Revenue history
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $46.4M |
| 2020 | $530.3M |
| 2021 | $86.8M |
| 2022 | $189.7M |
| 2023 | $519.9M |