VI · Nonprofit
ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC
ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC (VI) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,613 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ($298,980). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $859k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $855k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Island Green Building Association Inc does
Mission
Educate the community and transform the united states virgin islands into a net zero waste, carbon-neutral territory in order to protect the environment and ensure the health, welfare and economic security of the islands and its people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Resource depot - the resource depot is the only refuse store on st. John. We accept donations from the local community and tourists who might have otherwise trash their unwanted items, sending them to the overburdened landfill. These items are instead given a new lease on life and sold back to the community at a discounted rate. Our goal is to retrain the way the community views "trash", insteadseeing it as a valuable resource that should be reused and conserved. To date, the resource depot has kept more than one million lbs of material from entering the landfill.
$234,607 spent$163,037 earned by the program44% of program spendingAluminum can crushing & ocean bound plastic recycling- island green living operates st. John's only aluminum and ocean-bound plastic recycling programs. The aluminum recycling program has collected and recycled nearly 5 million cans since inception. Approximately 155,000 lbs of certified ocean-bound #1,2 and 5 plastics have been reclaimed since partnership with padnos, a top us recycling company in 2022. In addition to drop-offs of recyclables by the community at the resource depot, collaboration with vi waste management authority allows island green to collect the material at specially marked bins at popular trash sites throughout the island and from select local businesses through our recycling business partners program. Items are then processed by island green and shipped to padnos.
$26,929 earned by the programFood security initiatives - island green is deeply committed to increasing food security and soverignty in the usvi and encouraging agricultural education. In addition to supporting the establishment of an aquaponics program at gifft hill school on st. John, island green is working in collaboration with the virgin islands department of education and the department of agriculture on the launch of "seeds of security," a program of planet green force to enhance k-12 agricultural and "greening" education. We served on the vi agricultural plan task force, and now the local food & farm council, charged with executing the agricultural plan, as well as the virgin islands conservation district. Additionally, we participate in the ag fair and organize farm council town halls and events.
Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$295,220 spent$44,641 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $529,195.
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. 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 $392k to $792k (+102%).
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: 2021 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC’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. 3 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $75k → $60k.
9 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 ISLAND GREEN BUILDING 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
ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 100% · 2021 48% · 2022 39% · 2023 83% — 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
75% of ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
96% of ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $35k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside VI, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $820k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.1M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$20.1M
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 ISLAND GREEN BUILDING 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 VI
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC?
- ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC (VI) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,613 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ($298,980). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $854,613 in grants to ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $298,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISLAND GREEN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in VI. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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