National Housing Endowment
The National Housing Endowment is a public charity based in Washington, DC. It supports education, training, research, and workforce development related to the residential construction industry, including programs intended to prepare students and workers for careers in homebuilding.
National Housing Endowment at a glance
In short: National Housing Endowment gave $838K across 24 grants in 2025 (avg $35K), top state District of Columbia. 54% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $838,250
- +41.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 24
- +41.2% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $34,927
- +0.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $20,000
- Total assets
- $39,130,736
- +9.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 54% first-time grantees (13 of 24, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- District of Columbia (39% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to National Housing Endowment
- How to Apply
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The website says scholarship and grant offerings are closed for 2026 and asks applicants to check back in late January 2027 for the next cycle.
- Contact
Mailing address: 1201 15Th Street Nw, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 266-8477
Website: https://nationalhousingendowment.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who National Housing Endowment funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was National Association Home Builders ($211K). Together the top 10 received $605K.
Grant Size Distribution
86 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 71 grants of 86 (83%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Endowment’s website describes HELP as working with colleges and universities across the country. Its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states; the largest reported shares were DC (39%), Georgia (16%), Massachusetts (9%), California (6%), and Indiana (6%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 24 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is National Housing Endowment open to new grantees?
54%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 13 of 24 grantees (54%) were first-time recipients. With only 24 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $26K; repeat grants $45K. How we count
Medians: $20K first-time, $21K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $418K (2023) to $838K (2025). In 2025 it made 24 grants totaling $838K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Association Home Builders Washington, DC | Education | $210,601 |
| Home Builders Institute Washington, DC | Education and Training in High Schools. | $114,561 |
| The Skillpoint Foundation Roswell, GA | Education | $112,000 |
| University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $25,500 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $25,500 |
| Ball State University Muncie, IN | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $25,000 |
| Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis, MN | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $25,000 |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $25,000 |
| Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $21,250 |
| University of Hawaii at Monoa Honolulu, HI | Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP) | $20,250 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $39,130,736 | $1,701,326 | $2,376,518 | $838,250 | 24 | $1,248,704 |
| 2024 | $35,855,821 | $3,823,588 | $1,859,695 | $591,826 | 17 | $1,746,473 |
| 2023 | $32,648,786 | $908,311 | $1,649,296 | $417,665 | 14 | $450,873 |
| 2022 | $29,840,840 | $4,237,361 | $1,284,664 | $426,771 | 15 | $816,449 |
| 2021 | $31,315,078 | $3,340,023 | $1,266,807 | $471,019 | 16 | $2,937,515 |
| 2020 | $28,613,276 | $2,168,345 | $1,300,841 | $437,252 | 21 | $1,612,917 |
| 2019 | $25,780,190 | $1,897,389 | $1,750,012 | $795,574 | 21 | $640,296 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Endowment’s stated mission is to address challenges facing the homebuilding industry, strengthen education and training for future residential construction leaders, and expand knowledge about housing issues. Its filing describes support for college construction-management programs, high-school career events and skills-trade training, student travel and competitions, faculty and student symposia, and housing research.
Its Homebuilding Education Leadership Program (HELP) supports academic institutions developing or expanding residential construction education. The Endowment also describes the Skilled Labor Fund as focused on attracting and training workers for residential construction; it gives grants to local industry associations or schools and gives preference to programs partnered with local industry associations.
Recipients include universities and other educational organizations. For example, Home Builders Institute, a 2025 recipient, describes its own mission as educating, inspiring, and preparing people for careers in the building industry. The Endowment’s website also lists scholarships for students, including awards for residential construction trades and management and scholarships for children of executive officers.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Endowment reported 24 grants totaling $838,250. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $210,601, with a median of $20,000. Among the largest were $210,601 to the National Association of Home Builders for education, $114,561 to Home Builders Institute for education and training in high schools, and $112,000 to The Skillpoint Foundation for education. Multiple universities received grants for the Homebuilding Education Leadership Program, including the University of Cincinnati and Wentworth Institute of Technology, each at $25,500.
