Arizona · Nonprofit
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,843 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($359,242). 9 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
- $881k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $713k
- Net assets
- $-236409
What The School of Architecture does
Mission
Building on frank lloyd wright's designs and thoughts, the school is a graduate program in architecture that teaches and practices learning by doing, new ways of looking, an ability to honor and build with the landscape, and experimentation. Students learn how to serve our diverse communities by making our environment more sustainable, open to all, and beautiful.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The School of Architecture offers accredited masters level graduate programs in architecture designed for students who thrive in an immersive and multifaceted environment focusing on rigorous design, critical thinking, and hands-on learning. Students participate in real world design-build projects that serve nonprofit organizations and underserved communities. The small-scale of the school facilitates an individualized educational experience and fosters a close relationship between students, faculty, and staff. The school provided $101,992 in scholarships and discounts.
$538,281 spentof which $101,992 as grants85% of program spendingThe School of Architecture provides students services including residence life activities, food services, school car, library, financial aid and admissions support, and opportunities to participate in community architecture related projects. Additionally, the school invites notable architects and designers to speak and provide networking opportunities to the students.
$97,705 spent15% of program spendingGeared to college-level participants and adults interested in deepening their understanding of the architectural discipline, the school offers fall and spring semester immersion programs providing an opportunity to learn about architecture side-by-side with faculty and graduate students.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $635,986.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $2.8M to $1.8M (−36%).
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: 2020 7% · 2022 35% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Jason Donofrio
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $16k → $45k.
8 of 19 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $50k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE’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 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 71% · 2019 83% · 2020 43% · 2021 29% · 2022 99% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
79% of THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE'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 $150k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $563k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE's revenue fell 73% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $557k on record.
- Department of Education$527k
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
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 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: 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 THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE?
- THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $712,843 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($359,242). 9 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 THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $712,843 in grants to THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE?
- ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $359,242 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 19 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