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THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC
THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $491,667 to it, the largest being Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc ($425,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $492k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What The Global Institute on Innovation Districts Inc does
Mission
Giid's mission is to advance and accelerate the growth of innovation districts worldwide through deep empirical analysis, highly tailored strategic support, and through a global network. Through giid, we will help accelerate how innovation districts become a multiplier of growth: transforming local and regional economies; developing new solutions for complex problems ranging from cancer to climate; and creating new laddres of opportunity for regional residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The work of giid has expanded significantly to address the fast-changing economic and technological landscape. Our empirical work expands to evaluating clusters or constellations of disricts and other hubs across regions. Our global network is digging deeper into how districts are driving specific solutions that others simply cannot deliver given the complexity of the science. Our strategic support is expanding deeper into addressing health-based challenges that require cellular therapies and radiopharmacology. Giid, in other words, is expanding in both depth and breadth to be change-agents at the global scale.
$701,732 spent$149,682 earned by the program79% of program spendingIn april 2025, giid convened its inagural global summit at the monterrey innovation district in mexico. Leaders of both long-established and newly emerging districts came together with changemakers and visionaries for the world's first large-scale gathering tailored to the needs and ambitions of these distinctive urban geographies of innovation.
$181,972 spent$168,626 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $883,704.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $403k to $1.1M (+162%).
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.
78% of THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Thomas Osha
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $175k → $317k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS 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
THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 71% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC?
- THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $491,667 to it, the largest being Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc ($425,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $491,667 in grants to THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC?
- Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 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