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GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,631 to it, the largest being OHIO JEWELERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($31,571). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$274M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$68k
Net assets
$676M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Gemological Institute of America Inc does

Programs

  1. Education: see schedule o for description of exempt purpose achievements.

    $31,748,213 spentof which $3,460,815 as grants$17,232,413 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  2. Laboratory: see schedule o for description of exempt purpose achievements.

    $192,130,378 spent$115,029,939 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  3. Research & publications: see schedule o for description of exempt purpose achievements.

    $10,717,568 spent$83,579 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,596,159.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($284M) Expenses 100 ($219M) Net assets 100 ($540M)2018 Revenue 86 ($243M) Expenses 108 ($237M) Net assets 97 ($527M)2019 Revenue 92 ($262M) Expenses 108 ($236M) Net assets 108 ($582M)2020 Revenue 71 ($202M) Expenses 98 ($214M) Net assets 108 ($586M)2021 Revenue 126 ($358M) Expenses 116 ($253M) Net assets 129 ($700M)2022 Revenue 103 ($291M) Expenses 138 ($301M) Net assets 115 ($619M)2023 Revenue 99 ($282M) Expenses 126 ($276M) Net assets 124 ($669M)2024 Revenue 97 ($274M) Expenses 126 ($275M) Net assets 125 ($676M)
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Revenue (97)Expenses (126)Net assets (125)Peer revenue range

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 $630M to $751M (+19%).

$580M
$571M
$625M
$630M
$751M
$677M
$716M
$724M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 731 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$65M
’17
$5.7M
’18
$25M
’19
−$12M
’20
$105M
’21
−$10M
’22
$5.4M
’23
−$814k
’24
2.0
months of
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

Susan Jacques

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3939303133332932
Joined·+6+3+5+4+3+4+7
No longer listed·61242384
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $9k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA 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

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

69% 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 GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC.

47%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 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

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.

MI
NY
OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC is better cushioned than half of the 696 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 696 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2024

Government funding GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $886k on record.

Federal$886k
grants $885kcontracts $500
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20
21
Top agencies
  • Department of Education$885k
  • Department of Homeland Security$500

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 GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA 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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

53%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 28 states

AK
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 21 related entities

  • Gemological Institute of America Inc (Cc) · disregarded
  • Gia Alumni Association LLC · disregarded
  • Gia Holdings Inc · exempt
  • Gia England · exempt
  • Gia (International) Company Ltd · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC?
GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,631 to it, the largest being OHIO JEWELERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($31,571). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $67,631 in grants to GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC?
OHIO JEWELERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31,571 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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