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CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT
CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,143 to it, the largest being ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $512k
What Chicago Chapter Foundation American Institute of Architect does
Mission
Aia chicago foundation invests in chicago's next generation of architectural change-makers by awarding scholarships, grants, and recognition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, eight awards were given to students and young professionals in the field of architecture. The awards were granted to recognize excellence in education and to support independent study abroard.
$47,284 spentof which $31,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $47,284.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $397k to $490k (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jennifer Masengarb
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT raised.
From the IRS filings of CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 87% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Aia Chicago · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT?
- CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,143 to it, the largest being ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $41,143 in grants to CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT?
- ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAGO CHAPTER FOUNDATION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing