New York · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,947 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($30,300). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $293k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $107k
- Net assets
- $-23694
What Institute for Public Architecture Inc does
Mission
1. To promote and develop interest in urban research, design and architectual projects that benefit the general public. 2. To provide assistance and advice to governments and organizations described in sction 501(c)(3) of the code, or corresponding section in the future federal tax code, on architectual projects that benefit underserved communities. 3. To establish a residency for practicing architects and individuals studying architecture to foster and develop interest in urban research, design and architectual projects that benefit the general public. 4. To render financial assistance to any organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, that promotes urban research, design and architectural projects that benefit the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To promote and develop interest in urban research, design and architectural projects that benefit the general public, including programs that address housing vulnerable populations.
$6,305 spent$130,983 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe mission of the ipa fellows residency program is four-fold: 1) support architects and designers working in the public interest, 2) engage designers to effect policy changes, 3) create opportunities for designers to be engaged in solving specific urban issues, and 4) engage designers and community members through discourse on pressing issues through public programming.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,305.
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 $24k to $60k (+151%).
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: 2022 34% · 2023 10% · 2024 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $13k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE 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
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
38% 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 INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 42% · 2019 73% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 57% · 2023 48% — 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
29% of INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$45k
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 INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
2% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE 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 INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,947 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($30,300). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $106,947 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $30,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 10 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