Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The American Institute of Architects
Vision: drive positive change through the power of design and focused activism.mission: aia inspires and empowers architects to improve society and transform the world.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $788k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $230M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The American Institute of Architects funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $287k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $788k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.1M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $1.4M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $2.3M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 54 | $2.3M | 54% |
| FY2018 | 80 | $1.9M | 68% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Architectural Accrediting Board Inc | $2,949,466 | 7 | 22% |
| Aia Foundation | $1,747,574 | 8 | 54% |
| American Institute of Architecture Students Inc | $1,113,722 | 8 | 44% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC & Northern Virginia Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| National Organization of Minority Architects | $402,000 | 5 | 19% |
| The Purpose Institute | $394,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Building Museum | $315,500 | 7 | 1% |
| American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc | $240,450 | 7 | 9% |
| United States Conference of Mayors | $215,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter | $213,775 | 2 | 15% |
Show all 200 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The American Institute of Architects supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 127 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Aia Large Firm Round Table · American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc · Mortgage Bankers Association · Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts · Edison Electric Institute Inc · American Council of Learned Societies · American Chemical Society · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · AARP · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The American Institute of Architects with peer funders
About The American Institute of Architects
- How much does The American Institute of Architects give?
- The American Institute of Architects reported 34 itemized grants totaling $787,777, out of $1,062,196 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The American Institute of Architects fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Arts & Culture (25%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The American Institute of Architects's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Architectural Accrediting Board Inc ($2.9M), Aia Foundation ($1.7M), American Institute of Architecture Students Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The American Institute of Architects fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Institute of Architects?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aia Large Firm Round Table, American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Fund Inc, Mortgage Bankers Association.
- Where is The American Institute of Architects based?
- The American Institute of Architects is based in DC.
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