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Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects

Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,223 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ($75,223). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$75k
Net assets
$691k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects does

Mission

AIA Houston is the community of architects coming together to accomplish things in our practices and our communities that no single architect can do alone.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual Sandcastle Competition:The Annual Sandcastle Competition is a remarkable team-building exercisein which the AEC Industry of Houston comes together. Teams includingarchitects, contractors, engineers, and others compete for awards.This is our biggest public event, which brings awareness of architectureto the public. Design awards and information on hiring an architect areavailable.

  2. Health SES:Health Symposium Exhibition & Social (SES) annually provides an opportunity for education and networking to members of the architectural and healthcare communities. The event includes happy hour, a seminar, and a panel discussion.

  3. Gulf Coast Green Symposium and Public Expo:The annual Gulf Coast Green Symposium and Public Expo is a regionalconference focused on sustainable building techniques and materials.Nationally renowned speakers are brought to Houston from all over thecountry.

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($835k) Expenses 100 ($838k) Net assets 100 ($604k)2021 Revenue 138 ($1.2M) Expenses 126 ($1.1M) Net assets 117 ($705k)2022 Revenue 120 ($1.0M) Expenses 130 ($1.1M) Net assets 102 ($618k)2023 Revenue 143 ($1.2M) Expenses 144 ($1.2M) Net assets 99 ($600k)2024 Revenue 160 ($1.3M) Expenses 157 ($1.3M) Net assets 103 ($624k)2025 Revenue 181 ($1.5M) Expenses 172 ($1.4M) Net assets 114 ($691k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (181)Expenses (172)Net assets (114)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $771k to $1.1M (+38%).

$760k
$893k
$773k
$742k
$771k
$1.1M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’20
$101k
’21
−$88k
’22
−$18k
’23
$24k
’24
$68k
’25
5.7
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed202020201919
Joined·+0+7+5+10+0
No longer listed·075110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $52k → $13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects’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

Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

’17
’18
’19
Texas out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects

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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Houston Architecture Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects?
Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,223 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ($75,223). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $75,223 in grants to Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects?
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS is the largest funder on record, with $75,223 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Houston Chapter American Institute of Architects find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing