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Independent Electrical Contractors Foundation

To fund, promote, and support educational opportunites in the electrical and communications industries.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 75% of INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $275,204 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,827,681 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,552,477 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$48,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IEC - SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO$200,000
IEC - WESTERN COLORADO$48,500
IEC - NATIONAL CHAPTER$23,750
IEC - OKC CHAPTER APPRENTICE & TRAINING IRREVOCABLE TRUST$2,954
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $21k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$806k · 22 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
17

Total granted

$806k
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+67%

Still filing today

86%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Community ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • IE
    independent Electrical Contractors of America inc Southern NM Chapter
    7× · 2017–2025 · $209k · revenue +143%
  • IE
    INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $64k · revenue +51%
  • IE
    INDEPENDENT ELEC CONTRACTORS SO AZ
    9× · 2017–2025 · $39k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $21k · revenue +109%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • IO
    IEC OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue -54%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Independent Electrical Contractors- Training Fund

Apprenticeship training and education

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2
Electical Workers Indianapolis Motorcycle Group Inc
Human Services
3
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 & Subs

To provide the membership quality labor conditions.

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4
El Paso Electricians Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust

The El Paso Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (the School) provides quality training to those interested in a career in the electrical industry. The School provides classroom training and on the job training.

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5
National Electrical Contractors Assn Central New Mexico

The New Mexico Chapter National Contractors Association (NECA), is a member of the National Trade Association united for industry-wide action for electrical contractors with the primary purpose being to secure profitable business…

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6
Northwest Washington Electrical Industry Joint Apprenticeship & Training Trust

Apprenticeship and journeyman education and training in the electrical industry.

Education
7
Tri City Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Inc

Training and instruction for apprentice electricians as well as continuing education and training for journeyman electricians.

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8
International Association of Electrical Inspectors

International Association of Electrical Inspectors is a non-profit technical and educational organization operating in the formulation and uniform application of standards for the safe installation and use of electricity, and collecting…

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9
National Electrical Contractors Association San Diego Chapter

Meeting, education and promotion.

Community Improvement
10
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program

The company will deliver a training curriculum for local educators for the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment (evse) to support the electric vehicle market for electrical contractors, electricians, evitp certified…

Environment
11
Independent Electrical Contractors Foundation

To fund, promote, and support educational opportunites in the electrical and communications industries.

Employment
12
National Electrical Contractors Association of Santa Clara

Education and training for electrical contractor members. labor relations regarding international brotherhood of electrical workers.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Independent Electrical Contractors -Fecc Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%5%<5yr12%12%5–10yr18%5%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr21%33%35–55yr17%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%0%<5yr12%4%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr21%51%35–55yr17%23%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%2/57
the rest of the field
10%
355/3,631

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
44/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

independent Electrical Contractors of America inc Southern NM Chapter — $209,000 · Otherindependent Electrical Contractors of America inc Southern NM ChapterIEC - WESTERN COLORADO — $72,692 · OtherIEC - WESTERN COLORADOINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $63,750 · OtherINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INCNJ CHAPTER IEC INC — $34,365 · OtherATLANTA CHAPTER INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $34,000 · OtherASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS - CENTRAL OHIO — $32,000 · OtherINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $31,274 · OtherINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOC FLORIDA WEST COAST CHAPTER INC — $26,289 · Other+17 more — $229,007 · Other+17 moreINDEPENDENT ELEC CONTRACTORS SO AZ — $39,364 · Community ImprovementINDEPENDENT ELEC CO…MID-OREGON CHAPTER INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $26,000 · Community ImprovementMID-OREGON CHAPTER …MIDWEST INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $25,000 · Community ImprovementMIDWEST INDEPENDENT…CENTRAL INDIANA INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $20,833 · Community ImprovementCENTRAL INDIANA IND…IEC OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INC — $12,000 · Community ImprovementIEC OF THE TEXAS PA…IEC WESTERN RESERVE CHAPTER — $11,000 · Community ImprovementIEC WESTERN RESERVE…INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS -FECC INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementINDEPENDENT ELECTRI…IEC OF UTAH — $9,000 · Community ImprovementIEC OF UTAHKANSAS INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS — $9,000 · Community ImprovementKANSAS INDEPENDENT …IEC CHESAPEAKE INC — $6,300 · Community ImprovementIEC Inc Southern CO Training Fund — $36,523 · EducationINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS- DAKOTAS EDUCATION FUND — $4,359 · EducationTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $20,915 · Human ServicesTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $10,850 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$732,377Community Improvement$168,497Education$40,882Human Services$20,915Public Safety & Disaster$10,850

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetindependent Electrical Contractors of America inc Southern NM Chapter — $209,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $63,750 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELEC CONTRACTORS SO AZ — $39,364 over 9y, 11% of budgetIEC Inc Southern CO Training Fund — $36,523 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNJ CHAPTER IEC INC — $34,365 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetATLANTA CHAPTER INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $34,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS - CENTRAL OHIO — $32,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $31,274 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOC FLORIDA WEST COAST CHAPTER INC — $26,289 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMID-OREGON CHAPTER INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $26,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetMIDWEST INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $25,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetNORTHERN NEW MEXICO IEC — $24,365 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF NEW ENGLAND INC — $24,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $20,915 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL INDIANA INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $20,833 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetIndependent Electrical Contractors — $19,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetIEC Pennsylvania — $15,083 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC IEC GREATER ST LOUIS — $15,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCentral Alabama Chapter Independent — $14,200 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetIEC OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INC — $12,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetIEC WESTERN RESERVE CHAPTER — $11,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $10,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC — $10,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS -FECC INC — $10,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetIEC OF UTAH — $9,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetKANSAS INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS — $9,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOC — $8,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetASSOCIATED INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA INC — $7,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN OHIO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOC — $6,600 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetIEC CHESAPEAKE INC — $6,300 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS- DAKOTAS EDUCATION FUND — $4,359 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Independent Electrical Contractors Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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