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THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC

THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81,450 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ($81,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$765k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$81k
Net assets
$495k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc does

Mission

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We offer educational workshops for young architects preparing for their licensure examinations and for licensed architects who are required to meet minimum continuing education standards per the state of georgia. These activities are offered to the chapter's nearly 2,056 members.

  2. AIA Atlanta engages extensively in Public Education and Outreach regarding the value of quality architecture and what an architect does. These activities take place in the form of public newsletters, social media, architecture festivals, programs for K-12 schools, and dissemination of access to essays, films, and other tools from AIA National.

  3. WE OFFER NETWORKING AND SOCIAL EVENTS TO KEEP ARCHITECTS AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS IN TOUCH. Members of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction industries work closely together on all elements of providing the built environment to society. AIA Atlanta works with allied organizations to deliver high-level professional networking events for our members to gain necessary knowledge, contacts, and understanding of complementary industries so that individuals and their firms can be more successful.

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 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 ($709k) Expenses 100 ($710k) Net assets 100 ($382k)2018 Revenue 93 ($663k) Expenses 96 ($684k) Net assets 94 ($361k)2019 Revenue 89 ($632k) Expenses 85 ($607k) Net assets 101 ($386k)2020 Revenue 84 ($596k) Expenses 82 ($578k) Net assets 106 ($404k)2021 Revenue 112 ($797k) Expenses 91 ($644k) Net assets 146 ($557k)2022 Revenue 104 ($735k) Expenses 104 ($741k) Net assets 144 ($551k)2023 Revenue 111 ($787k) Expenses 109 ($773k) Net assets 148 ($565k)2024 Revenue 108 ($765k) Expenses 118 ($835k) Net assets 130 ($495k)
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Revenue (108)Expenses (118)Net assets (130)

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 $834k to $1.0M (+22%).

$661k
$648k
$686k
$834k
$1.0M
$1.0M
$872k
$786k
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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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$298
’17
−$21k
’18
$25k
’19
$18k
’20
$153k
’21
−$6k
’22
$14k
’23
−$69k
’24
7.5
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

David Southerland

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1820181718181819
Joined·+5+5+5+6+5+8+5
No longer listed·3765584
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $28k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS 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.

Where its funders are

THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

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’20
’21
’22
Georgia 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

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Ga Associationthe Aia Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC?
THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81,450 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ($81,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $81,450 in grants to THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC?
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS is the largest funder on record, with $81,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ATLANTA CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 1 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