Public Charity

SIGN RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Based in ALEXANDRIA, VA, SIGN RESEARCH FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $155K in revenue, $67K in expenses, $783K in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 7 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $592K.

EIN: 542091972 ALEXANDRIA, VA Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy N.E.C. NTEE: R99 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$155K
Total Expenses$67K
Total Assets$783K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$592K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE OF SIGNAGE TO COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES THE FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON BRINGING EDUCATION TO SIGN USERS AND TO THOSE WHO INTERACT WITH SIGN USERS, INCLUDING ADVERTISING AGENCIES, LENDERS, APPRAISERS, ATTORNEYS, REGULATORS, BUSINESSES, FRANCHISERS, AND DESIGNERS.

Where $100 goes at Sign Research Foundation

How Sign Research Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $76 for programs

$76
Research projects
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Brenda Velasquez
ISA PRESIDENT/CEO Lori Anderson
TRUSTEE Manish Jaisinghani
CHAIRMAN Matthew Shad
SECRETARY/TREASURER Max Fulton
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sapna Budev

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$592,500 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $155K $67K $783K
2023 $223K $145K $687K
2022 $149K $81K $616K
2020 $97K $64K $538K
2019 $267K $147K $497K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $267K to $155K (-42%), with total assets most recently reported at $783K.

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