Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $262k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $381k
What Aoba Educational Foundation does
Mission
The Aoba Educational Foundation (aef), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was created to address the talent crisis in the commercial real estate industry by focusing on the critical need to promote careers in building operations, engineering, and maintenance. We connect job seekers, training centers, workforce development programs, and employers all to help companies recruit, develop, train, and retain the next generation of skilled tradespeople in the metro dc region. Our work provides long-term, tangible economic benefits and a workforce development pathway to stable, lucrative careers. For years, commercial property managers have been challenged to recruit, hire, and retain the next generation of building operations employees. In response to this pressing need, the aef was formed as a vehicle to create a comprehensive, regional solution to what many refer to as the engineering talent crisis. Although our primary mission is focused on commercial real estate careers, we are also tak
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The main purpose and undertaking of the aef is to address a commercial real estate talent crises by focusing on the critical need to promote careers in property management engineering and maintenance. To facilitate this purpose the aef launched the office building engineering internship program. Program revenue and expenses were associated with the establishing and operation of a dynamic educational, marketing, and recruitment outreach, as well as professional development programs, to promote building engineering and maintenance careers throughout the region. To facilitate this purpose, the aef launched the office building engineering internship program.
$164,199 spent$259,057 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,199.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $248k to $335k (+35%).
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.
96% of AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Diane Peters
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
29%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Apart & Office Building Assoc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: 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 AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AOBA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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