Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being POSILLICO FOUNDATION INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Design - Build Institute of America does
Mission
1.develop world-class knowledge base for integrated project delivery2.broaden the mission to include all aspects of integrated project delivery.3.globalize4.develop a model educational curriculum5.support development of leading education and research programs6.promote membership diversity and growth.7.continue expanding the use of design-build in all markets8.continue support of licensure and legislative reform9.build unity
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To educate the public on integrated project delivery process including design-build through courses, conferences, and marketing.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 $5.3M to $7.4M (+40%).
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.
0% of DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Ms Lisa Washington
Secretary/executive director
Board chair
Dana Pomeroy
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
From the IRS filings of DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA’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
DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state 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
DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record — $1.6M federal, $12k state.
- Department of Justice$456k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$389k
- Department of Defense$342k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$104k
- General Services Administration$84k
- Department of Transportation$79k
- OK$9k
- MA$3k
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 DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 14 related entities
- Design Build Institute of America- Rocky Mountain · exempt
- Design Build Institute of America- Ohio Valley · exempt
- Design Build Institute of America- Western Pacific · exempt
- Design Build Institute of America- Upper Midwest · exempt
- Design Build Institute of America- Mid-America · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: 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 DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA?
- DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being POSILLICO FOUNDATION INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA?
- POSILLICO FOUNDATION INC 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 DESIGN - BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA 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 2017–2024), 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