Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $533,246 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS ($515,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $789k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $533k
- Net assets
- $455k
What American Institute of Architecture Students Inc does
Mission
Advancing leadership, design, and service among architecture students. Empowering voices, ideas, and actions for the future. The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an independent, nonprofit, student-run organization dedicated to providing unmatched progressive programs, information, and resources on issues critical to architecture and the experience of education. The AIAS aims to promote excellence in architectural education, training, and practice; to foster an appreciation of architecture and related disciplines; to enrich communities in a spirit of collaboration; and to organize students and combine their efforts to advance the art and science of architecture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference - The AIAS prepares future leaders in architecture through the AIAS grassroots leadership conference. Each year the conference brings together chapter leaders, AIAS freedom by design program leaders, and other emerging professionals seeking insight and preparation on how to make the most of their year ahead. It is held annually in the summer.
$66,735 spent$64,852 earned by the program17% of program spendingAIAS Forum - AIAS FORUM is an annual conference focused on providing relevant content to college architecture students over a four-day period over the new year's holiday, including keynote speakers, educational sessions, architectural tours, office tours, workshops, networking events, social events, business sessions, and elections.
$51,139 spentof which $199 as grants$109,365 earned by the program13% of program spendingFreedom by Design - Freedom by Design encourages students to serve their communities by addressing issues with design solutions related to physical, educational, environmental, socio-economic, and cultural barriers. The program provides real-world experience through working with clients, learning from local licensed architects and contractors, and experiencing the practical impacts of architecture and design.
$0 spent$1,250 earned by the program0% of program spendingIn addition to the aforementioned programs, the remaining organizational revenue is sourced from membership dues, corporate sponsorship, CRIT Journal, website ads, design competitions, and endowment earnings.
$276,540 spent$218,535 earned by the program70% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $394,414.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.4M to $986k (−28%).
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.
34% of American Institute of Architecture Students Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Kimberly Tuttle
Executive Director (from 04/15/24)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $100k → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The American Institute of Architects). These are real filings, and they are not money American Institute of Architecture Students Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of American Institute of Architecture Students Inc’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
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund American Institute of Architecture Students Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 79% — diversifying over time.
“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
97% of American Institute of Architecture Students Inc's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like American Institute of Architecture Students Inc
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Institute of Architecture Students Inc: 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 American Institute of Architecture Students Inc?
- American Institute of Architecture Students Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $533,246 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS ($515,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Institute of Architecture Students Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $533,246 in grants to American Institute of Architecture Students Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Institute of Architecture Students Inc?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS is the largest funder on record, with $515,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Institute of Architecture Students Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing