Virginia · Nonprofit
CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC
CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,999 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $26M
What Concrete Advancement Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Foundation is dedicated to enhancing and strengthening the concrete industry through independent research and quality education programming.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub (MIT CSHub):The MIT CSHub brings together leaders from academia, industry, and government to develop breakthroughs using a holistic approach that will achieve durable and sustainable homes, buildings, and infrastructure in ever more demanding environments.The mission of the CSHub is to develop breakthroughs that will achieve sustainable and durable homes, buildings, and infrastructure. This is approached by conducting research to reduce the impact of producing and using concrete, and to develop tools to support infrastructure decisions: life-cycle environmental, cost, and hazard resistance.Research at the MIT CSHub has been organized around three focus areas: concrete materials science, building technology and the econometrics of sustainable development.
$2,437,161 spentof which $2,025,000 as grants97% of program spendingNRMCA -Project to Investigate ICF WallConstruction Meeting the Requirements of NFPA 285.
$49,921 spentof which $41,665 as grants2% of program spendingExamining the Abrasion and Carbonation Resistance of Portland Limestone Cement (PLC) Systems for Industrial Floors.
$21,358 spentof which $17,826 as grants1% of program spendingExperimental Carbon Uptake Study in Various Design Applications for Concrete.
$5,392 spentof which $4,500 as grants0% of program spendingComparison of Cost and Energy Performance: Houses Built with ICF vs. Wood-framed Houses.
$3,355 spentof which $2,800 as grants0% of program spendingDevelopment of Online Pavement Design Software:This project will provide free, online design guidance to pavement designers seeking to design in concrete. The design tools will allow designers and owners to maximize durability, increase sustainability and reduce the cost of pavements for the benefit of society.
FAIL-SAFE Project:Factually Analyzing Integrated Layers of Safety Against Fires Effects (FAIL-SAFE) aims to study the impacts of fire and life safety in structures equipped with multiple layers of both active and passive fire protection features. The goal is to understand how active and passive fire protection features are interdependent in providing the level of safety that the public and fire service have come to expect. Deliverables will include several reports examining elements of fire safety such as sprinklers, building types, risk potential, reviews of strength and weaknesses of different types of fire protection systems, recommendations for changes and further action, as well as other information and tools.
A Guide to Concrete Trails provides design and construction information to specifier for construction of all types of paved recreational trails including those for biking, running, walking, and for golf courses for sustainability, wellness and quality of life.
Performance Engineered Mixtures study to address concrete durability issues for pavements. RMC's financial contribution is an industry match for funding thorugh a state DOT pooled fund research project.
Evaluation of Chloride Limits for Reinforced Concrete to allow for appropriate use of supplementary cementitious materials to increase strength, durability and service life of concrete structures and support sustainable construction.
Development of a Concrete Strength Model to Optimize Concrete Mixtures will develop a simple, independent and validated model that ready mix producers can use to optimize their concrete mixtures for strength without overdesigning them, helping producers to use their materials more efficiently.
Project will move the LIFE-365 software to an online platform for ease of keeping current.
Project is an update of the Guide to Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Parking Lots which helsp users identify candidates for concrete overlays and guides them on how to best perform a concrete overlay of asphalt parking lots.
This project is a comprehensive update to NRMCA's Concrete Delivery Professional (CDP) Certification Program. The original prgram was developed over 20 years and the new version will include a revised curriculum and will move the program to be online.
Concrete Habitat Homes Design & Construction Competition: This project is for a design and construction competition for a future Habitat for Humanity project. The project is, in part, meant to increase the exposure of architectural students to concrete and concrete design.
Expansion of the Concrete Testing Adherence Collaboration: This project seeks to expand the Concrete Testing Adherence Collaboration to help ensure proper testing procedures , especially involving initial curing.
Comparison of Cost & Energy Performance: Houses Built with ICF v. Conventional Construction: This project will provide a true side-by-side comparison of energy performance for insulated concrete forms (ICF) built houses versus conventional wood frame constructed houses in Oklahoma.
Reliable Measurement and Specification of of Sulfur in Concrete Aggregates: This project will develop a standarize method to test for sulfur in concrete aggregates and will aid in the evaluation of aggregates for their potential to degrade concrete through oxidation of pyrrhotite and other iron sulfide minerals.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - The goal of this project is to develop a vision and implementation plan for a new concrete delivery professional workforce to increase workforce supply and retention.
NRMCA - The project consists of gathering, organizing, and presenting information regarding the acoustic performance of concrete wall and floor/ceiling assemblies.
NRMCA - This project studied earthquake resiliency for a variety of construction types commonly used for multifamily housing, including: traditional wood framing, mass timber, steel framing, and insulated concrete forms (ICF).
This project is a comprehensive update to NRMCA's Concrete Delivery Professional (CDP) Certification Program. The original prgram was developed over 20 years and the new version will include a revised curriculum and will move the program to be online.
NRMCA -The objective of this study was to investigate optimization of rebar area and spacing in reinforced concrete walls, including ICF walls commonly used in low- and mid-rise construction. This can increase the sustainability of construciton by using less material.
Investigating ICF Wall Construction Meeting the Requirements of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 285
Skate4Concrete Program -Additions Including Gamification of the High School Certification, Engagement with Career-Technical Education (CTE) Instructors, and Organization of a Multi-State High School Mini Skatepark Competition
Experimental Carbon Uptake Study in Various Design Applications for Concrete
The 26 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,517,187.
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 2021 to 2022, from $30M to $24M (−19%).
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.
35% of CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $259.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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: $1.6M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Cement Association Education Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION 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
CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
100% 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 CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 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 CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
34%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nrmca · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,999 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $39,999 in grants to CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONCRETE ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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