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ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

EIN 52-1140340 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$1,826,089
Expenses 2024
$2,104,979

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
2000
Street
1400 L ST NW STE 400

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE SERVE AS THE LEADING SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE, SAFE, SECURE, AND TECHNICALLY ADVANCED BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IDENTIFY, FUND, AND PROVIDE INDUSTRY WIDE RESEARCH FORECASTS AND TREND ANALYSIS. AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS SEEKING TO ENTER THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LEADING SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE, SAFE, SECURE, AND TECHNICALLY ADVANCED BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS: ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROMISING ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,094,696 · Grants $678,000 · Revenue $34,701

  • RESEARCH: ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE PRODUCES RESEARCH INTO ISSUES OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $638,458

  • REGISTERED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM (RCEP): A NATIONWIDE PORTAL FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RECORDKEEPING.

    Expenses $101,746 · Revenue $121,045

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LINDA BAUER DARR

    BOARD MEMBER(ACEC PRESIDENT &CEO)

    Total calculated
    $1,107,401
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,048,129
    Other
    $59,272
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $690,660 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $336,577 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,892 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,105 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,167 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,107,401 related

  • STEVEN LEFTON

    CHAIR(AS OF MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL CARRAGHER

    CHAIR, PAST CHAIR(AS OF MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN CARRATO

    PAST CHAIR(UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG KELLY

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL CORKERY

    TREASURER(UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAVIER BALDOR

    TREASURER(AS OF MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSON WATSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE HARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES HOFFMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • LISA ROBERT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARCUS QUIGLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GARY RABA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • ADAM JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • ROBIN GREENLEAF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY MCCUNE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KASEY ANDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK CLYBURN

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JAMES HAYNES

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY WOLVERTON

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAPHNE BRYANT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $414,543
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $349,393
    Other
    $65,150
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $278,605 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $40,788 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,105 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,045 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $414,543 related

  • KERRY GAYLOR

    DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $184,005
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,700
    Other
    $29,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $125,564 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $9,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,136 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,322 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,983 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $184,005 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,826,089
    Expenses
    $2,104,979
    Contributions
    $1,693,066
    Grants paid
    $678,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,508,781
    Expenses
    $1,933,823
    Contributions
    $1,319,328
    Grants paid
    $682,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,404,072
    Expenses
    $933,346
    Contributions
    $2,272,601
    Grants paid
    $93,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $862,491
    Expenses
    $845,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,355,775

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $663,993
    Expenses
    $866,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,358,483

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.