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American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc

To administer and promote the growth of the cof fund;to administer the latrobe fellow grant to further the purposes of the aia college of fellows;to undertake programs in support of the aia;to further architectural education;to mentor the young architects; andto establish a rapport with architects of other nations.

$101k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$165kHousing & Shelter$100kArts & Culture$92kEnvironment$25kCommunity Improvement$16k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $87,950, the rows itemized in this filing. The $100,950 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $13,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$8,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS$40,000
AIA TRIANGLE$8,000
AIA DALLASFW$8,000
AIA ARIZONA$8,000
AIA CALIFORNIA$8,000
AIA UTAH$8,000
AIA OREGON$7,950
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AIA ARIZONA: $8k → 11%NU-RES FINANCE: $65k → 16%AIA CALIFORNIA: $8k → 12%LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $25k → 14%PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $25k → 17%AIA TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS: $6k → 10%AIA DALLASFW: $8k → 14%THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: $40k → 14%AIA TRIANGLE: $8k → 8%AIA UTAH: $8k → 8%AIA OREGON: $8k → 9%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $25k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: $8k → 14%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $35k → 16%PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $25k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: $8k → 14%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 16%PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
CA
UT
AZ
NC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$295k · 3 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +110% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
3

Total granted

$295k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+110%
+44%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $165k · revenue +110%
  • PE
    PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $75k
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
    3× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue -2%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATORgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +44%
  • PE
    PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • AT
    AIA TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter

Providing leadership in improving the building environment

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2
American Institute of Architects Sc Chapter

Aia south carolina promotes the profession of architecture through advocacy, education and public outreach. the chapter supports the creation of equitable communities through its work promoting fair state laws and activities of six local…

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3
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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4
Aia Nebraska a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

Aia nebraska is the nebraska society of the american institute of architects. the american institute of architects is the voice of the architectural profession and the resource for its members in service to society.

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5
Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

We empower our members, profession, and community to advance the value of architecture and design in washington dc.

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6
The American Institute of Architects Philadelphia Chapter

To promote and uphold the integrity of the profession of architecture.

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7
The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

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8
Aia Minnesota

See schedule o. the american institute of architects minnesota, founded in 1892, is the professional association for the architecture profession in minnesota. as a state component of aia national, aia minnesota provides services to local…

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9
Florida Association of the Aia Institute of Architects Inc

Aia florida is the voice of the architecture profession.

Arts & Culture
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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12
Aia Louisiana

To promote architecture.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The American Institute of Architects; the most unlike its peers is Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
3/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $75,000 · OtherPERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPCTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: $55,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTSPERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPC: $25,000 · OtherPERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS DPCAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS - DALLAS CHAPTER: $8,000 · OtherAIA ARIZONA The American Institute of Architects: $8,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS CALIFORNIA: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF UTAH: $8,000 · OtherAIA OREGON: $7,950 · Other+1 more: $5,500 · OtherNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $25,000 · Community ImprovementLOS ANGEL…AIA TRIANGLE: $8,000 · Community ImprovementAIA TRIAN…
Other$200,450Education$165,000Community Improvement$33,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $165,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAIA TRIANGLE: $8,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS - DALLAS CHAPTER: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAIA ARIZONA The American Institute of Architects: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS CALIFORNIA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF UTAH: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAIA OREGON: $7,950 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

The American Institut…
The American Institute of ArchitectsDC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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