For HELP, the website describes an application process that starts with submitting a request for proposals. Applicants receive feedback from the advisory committee, and NHE staff arrange campus visits. Finalists present to the committee; winners are notified after a board meeting. The filing says grant recipients must provide written reports or project updates. HELP recipients submit annual reports and, while actively funded, present progress to the trustees every one to two years. The filing states that grant funding may be withheld if trustees are dissatisfied with reports or believe goals are not being met. The Endowment’s executive committee can review and award grants of $20,000 or less under board-approved policy; grants of $20,001 or more require trustee-board approval unless otherwise directed by the board.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and trustees listed on the 2025 filing are Gregory Ugalde, chair; Laura Kohler, chair-elect; Steve Nellis, immediate past chair; Justin MacDonald, treasurer; Karen Koelemij, secretary; and trustees Robert Camp, Steve Cates, Andrew Chaban, Kent Colton, and Kent Conine.
National Housing Endowment is led by Mark Pursell, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 1 of 46 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mark Pursell
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$241K (2019) → $320K (2025)
Gregory Ugalde
Chair
Treasurer → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Al Scott
Trustee
Chair Elect → Chair, 2022
Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Chaban
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dave Wilson
Life Trustee
Trustee → Life Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harvey Meyerhoff
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Knuppe
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kent Colton
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lewis Ranieri
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Tipton
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patsy Smith
Life Trustee
Secretary & Life Trustee → Life Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rick Judson
Trustee
Immediate Past Chairman → Immediate Past Chair, 2020
Immediate Past Chair → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Camp
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Mitchell
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Schottenstein
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven Schottenstein
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ted Mahoney
Trustee
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2022
Immediate Past Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Timothy Eller
Life Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Nielsen
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Wentz
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Kelly
Trustee
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Heller
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregory Peek
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Larry Swank
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Cates
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eddie Martin
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Konter
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Lawson
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
W. Barry Kahn
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry Rutenberg
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carl Harris
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Wilson
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fannie MAE Foundation
Life Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Frank Farinella
Life Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Hoppe
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gary Garczynski
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kent Conine
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dale Stuard
Emeritus Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Napolitano
Emeritus Trustee
Trustee → Emeritus Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Koelemij
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Klein
Emeritus Trustee
Trustee → Emeritus Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger Glunt
Emeritus Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Nellis
Immediate Past Chair
Chair Elect → Chair, 2024
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Thompson
Emeritus Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Macdonald
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Kohler
Chair-Elect
Trustee → Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (8)
- Former: C. Kent Conine (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: F. Gary Garczynski (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen Rosenberg (2019–2024) — Life Trustee
- Former: Herb Kohler Jr. (2019–2021) — Life Trustee
- Former: Greg Ugalde (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gerald Kosmensky (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Larry Goldrich (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Granger Macdonald (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $320K, to Mark Pursell (President & CEO).
Frequently asked questions about National Housing Endowment
How much does National Housing Endowment give each year?
National Housing Endowment gave $838K across 24 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $592K across 17 grants.
What is National Housing Endowment's typical grant size?
National Housing Endowment's median grant in 2025 was $20,000, and its average grant was $34,927, across 24 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from National Housing Endowment that year got $26K on average.
Where does National Housing Endowment give grants?
National Housing Endowment's top state is District of Columbia, with 39% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Georgia (16%) and Massachusetts (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (2 grants).
Does National Housing Endowment give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 24 grants with a stated purpose on National Housing Endowment's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Homebuilding Education Leadership PROGRAM(HELP)" (17 grants) and "Education" (5 grants).
Who are National Housing Endowment's largest grantees?
National Housing Endowment's largest 2025 grantees include National Association Home Builders ($210,601), Home Builders Institute ($114,561) and The Skillpoint Foundation ($112,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 52% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is National Housing Endowment?
National Housing Endowment reported $39.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.
What does National Housing Endowment fund?
The Endowment’s stated mission is to address challenges facing the homebuilding industry, strengthen education and training for future residential construction leaders, and expand knowledge about housing issues. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from National Housing Endowment?
The website says scholarship and grant offerings are closed for 2026 and asks applicants to check back in late January 2027 for the next cycle. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is National Housing Endowment's EIN?
National Housing Endowment's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1510101. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 2, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 11, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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