Institute for Architectural Research Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463150526
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Grand Viewonhudson, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2129671100
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $720
- Expenses
- $681
- Assets
- $1,209
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT AKER (CO-PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL SCIARILLO (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SCOTT AKER (CO-PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL SCIARILLO (CO-PRESIDENT)
- POLINA SCIARILLO (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The institute for architectural research's core mission is to provide a bridge between academics and the practice of architecture, cultivating a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive learning environment in which drawing, thinking, and dialogue can take place.
What it reported doing in 2025
Information - lectures, films and art installations featuring highlights of architecture
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $531 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.