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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 54-1524318

NCMA Education Research Foundation

A private foundation in Herndon, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $62,930 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $62,930

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $10,118,116
  • Tax year 2024

    $51,525

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,772,562
  • Tax year 2023

    $97,280

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $8,798,399
  • Tax year 2022

    $141,211

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $9,316,407
  • Tax year 2021

    $98,935

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $9,289,907
  • Tax year 2020

    $272,725

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,103,834
  • Tax year 2019

    $497,257

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $9,106,626
  • Tax year 2018

    $335,742

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,342,760

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.006 Building Envelope Embodied Carbon Study Phase II

    $12,500
  2. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.007 CMHA Internships

    $12,430
  3. Arizona Masonry CouncilChandler, AZ

    2025.002 Southwest Guide To Masonry - Phase II

    $7,500
  4. Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green, OH

    2025.012 Architecture Student Design Competition

    $5,500
  5. Individual

    Graduate Student SRW Researcher Scholarship Program

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    Paul and Helen Lenchuck Scholarship

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Paul and Helen Lenchuck Scholarship

    $5,000
  8. Individual

    John and Marlene Heslip Scholarship

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    John and Marlene Heslip Scholarship

    $5,000

Approved for future payment

13 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Lafayette College University of MaineOrono, ME

    2025.014 Response of Geogrid-Reinforced Segmental Retaining Walls Subjected to Post and Beam Barrier Loading Phase II: Numerical Modeling and Design Guidance

    $167,368
  2. MIT Concrete Sustainability HubCambridge, MA

    2025.018 Embodied and Carbon Uptake Impact of Concrete Masonry Products Phase II

    $79,119
  3. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.015 Student Design Competition Hosted by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 2026-2027

    $70,000
  4. University of HoustonHouston, TX

    2025.001 High Strength Steel in Concrete Masonry - Axial Loads

    $54,988
  5. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.017 Research Investigation of Partitions with Vertically Reinforced Mortared Head Joints

    $47,695
  6. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.005 Storm Shelters in Masonry Designers Guide

    $32,500
  7. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.004 EleMasonry User Resources

    $30,800
  8. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.008 CMU Performance Specification - Property Research

    $23,500
  9. Arizona Masonry CouncilChandler, AZ

    2025.002 Southwest Guide To Masonry - Phase II

    $22,500
  10. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.016 Validation of TGA Test Method Options for Measuring CO2 Sequestration of Manufactured Concrete Products

    $22,000
  11. Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PA

    2025.013 NCMA Architecture Student Design Competition

    $19,500
  12. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.007 CMHA Internships

    $17,570
  13. Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes AssociationHerndon, VA

    2025.006 Building Envelope Embodied Carbon Study Phase II

    $12,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development1 grant $7,50058% of the total
  2. Jobs and employment1 grant $5,50042% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia2 grants $24,930
  2. Arizona1 grant $7,500
  3. Ohio1 grant $5,500

Officers, directors and trustees

19 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Ryan SuszekChair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brendan QuinnVice Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Erik AbsalonImmediate Past Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert ThomasTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • John FizzanoSecretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steve BerryTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Zach BoydTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jacob BoyerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jos DazTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Barry DillerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Starling JohnsonCMHA Vice Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kyle LidinskyTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Justin MeyerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard O'ConnorFinance Committee Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • David PitreCMHA Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rich SolomonTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nick SowkaTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mark WilhelmsProgram Committee Chair Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wendel StewartStaff Liaison Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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