We provide education and service to the architectural profession and community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39K a year · 37% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $815K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 16.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $53K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$137K
+46% vs prior year
Spent
$85K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$957K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$137K
FY2025▲ +46%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$82K
FY2022$113K
FY2024$93K
FY2025$137K
Expenses
$85K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$22K
FY2022$72K
FY2024$88K
FY2025$85K
Net assets
$957K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$583K
FY2022$615K
FY2024$889K
FY2025$957K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · see the original

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Yes. Revoked Aug 2017, reinstated. IRS ruling May 2024, per the IRS master file. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2024.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $71K Management & general 10% · $8K Fundraising 7% · $6K

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

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member-At-Large-Grants Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member-At-Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member-At-Large-Investment Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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

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1 program · $71K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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2024 curt shafer rich goewey memorial golf tournament, 2024 archives committee event 10 year celebration archiving collections wright, 2024 grant awards 1 sean murphy student travel prize 2 bob saemisch emerging professional travel prize 3 robert hershberger student travel prize 4 future cities competition 5 tracing architecture podcast…

$71Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$53K
Grants paid · 14 grants · $157K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$19,000
Others Under 5kFY2024$11,200
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$20,940
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,138
Aia Arizona (phx Metro Chapter)AZ · FY2023$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,946
5k and Under - Six OrgsFY2021$11,946
Unitemized GrantFY2020$7,000
Individual RecipientFY2020$500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$137K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$777
Money outPt IX
$85K
Ln 25
Programscol B$71K
Managementcol C$8K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
$957K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$114K
Total assetsLn 16$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$48K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$777
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$15K
Total revenueLn 12$137K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$114K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$114K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$815K
Other assetsLn 15$11K
Total assetsLn 16$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$957K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$72K$114K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$777K$815K
Total assetsLn 16$889K$957K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$889K$957K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$18K$18K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$24K$24K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$3K$5K$383
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$337$35$73$229
Information technologyLn 14$10K$6K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$228$228
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$9K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$10K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$85K$71K$8K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $137K$85K$52K$957K 990 PDF
FY2024 $93K$88K$5K$889K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $113K$72K$40K$615K 990 PDF
FY2021 $82K$22K$60K$583K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $136,534 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $73,447$119,385
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,905$777
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20,459$20,750
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$6,499−$4,378
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $93,312$136,534
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $37,578$42,200
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $50,573$42,574
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $88,151$84,774
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,161$51,760
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $136,534 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $100 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$48,070
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$71,315
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$119,385
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $777$777
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,017$6,017
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $14,733$14,733
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$4,478−$4,478
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $877 · Excluded from tax $16,272$136,534
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $84,774 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $18,200$18,200
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $24,000$24,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,556$3,556
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,677 · Management $4,589 · Fundraising $383$7,649
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35 · Management $73 · Fundraising $229$337
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,256 · Fundraising $4,171$10,427
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $228$228
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,002$9,002
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,238 · Fundraising $1,137$11,375
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $70,636 · Management $8,218 · Fundraising $5,920$84,774
Part X · Balance sheet $957,498 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $71,720$114,005
X-4 Accounts receivable$100
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $777,258$814,856
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $28,437$17,062
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,475$11,475
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $888,890$957,498
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $888,890$957,498
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $888,890$957,498
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $888,890$957,498
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $957,498 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$136,534
XI-2 Total expenses$84,774
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$51,760
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$888,890
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$16,848
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$957,498

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