Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,504 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS ($253,504). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $517k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture does
Mission
To lead architectural education and research through support of member schools, their faculty and students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publications and Sponsored Activities - combined - activities centered around ACSAs scholarly journals and conference proceedings; website and digital communications; student design competitions; and other educational activities.
$745,852 spentof which $5,000 as grants$345,286 earned by the program39% of program spendingMembership Services - ACSA provides professional development programs for faculty, administrators, and staff at member institutions. These programs include online events on teaching and research, the development of data reports and infographics on issues affecting architecture schools, and a communications campaign called Study Architecture that helps connect prospective students to ACSA member institutions.
$548,694 spentof which $5,000 as grants$1,222,530 earned by the program29% of program spendingConferences and Meetings conferences presenting peer reviewed scholarship and discussion of best practices in architectural education.
$516,875 spent$261,005 earned by the program27% of program spendingAccreditation and NAAB Support - ACSA is one of three major funders for the National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc., a nonprofit organization that accredits professional architecture degree programs in the United States. Professional accreditation by NAAB is a requirement for full membership in the ACSA for U.S. based schools. ACSA tracks additional board, staff and overhead expenses related to accreditation activities.
$77,277 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,888,698.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.9M to $3.8M (+29%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Michael J Monti
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $55k → $171k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $178k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The American Institute of Architects). These are real filings, and they are not money Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture raised.
From the IRS filings of Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’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
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 58% — 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
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
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.
Against its field
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture?
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,504 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS ($253,504). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $516,504 in grants to Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS is the largest funder on record, with $253,504 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 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 4 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