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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,975 to it, the largest being JOB-SITE SAFETY INSTITUTE ($63,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$90M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$116k
Net assets
$36M
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What National Association of Home Builders of the United States does

Mission

Nahb exists to represent the home building industry by serving its members and affiliated state and local builders associations, who are involved in all aspects of a diversified building industry, create jobs for millions of people and (continued on schedule o)contribute significantly to the economic activity at the local, national, and global levels.nahb provides superior service to its more than 140,000 members and their employees while advancing housing affordability, availability, and choice.the association's vision is to ensure that housing and housing providers are recognized as a core strength of the american economy. Nahb strives to foster an environment where every american has access to safe, decent and affordable home in a suitable living environment, supported by an entrepreneurial and competitive industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Advocacy:advocacy on behalf of members, the housing industry and housing consumers is one of nahb's most important activities.as the nation's leading housing advocate, nahb strives to promote policies that will keep housing a national priority. In particular, the association works to enhance the business climate for housing and home building and to ensure that all consumers have access to the housing of their choice. Nahb achieves these important goals by actively participating in the legislative process and working with lawmakers to enact legislation that promotes housing and serves members' interests. Nahb works with regulatory agencies and construction code organizations to ensure that policies and regulations are implemented appropriately, and reflect the vital role of housing in the national economy. These efforts aim to prevent unnecessary increases in the cost of producing or purchasing new homes.additionally, nahb's litigation program promotes nahb's and its members' interests in both federal and state courts. Nahb's legal advocacy group challenges regulatory agencies to justify their rules, regulations, and policies in state and federal courts. These legal efforts often…

  2. Member services and education:education is at the very core of nahb's mission. Nahb provides a wide range of educational programs including workshops, conferences, online learning opportunities and trade shows. Nahb develops educational content, hosts gatherings to offer on-site educational experiences and distributes educational products, models and materials through local home builders organizations and related industry entities. In addition, nahb offers a number of professional designation programs intended to add subject matter expertise to professionals specializing in specific aspects of home building. Many other business-related services are also available to members. They focus on such issues as business management, technical issues andjob site safety concerns.

  3. Exhibitions and meetings:nahb produces the international builders' show(r) (ibs), the nation's largest residential and light construction building industry trade show, with tens of thousands of attendees and hundreds of thousands of square feet of exhibit space. The ibs is the premier event serving thehome building industry. The show features more than 120 educational programs and acres of exhibits of innovative products. The ibs also provides outstanding networking opportunities for attendees, and programs that focus on the trends and issues that will become driving forces in the home building industry.

  4. Economics and housing policy:nahb monitors housing industry trends and consumer demographics, conducts surveys, and publishes research to help members better understand the dynamics of the housing market and maximize their opportunities for success.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($72M) Expenses 100 ($72M) Net assets 100 ($38M)2018 Revenue 103 ($75M) Expenses 103 ($74M) Net assets 79 ($30M)2019 Revenue 109 ($79M) Expenses 107 ($77M) Net assets 108 ($41M)2020 Revenue 106 ($77M) Expenses 101 ($73M) Net assets 127 ($48M)2021 Revenue 65 ($47M) Expenses 79 ($57M) Net assets 109 ($42M)2022 Revenue 97 ($70M) Expenses 104 ($75M) Net assets 76 ($29M)2023 Revenue 110 ($80M) Expenses 116 ($84M) Net assets 84 ($32M)2024 Revenue 124 ($90M) Expenses 124 ($89M) Net assets 94 ($36M)
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Revenue (124)Expenses (124)Net assets (94)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $117M to $143M (+22%).

$102M
$97M
$117M
$109M
$117M
$143M
$148M
$156M
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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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$373k
’18
$1.9M
’19
$3.3M
’20
−$10M
’21
−$4.8M
’22
−$4.2M
’23
$639k
’24
2.2
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

James Tobin

President & CEO

Board chair

Carl Harris

Chair of the board

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed8267515809493123140117
Joined·+169+104+8+18+48+20+34
No longer listed·2442754941918357
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $16k.

Funder
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'22
'23
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total
AARPunclassified
$16k
$10k
$8k
funders
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Housing Endowment). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES raised.

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES’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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

55%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.

VA
NC
DC

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

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Washington, D.C. 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

78
board members
91%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • National Housing Center Corporation · exempt
  • Home Builders Industry Disaster Relief Fund Inc · exempt
  • National Housing Endowment · exempt
  • Build Pol Action Commttee of the Nat'L Assn of Home Builders · exempt
  • Home Builders Institute · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,975 to it, the largest being JOB-SITE SAFETY INSTITUTE ($63,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $115,975 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES?
JOB-SITE SAFETY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $63,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES 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 7 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