Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE
GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,397,739 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,750,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $211k
What Green Building Alliance does
Mission
Green Building Alliance (gba) advances innovation in the built environment by empowering people to create environmentally, economically, and socially vibrant places.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Knowledge network: the knowledge network is the forward-facing vehicle that connects gba to the public and its variety of stakeholders by sharing information, educational content, mentorship, and networking opportunities across platorms and experiences and providing engaging education, training, and workforce development opportunities for individuals across topics and sectors. **see schedule 'o' for continuation**the knowledge network ensures stakeholders are up-to-date on the evolving field of green building and sustainable development; connects the dots among seemingly dispirate topics of climate, equity, health, and the economy; generates programming and events for constituents' educational and networking needs; and provides resources to interested individuals and businesses to advance sustainability practices and projects. Programming includes something for everyone from beginner's level to advanced training, including green building tours, workshops, lectures, and workforce trainings with associated professional accreditations. The knowledge network provides lifelong learning, collaborating with the green & healthy schools academy to educate young people about careers in…
$824,611 spent39% of program spending2030 district: a place-based initiative to improve the performance of existing and new buildings with associated economic and human health benefits through education and training, project technical assistance and implementation, data-driven investment strategies, and shared best practices between industry clusters and private/public sector building owners. The pittsburgh & erie 2030 district initiative (including western pa affiliates) sets national standards for high performance building.**see schedule 'o' for continuation**local properties commit to the 2030 challenge goals: 50-65% reductions in carbon emissions for existing buildings and zero carbon for new construction and major renovations by the year 2030, while reducing water consumption and improving indoor air quality. The 2030 district model develops a collaborative of commercial businesses, healthcare facilities, community institutions, local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and k-12 schools committed to efficient buildings, healthy environments, clean energy, and innovative economies.
$632,474 spent$195,029 earned by the program30% of program spendingGreen & healthy schools academy: gba and its stakeholders are committed to the vision that all students and all schools are healthy and high performing within a generation. To that end, gba assists schools with integrating sustainability into their buildings, curriculum, and culture through inspirational, comprehensive, and developmental education. **see schedule 'o' for continuation**the green & healthy schools academy programming aligns with the national u.s. Department of education's green ribbon schools program that promotes three pillars for sustainable, healthy, and 21st century schools: reduced environmental impact and operational costs; health and wellness of students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability education to promote civic skills, environmental stewardship, and a strong foundation for career and college pathways. Schools can have a significant impact on student and teacher health and performance, as well as the health, vitality, and economic development of their surrounding community.
$255,969 spent$20,033 earned by the program12% of program spendingSustainable communities: the sustainable communities program is a robust initiative that works to create places where all people can thrive. Gba supports individuals, neighborhoods, and partners in creating healthy, resilient, and equitable communities through strong community engagement, capacity building for funding opportunities, cross-generational education, project technical assistance, and community-scale sustainable development planning.
$376,422 spent18% of program spendingTechnical assistance: gba staff provides expert counsel to strategic building projects, large-scale developments, companies, and organizations on various topics to advance green buildings, create thriving communities, and support sustainable business practices and products. We support entrepruenuers and manufacturers developing healthier, low carbon, green products through code reviews, industry disccusions, on-site deployment testing, and connection to the green building market. We convene cross-sector partners to develop and implement neighborhood and regional sustainable community development plans and decarbonized clean energy strategies and assist in grant writing to bring these projects to fruition.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,089,476.
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 $943k to $1.6M (+67%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 9% · 2022 20% · 2023 27% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Jenna Cramer
President & CEO
Board chair
Erica Cochran Hameen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $43k → $596k.
7 of 26 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 GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE’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
GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 30% · 2019 93% · 2020 33% · 2021 35% · 2022 31% · 2023 42% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE has grown faster than half of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Labor$1.5M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$500k
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 GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE: 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 GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE?
- GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,397,739 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,750,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $5,397,739 in grants to GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 26 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing