Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC
GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $77M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $57M
What Green Business Certification Inc does
Mission
To independently recognize excellence in performance and practice globally while promoting adoption of building and business practices that continually and measurably improve health, equity, resilience, and environmental wellbeing for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leed certification - gbci administers the leed certification program, performing third-party technical reviews and verification of registered projects to determine if they have met the standards set forth by the leed green building rating system. Leed, or leadership in energy & environmental design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence in green building. Developed by the u.s. Green building council (usgbc), leed provides a framework for healthy, efficient and cost-saving green buildings. Leed certification ia a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership.
Leed credentialing - gbci credentials consist of competency exams and certificate programs. The exams are constructed using rigorous test development best practices to assess whether working professionals have the minimum competencies to perform their jobs. Gbci credentials require ongoing maintenance to encourage credentialed professionals to participate in learning experiences that demonstrate continued competency and up-to-date industry knowledge. Gbci develops and administers the iso/iec 17024 accredited leed professional credential exams, which include the leed green associate and leed ap with specialty credentials, the sites ap, the sustainability excellence credentials, and the urban greenhouse gas inventory specialist credential. Gbci also administers the true advisor certificate program.
Well - gbci supports the delivery of iwbi's well building standard, an evidence-based standard, which sets performance requirements in ten categories: air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, mind, sound, materials, and community. Certification allows building owners and employers to know that their space is performing related to health and well-being of occupants. Gbci supports the advancement of well by providing certification management and delivery services for well certification programs. Well was pioneered by delos and is managed by the international well building institute.
True (total resource use and efficiency) - true is a certification program dedicated to measuring, improving and recognizing zero waste performance by encouraging the adoption of sustainable resource management and waste reduction practices which contribute to positive environmental, health and economic outcomes. True is designed to help guide the transition to a circular economy by supporting businesses and communities in re-thinking old assumptions and re-designing processes to ensure that all resources are valued for their highest and best use. A true certified project's goal is to divert all solid waste from the landfill, incineration and the environment. Facilities achieve certification by meeting an average of 90% or greater overall waste diversion over a period of 12 months, as well as implementing a series of credits and minimum program requirements. Edge - an innovation of ifc, a member of the world bank group, edge is a green building certification system focused on making buildings in emerging markets more resource-efficient. It empowers developers and builders to quickly identify the most cost-effective ways to reduce energy use, water use and embodied energy in…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2019 to 2020, from $38M to $83M (+116%).
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 GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC’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. 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.
Chief executive
Peter Templeton
President & CEO
Board chair
Jacquelyn Henke Wolff
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION 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.
Where its funders are
GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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
GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $171k on record — $131k federal, $40k state.
- Department of Defense$69k
- General Services Administration$47k
- Smithsonian Institution$10k
- Department of the Interior$3k
- Department of State$3k
- MA$27k
- VT$13k
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 BUSINESS CERTIFICATION 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Green Business Certification Institute Gmbh · corp_trust
- Green Business Certification Institute Private Limited · corp_trust
- Green Business Certification Institute S de R L de Cv · corp_trust
- Green Business Certification Institute Dmcc · corp_trust
- Arc Japan Inc · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC: 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 BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC?
- GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $200,000 in grants to GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC?
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC 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