The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Legacy grants program: thanks to a generous grant from the gerard b. Lambert foundation, the institute of classical architecture & art was proud to present first-of-its-kind programming in landscape architecture for designers, students, and enthusiasts, with particular emphasis on educating the next generation: the bunny mellon curricula. This curricula, the first to be named in honor of bunny mellon, honors her commitment to landscape design, and her deeply held belief that architecture is firmly linked to its surrounding landscape. The richard h. Driehaus curricula for the built environment endowment fund has given the icaa the resources to regularly update and expand its educational curricula and programming, particularly as new issues or areas of concern arise in architectural design. This initiative will launch new offerings regarding current issues like urbanism, sustainability, and healthy cities still highlighting the importance of historic preservation and precedent, especially how it pertains to shared public spaces. With the receipt of generous grants from the orville gordon browne foundation, the icaa began work on a redesigned website, classicist.org with sophisticated design, strong imagery, and intuitive navigation. Amongst other features, the website offers vastly upgraded functionality for membership and donation transactions. In addition to the aforementioned features, the redesigned classicist.org and the support from the orville gordon browne foundation has also made it possible for the icaa to offer several readily-accessible educational features on its website, including: a digital version of the classicist publication, a digital rare books archive, an online plaster cast hall catalogue among other improvements. With these grants, the icaa has also been able to offer several drawing tours and scholarships. A giant benefit due to this grant is the icaa's ability to create video projects, which were a boon during the global pandemic. The icaa's videos are particularly impactful for the student and programming in landscape architecture for designers, students, and young professional audience, making it possible to enhance their own educational journeys with supplementary content, and to round out their education in architecture and design.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited
• Public monitoring controls: Limited
• Public policy transparency: Limited
• Public financial transparency: Limited
• Impact reporting controls: Limited
• Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 97.2%; rating input score 97; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
• Public governance controls: Limited
• Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Operating reserve ratio: 2.5; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings