Nonprofit · EIN 38-2019327
BIFMA INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49504
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,266,142 | $2,184,125 | $82,017 | $3,015,672 | $239,581 | $2,776,091 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,172,550 | $1,996,054 | $176,496 | $2,919,427 | $225,353 | $2,694,074 |
| May 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,899,732 | $1,758,351 | $141,381 | $3,481,496 | $963,918 | $2,517,578 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,976,246
- Investment income
- $193,988
- Other revenue
- $95,908
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $270,487
- Other salaries and wages
- $737,905
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,226,442
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $21,085
- Accounting fees
- $24,860
- Occupancy
- $44,832
- Travel
- $46,129
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,919,427
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,015,672
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $239,581
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,776,091
- Publicly traded securities
- $762,279
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,776,091
- Gross unrelated business income
- $11,305
- Gross receipts
- $2,266,142
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 224
- Year formed
- 1973
- State of legal domicile
- MI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre Jimenez | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $267,814 | $2,542 |
| Jennifer Wammack | Director of Outreach Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,616 | $30,330 |
| Anthony Serge | Director of Safety and Performance Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,816 | $24,226 |
| Stephen Kooy | of Sustainability Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,948 | $2,542 |
| Andrew Kotman | Director of Membership Services Highest-paid employee | 40 | $112,406 | $1,781 |
| Brian Krenke | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Wilson Chow | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Franco Bianchi | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sara Armbruster | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Lorenger | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alex Bernhardt | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Boenigk | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Wagner | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Cleary | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Meghan Sherwin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Feldberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Marc Langeland | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Julio Enrique Hirschfeld | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Susan Pilato | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| John Michael | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre Jimenez | CEO Officer | 40 | $254,981 | $27,030 |
| Jennifer Wammack | Director of Outreach Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,667 | $37,780 |
| Anthony Serge | Director of Safety and Performance Highest-paid employee | 40 | $127,092 | $31,942 |
| Stephen Kooy | Director of Health Highest-paid employee | 40 | $132,550 | $15,503 |
| Franco Bianchi | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Krenke | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Lorenger | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sara Armbruster | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Baldwin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alex Bernhardt | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Boenigk | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dan Byrne | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Cassaday | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Wilson Chow | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joel Feldberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marc Langeland | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Julio Enrique Hirschfeld | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Schad | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Max Verkamp | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre Jimenez | CEO Officer | 40 | $247,471 | $0 |
| Jennifer Wammack | Director of Outreach Highest-paid employee | 40 | $121,889 | $24,754 |
| Stephen Kooy | Director of Health Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,783 | $0 |
| Franco Bianchi | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Krenke | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Lorenger | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sara Armbruster | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Baldwin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alex Bernhardt | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Boenigk | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dan Byrne | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Terry Cassaday | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Wilson Chow | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joel Feldberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marc Langeland | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Julio Enrique Hirschfeld | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Schad | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Max Verkamp | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 678 FRONT AVE NW STE 150, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49504-5368
- In care of
- % MELISSA HUBBEL
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Deirdre Jimenez, 678 Front Ave NW Ste 150, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
- Signed the 990
- Deirdre Jimenez, CEO
- Phone
- (616) 285-3963
- Website
- www.bifma.org
- Return prepared by
- VREDEVELD HAEFNER LLC
Mission
BIFMA Internationals mission is to lead, educate, inform and develop standards for the North American office and institutional furniture industry.
Program accomplishments
- Outreach and Learning - Build relationships with industry stakeholders - 12 monthly learning series - 6 conference presentations - 5-12 direct CEU course deliveries to firms or schools - CEUs A. New 1. Compliant 2. Textiles 3. Ergonomics-completed B. Revised for reaccreditation 1. LEVEL-completed
- Membership services - Curate and manage membership programs -Events including annual leadership conference, business meeting and technical summit. -Manage industry statistics program and quarterly industry outlook report. -Host various member informational sessions on current topics.
- Health, Sustainability, Safety and Performance - BIFMA is an accredited standards writing organization for commercial furniture testing standards in the US. 1. Revisions to a number of standards: Seating, Desks, Storage/panels 2. Published the revision for the e3Furniture Sustainability Standard 3. Reaffirmed Lounge Furniture Standard 4. Published the new Ergonomics Standard
- Advocacy -Maintain relationships with regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, and other similarly focused associations and exchange information affecting the industry to move the industry forward
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-2019327
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1974
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,015,672
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,266,142
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2025 | $2,266,142 | $2,184,125 | $3,015,672 | XML |
| 990 | May 2024 | $2,172,550 | $1,996,054 | $2,919,427 | XML |
| 990 | May 2023 | $1,899,732 | $1,758,351 | $3,481,496 | XML |
| 990 | May 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 38-2019327).
Questions about BIFMA INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of BIFMA INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BIFMA INTERNATIONAL is 38-2019327.
- Is BIFMA INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1974.
- Are donations to BIFMA INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does BIFMA INTERNATIONAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BIFMA INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending May 31, 2026) is due October 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BIFMA INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BIFMA INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 names Deirdre Jimenez.
- Who are the officers and directors of BIFMA INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $267,814 (Deirdre Jimenez, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does BIFMA INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,266,142, expenses of $2,184,125 and total assets of $3,015,672 at year end.
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