Congratulations to the 2025 IDA Founder's Endowment Fund Recipients!

The members of the IDA Founder’s Club are the sole stewards of the Founder’s Endowment Fund. These funds are granted for programs and projects that align with the goal of the Endowment Fund: to further detailing education and training for future detailers.

Congratulations to the 2025 Endowment Recipients!

Derrick Copes

BestHands Mobile Detailing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Funds to be put toward a new transportation van. The Dopest Detailer nonprofit collaborates with BestHands Mobile Detailing to provide hands-on training in detailing to formerly incarcerated individuals. This initiative aims to reduce the recidivism rate while offering a positive career path to those who might otherwise return to their previous lifestyle.

Rich March, CD-SV, MC-SV, RVC, RIT

UK Detailing Academy Ltd
Ewen, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Funds will be used to complete the OFQUAL registration process for detailing qualifications. All official educational qualifications must be registered and regulated by OFQUAL to become recognized by education providers nationwide. Once recognized, detailing can be introduced across the UK through a variety of different education providers. Beneficiaries may include military veterans, school leavers, and young people with special educational needs.

Now Accepting Submissions!

The Founder's Endowment Fund grant request form is now open for submissions through October 31, 2025.

The selected applicants will be announced and presented at the IDA Awards Gala and Annual Business Meeting (held in conjunction with Mobile Tech Expo each year). For Endowment requests that are more time-sensitive, exceptions may be made to the approval and fund distribution timeline.

Examples of projects/programs that would be eligible for an Endowment Fund distribution: establishing a new education program for future detailers, funding the acquisition of new tools and equipment for a training center, supporting a charitably run re-education program. View past recipients here.

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