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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,429,668 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($1,150,775). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$925k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$2.4M
Net assets
$356k
5/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 69%
01What it does

What International Business Innovation Association Inc does

Mission

To empower entrepreneur support organizations by creating an impactful community through comprehensive resources, training, and thought leadership.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Events- includes two major convenings, inbia's international conference on business incubation (icbi), and e.builders forum. Icbi brings together industry professionals from across the globe to explore topics related to entrepreneurial support through education sessions, peer discussions, and networking opportunities. Icb was delivered in person with over 250 attendees. Attendees participated in moderated panel presentations and plenary sessions. The e. Builders forum examines the intersection of entrepreneur support and ecosystem building within the content of one or more communities within the united states. The e. Builders forum convened over 100 attendees. .

    $338,363 spent$278,136 earned by the program
    45% of program spending

  2. Professional development - entrepreneurial support professionals from across the world participate in intensive training on various topics related to improving the success of entrepreneurs. The training is held in conjuction with the annual conference and some courses are available online. Online courses typically take two weeks to complete.

    $65,356 spent$91,645 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  3. Research grants/contracts - grant activity and contracts to advance the state of the entrepreneurship support industry and generate research data and reports to support entrepreneur support professionals. Inbia operates two grants from the ewing marion kaufman foundation and jp morgan chase foundation to curate a community of practice focused on equitable entrepreneur support.

    $336,116 spent$307,920 earned by the program
    44% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $17,086 spent$3,085 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $756,921.

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 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($84k)2018 Revenue 103 ($1.7M) Expenses 92 ($1.7M) Net assets 102 ($86k)2019 Revenue 88 ($1.5M) Expenses 80 ($1.5M) Net assets -82 ($-68695)2020 Revenue 66 ($1.1M) Expenses 57 ($1.1M) Net assets -114 ($-95655)2021 Revenue 67 ($1.1M) Expenses 53 ($999k) Net assets 46 ($38k)2022 Revenue 86 ($1.5M) Expenses 67 ($1.3M) Net assets 275 ($230k)2023 Revenue 66 ($1.1M) Expenses 57 ($1.1M) Net assets 329 ($275k)2024 Revenue 55 ($925k) Expenses 45 ($843k) Net assets 426 ($356k)
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Revenue (55)Expenses (45)Net assets (426)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 2017 to 2018, from $773k to $496k (−36%).

$773k
$496k
$400k
$605k
$652k
$924k
$1.2M
$1.2M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

14% of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$198k
’17
$2k
’18
−$29k
’19
$49k
’20
$134k
’21
$191k
’22
$45k
’23
$81k
’24
17
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

Charles Ross

President and CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1620162118181718
Joined·+5+0+7+4+0+4+4
No longer listed·1427053
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $407k → $568k.

Funder
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'22
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total
funders
2
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3
1
4
2
4
2

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION 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

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

47%
largest funder
97%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 100% · 2019 73% · 2020 100% · 2021 66% · 2022 94% · 2023 62% — 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

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.

NY
MO
VA
GA

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

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’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21 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

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve17.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION 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 Ohio

Industrious Education Fund78%National Inventors Hall of Fame Selection Board Inc77%Marcum Foundation Inc77%Interact for Health77%International Association of Black Actuaries Inc76%Inspiring Minds76%The Youngstown Edison Business Incubator75%The Israel Innovation Fund Inc75%

Nationally

Iba Foundation Inc81%International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants81%Iowa Nonprofit Alliance80%International Association of Administrative Professionals Foundation80%International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Inc80%Michigan Biotechnology Institute80%Mongabay Org Corp80%Institute for Nonprofit Practice Inc80%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION 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 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,429,668 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($1,150,775). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,429,668 in grants to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,150,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
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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 5 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