Door and Hardware Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540985621
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
(202) 367-1134
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,682,653
Expenses
$2,896,150
Assets
$1,519,431
Liabilities
$937,220

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEWIS SMITH PRESIDENT-ELECT (UNTIL JULY, THEN PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID R BECKHAM (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE)
  • LISA WILLIAMS 1ST VP (UNTIL JULY, THEN PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ROBERT DIPPELL (DHI CANADA PRESIDENT AS OF JULY)

People named in this filing

  • CORTNEY ANDERSON WASCHER PRES (UNTIL JULY, THEN IMM. PAST PRES.)
  • LEWIS SMITH PRESIDENT-ELECT (UNTIL JULY, THEN PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID R BECKHAM (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote education and engagement throughout the door and hardware industry.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education - the institute provides technical training sessions several times a year. These courses prepare participants to sit for the architectural hardware consultant, electried hardware consultant exams administered by the institute. Certicate programs include the door and hardware industry associate, wood door technician, and door hardware consultant. These professional designations are recognized as marks of excellence throughout the industry. Dhi awards these credentials and certicates to individuals who have spent the required time in industry and who have passed the certicate and or certication exam criteria.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $2.2M reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.