Illinois · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $234,200 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($51,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $234k
- Net assets
- $16M
What National Roofing Foundation does
Mission
The objectives of nrf are to conduct educational and research projects which support the highest quality programs for roofing contractors, ensure timely and forward-thinking industry responses to major economic and technological issues, enhance the long-term viability and attractiveness of the roofing industry and administer a scholarship program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Construction management: student teams who are pursuing an education in the roofing industry can join a competition to create awareness and help educate construction management students about the roofing industry; the competition challenges the students' roofing knowledge, construction management skills, time management, and organizational and presentation skills.
$163,990 spent27% of program spendingScholarships and grants: the melvin kruger endowed scholarship program is open to employees of nrca contractor and supplier members, their spouses and their dependent children. There are 2 scholarship categories.the accredited post-secondary institution scholarship: this $5,000 scholarship category is for individuals planning to attend post secondary colleges and universities and are seeking careers in the roofing or building construction industries (which includes architecture; civil, mechanical or structural engineering; construction management or occupational health and safety majors).the accredited career technical education scholarship: students who are pursuing an education at a vocational or technical trade school are eligible to apply. This $1,000 scholarship is designed to help students who are seeking a professional career inside the roofing industry including but not limited to those seeking to be roofing and sheet metal installers/fabricators, crane and equipment operators, foremen and superintendents, warehouse and inventory specialists, and other roofing trade specialties. This scholarship is not designed for those careers that require a four-year undergraduate…
$183,930 spentof which $148,000 as grants31% of program spendingClemson university course research: to develop and implement an undergraduate/graduate three credit college course specific to the roofing industry that will educate students on the overall roofing industry and make them aware of the roofing industry as a potential career option at clemson university's construction science and management department.
$88,219 spent15% of program spendingOther project funding program expenses
$165,993 spent$41,818 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $602,132.
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 $12M to $15M (+21%).
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.
38% of NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $40k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION’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 ROOFING FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
79% 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 ROOFING FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 35% · 2023 51% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION'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 $50k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Roofing Contractors Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION: 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 NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $234,200 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($51,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $234,200 in grants to NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2025), 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