Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1989.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Educates the public about architecture and the built environment.
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Architecture in Schools
Exposing DC students to the architecture and design of the build COMMUNITY.BARBARA g. Laurie scholarship program - college scholarship for architecture students from DC.
Canstruction
Teams of architects build fantastic structures designed entirely out of canned and boxed food. The display allowed the public and the design community to come together during the thanksgiving holiday to draw attention to food insecurity in the washington DC area.
Dackids
Dackids are other programs such as monthly kids' programs, tools of the trade, architectural walking tours, archi-builder studio dackids summer camp and design like a girl mentoring program. These programs teach middle-schoolers skills in drawing, model-making, site design, sustainability, and theater set design.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $299K | $228K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $299K | $228K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $167K | $185K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $131K | $43K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $63K | $63K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $7K | $7K | $405 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $10K | $882 | $9K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $860 | $860 | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $270K | $135K | $135K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $27K | $21K | $300 | $6K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $479 | $209 | $270 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $408K | $237K | $164K | $6K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 25, 2025 | $324K | $412K | −$88K | −$96K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 12, 2024 | $266K | $471K | −$204K | −$14K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 13, 2023 | $554K | $402K | $152K | $195K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 11, 2022 | $319K | $408K | −$89K | $43K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 20, 2021 | $368K | $316K | $52K | $131K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $319,012 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $319,012 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $407,581 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $228,081 assets, 10 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $42,780 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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