The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated
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The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated at a glance
In short: The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated reported $2K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $2,475 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- Total assets
- $7,608,568
- -23.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $6,138,729
- +2.8% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $476,283
- -26.7% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $8,174,955
- -4.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated gives
- Giving fell 98% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2025) to $250K (2020). In 2025 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Young Architect Orlando, FL | Sponsorship | $6,200 |
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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 | $7,608,568 | $6,138,729 | $8,174,955 | $2,475 | Total only | $476,283 |
| 2024 | $9,912,911 | $5,971,975 | $8,564,339 | — | — | $649,507 |
| 2023 | $10,388,745 | $5,246,222 | $7,941,068 | $6,200 | 1 | $256,241 |
| 2022 | $11,426,197 | $5,684,338 | $7,987,507 | — | — | $350,882 |
| 2021 | $16,756,630 | $12,789,779 | $6,134,706 | — | — | $9,128,618 |
| 2020 | $7,065,992 | $4,225,704 | $6,634,087 | $250,000 | 1 | $160,942 |
| 2019 | $10,795,773 | $9,219,037 | $6,107,625 | $5,000 | Total only | $4,878,216 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated
Based on IRS filings
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated is a public charity, based in Brentwood, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.6M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $2K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $476K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated is led by Mark Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2022; 3 of 18 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mark Dorsey
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2022
39 hrs/week
$337K (2022) → $351K (2025)
William Sundquist
Chair
Director From the Gulf States Region → Chair-Elect, 2023
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jerod Clark
Director, Marketing & Communications
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$158K (2025)
Andrea Zawodny
Director & North Central Region
Director From the North Central Region → Director & North Central Region, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynsey Hankins
Director & South Central Region
Director From the South Central Region → Director & South Central Region, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Comerford
Director & West Region
Director From the West Region → Director & West Region, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Lanzelotti
Director & Northeast Region
Director From the Northeast Region → Director & Northeast Region, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Betina Latiker
Director & Gulf States Region
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ivette Ramirez Bruns
Secretary & Director
Director & Great Lakes Region → Secretary & Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Morayma Bittle
Director & Southwest Region
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Vaughn
Director & Middle Atlantic Region
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Georgia Spencer
Director & Northwest Region
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Wang
Director-At-Large
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edmund Brown
Director-At-Large
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenny McMann Jr.
Director & Southeast Region
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Velma Hart
COO
Chief Operating Officer → COO, 2025
On filings since 2019
38 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $225K (2025)
Jarrod Mann
Chair-Elect
Director-At-Large → Director - Csi At-Large, 2023
Director - Csi At-Large → Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Young
Treasurer
Director From the Southwest Region → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (50)
- Former: Elizabeth Icenogle (2021–2024) — Director & Component Relation
- Former: Valerie Briscoe (2021–2024) — Director of Accounting
- Former: Jori Smith (2022–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Amy Hockett (2023–2024) — Director & Southeast Region
- Former: Cam Featherstonhaugh (2023–2024) — Chair
- Former: Lisa Sidletsky (2023–2024) — Director of Executive Services
- Former: Ellen Onstad (2022–2023) — Director & Northwest Region
- Former: Erica Kennedy (2022–2023) — Director & Southeast Region
- Former: George Bevier (2023) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Matthew Switzer (2021–2022) — Senior Manager, Marketing & Comms.
- Former: Arthur Featherstonhaugh IV (2022) — Chair-Elect
- Former: Jack Morgan (2022) — Director From the Great Lakes Region
- Former: Lee Ann Slattery (2022) — Director From the Middle Atlantic Region
- Former: Marvin Kemp (2022) — Board Chair
- Former: Wade Bevier (2022) — Director-At-Large
- Former: William Hayward (2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Arthur Feathestonhaugh IV CSI CDT (2019–2021) — Chair-Elect
- Former: Gregory Ceton (2019–2021) — Director of Strategic Initiaves & Sp Projects
- Former: Jonnie Cox FCSI (2019–2021) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Jori Smith CSI CDT (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Lee Ann M Slattery CSI CDT CCPR (2019–2021) — Director From the Middle Atlantic Region
- Former: Mark Dorsey CAE FASAE (2019–2021) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Marvin Kemp FCSI CDT (2019–2021) — Board Chair
- Former: TJ Gottwalt FCSI CCPR (2019–2021) — Director From the Southeast Region
- Former: William Hayward CSI CCCA (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: William Sundquist FCSI (2019–2021) — Director From the Gulf States Region
- Former: Andrea L Zawodny CSI CCS (2020–2021) — Director From the North Central Region
- Former: Velma Hart CAE FASAE (2020–2021) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Ellen Onstad CSI CDT (2021) — Director From the Northwest Region
- Former: Jack Morgan FCSI CCS CCCA (2021) — Director From the Great Lakes Region
- Former: Lynsey Hankins CSI (2021) — Director From the South Central Region
- Former: Mike Young FCSI CCCA (2021) — Director From the Southwest Region
- Former: Stephen Nash FCSI (2021) — Director From the West Region
- Former: Thomas Lanzelotti CSI (2021) — Director From the Northeast Region
- Former: Wade Bevier FCSI (2021) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Cherise Lakeside CSI CDT (2019–2020) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Gene Fosheim FCSI (2019–2020) — Director & Northwest Region
- Former: Michael Young FCSI CCCA CDT (2019–2020) — Director & Southwest Region
- Former: Ellen Kay Crews FCSI CCS CCCA FMP (2020) — Board Chair
- Former: Jack Morgan FCSI CCS CCCA CDT (2020) — Director & Great Lakes Region
- Former: Jonnie Cox RA FCSI CCS (2020) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Kirby Davis CSI CDT Leed AP (2020) — Director & South Central Region
- Former: Mitchell Lawrence CSI CCS CCCA CD (2020) — Director & West Region
- Former: T J Gottwalt FCSI CCPR (2020) — Director & Southeast Region
- Former: Tracy Petrillo (2020) — Chief Learning Officer
- Former: Andrea Zawodny CSI CCS CDT (2019) — Director From North Central Region
- Former: Ellen Kay Crews FCSI CCS CCCA (2019) — Board Chair
- Former: Jack Morgan FCSI CCS CCCA FCSI (2019) — Director From Great Lakes Region
- Former: Kirby Davis CSI CDT (2019) — Director From South Central Region
- Former: Mitch Lawrence CSI CCS CCCA (2019) — Director From West Region
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 $351K, to Mark Dorsey (Chief Executive Officer). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated
How much does The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated give each year?
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated reported $2K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants.
How large is The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated?
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated reported $7.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.1M.
Where does The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated operate?
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated has awarded grants in Florida, Virginia.
What is The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated's EIN?
The Construction Specifications Institute Incorporated's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 53-0242938. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 16, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 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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