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US Green Building Council TX Chapter

US Green Building Council TX Chapter (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$220k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$-59689
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What US Green Building Council TX Chapter does

Mission

To transform the way buildings, homes and communties are designed, built and operated through outreach, industry education, and advocacy efforts across Texas

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

U.S. Green Building Council Texas Chapter seeks to promote a sustainable, profitable and healthy built environment in Texas through education, professional training, and outreach

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($221k) Expenses 100 ($225k)2019 Revenue 104 ($231k) Expenses 99 ($223k)2020 Revenue 72 ($160k) Expenses 70 ($157k)2021 Revenue 100 ($220k) Expenses 92 ($206k)
2018201920202021
Revenue (100)Expenses (92)

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 $24k to $3k (−87%).

$6k
$11k
$24k
$3k
2018201920202021
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’18
$8k
’19
$3k
’20
$14k
’21
0.1
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.

2018201920202021
Listed17161616
Joined·+2+3+4
No longer listed·334
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $35k.

Funder
'20
'21
total
Energy Action Fundunclassified
$20k
funders
1
2

From the IRS filings of US Green Building Council TX Chapter’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

US Green Building Council TX Chapter leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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

100% 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 US Green Building Council TX Chapter.

67%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 57% — 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

US Green Building Council TX Chapter draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.

CA

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

’20
’21
Texas 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

Organizations like US Green Building Council TX Chapter

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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

25% of spending goes to programs.

Program 25%Management 75%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds US Green Building Council TX Chapter?
US Green Building Council TX Chapter (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does US Green Building Council TX Chapter have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to US Green Building Council TX Chapter, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of US Green Building Council TX Chapter?
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like US Green Building Council TX Chapter find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2018–2021), and the filings of 2 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