Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,480 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COLLEGE OF FELLOWS FUND INC ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $162M
What The American Institute of Architects does
Mission
Vision: drive positive change through the power of design and focused activism.mission: aia inspires and empowers architects to improve society and transform the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Professional development - aia offers educational opportunities to members including:ces: the aia is actively involved in the continuing education of its members through its ces/continuing education program. The aia makes specialized information available to registered ces providers, as well as to aia members, to help members meet their continuing education requirements. Knowledge communities: these communities provide members with access to in-depth information, services, knowledge, and career needs for specific areas of the architectural practice.
Member services - aia offers member services including:component relations: local networking activities, educational seminars, and regional updates are available through state and local component chapters.website members section: provides an entry point for services provided to aia members.honors and awards: program provides recognition of individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of the profession of architecture and the aia. Media relations support center: a tool to aid members in implementing effective media relations efforts in the member's local and regional market. Sustainability: a voluntary program for aia member firms and other entities in the built environment to pledge to develop multi-year action plans, and implement steps to become carbon neutral by the year 2030. Aia provides support, information, and education on sustainability.
Public relations - aia provides a wealth of information to the public on architecture and architects.
Publications - aia provides a wide array of publications and programs including: aia architect: bi-weekly electronic newsletter of the aia.aia store: online and physical store selling current architectural publications to the public and members.other publications: the aia has various other publications and e-newsletters providing current information and guidelines to professionals in the building industry.
Government affairs: the aia represents the interests of architects before federal, state, and local governments and other policy-making bodies. This outreach, coupled with sustained member participation and active involvement in the political process, enables the aia to advocate on behalf of legislative, regulatory, and related issues important to aia members.
Conference on architecture: the aia conference on architecture offers more than 500 program offerings, including workshops, seminars, tours, and expo education, as well as informational exhibits showcasing the latest in building materials and products.
Scholarships, grants, contributions: aia provides scholarships, grants and other contributions to promote the architectural profession.
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $84M to $236M (+181%).
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 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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Lakisha Ann Woods Cae
EVP/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $62k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The American Institute of Architects). These are real filings, and they are not money THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS raised.
From the IRS filings of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS’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
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
0% of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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
51% of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Government funding THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- General Services Administration$250k
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 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- 1735 Ny Ave LLC · disregarded
- American Institute of Architects International LLC · disregarded
- 1735 Ny Ave Investments LLC · disregarded
- Aia Foundation · exempt
- Archipac -The American Institute of Architects · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS?
- THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,480 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COLLEGE OF FELLOWS FUND INC ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $166,480 in grants to THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COLLEGE OF FELLOWS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS 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.
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 9 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