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Past 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.

 

Detailer AI LLC

Funds granted to support development of v2 Det(AI)ler application. One of the most significant challenges detailers face today is information uncertainty. Det(AI)ler was created to improve access to accurate, professional-level detailing knowledge for both new and experienced detailers. The application combines over 20 years of real-world professional auto detailing experience with the power of OpenAI technology to deliver clear, consistent, and reliable guidance on detailing processes, business development, product and tool usage, and best practices.

Website Redesign Project

Funds granted to improve the member experience and learning experience via the IDA website, supporting the vision to be the premier source of information and support for the global professional detailing community.

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.

Bernice Berry

Pure Luxury Tint & Detailing Training Studio
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Funds granted for her outreach program assisting both Native American youth and aging-out children in the foster care system, providing week-long trainings and education about detailing skills and business know-how.

Read more about this project.

Andrew Haney, CD-SV

Department Chair AST & Professor, Automotive Tech, Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, California, United States
Funds granted to build a new wash bay with proper water filtration to be utilized by Bakersfield College Automotive Technology’s 900+ students each year.

Read more about this project and see the photo gallery.

Jeffrey Moore, CD

Owner, iAutoshine LLC
Manassas, Virginia, United States
Funds granted for community-based internship program for low-income participants to learn a new trade/skill.

Laurentiu Horubet, CD

Owner, Pepper Studio
Voluntari, Romania
Funds granted to purchase detailing equipment, such as rotary polishers, orbital polishers, and orbital sanders, for classes for beginners in the industry, allowing increase of class size to five students monthly.

Kelly Jones, CD-SV

Owner, Showroom Auto Detailing
West Branch, Michigan, United States
Funds granted for the in-progress building of and the eventual supplying of tools for a new detail training center in Michigan, with the ultimate goal of becoming an IDA Recognized Training Center.

Panagiotis Katsoulis, CD

Technical Support, G. NIKOLOPOULOS SA
Athens, Greece
Funds granted to provide technical equipment for training seminars and to create technical video-presentations for their detailing school.

Bernardo Archibold

Owner, Monster Clean Panama
Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
Funds granted to purchase tools and supplies for use in ongoing international trips to train detailers in other parts of the world.

Cristen Ashley-Williams

Ramy Automotive
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Funds granted to update detailing equipment used in their training academy to match current market standards.

Guðmundur Halldorsson, CD-SV

CEO, Detail Ísland
Selfoss, Iceland
Funds granted to assist in his setup of a mobile training center to travel to detailers throughout Iceland.

Charles Heinz

Auto Collision Repair Instructor, Kent Career Technical Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Funds granted for new classroom equipment for automotive collision repair and refinishing program for high school students at Kent Career Technical Center (80-100 students per year).

Global IDA Certification Event
Phase II - Skills Validation (SV)

Funds granted for the launch of virtual SV certification events in June to purchase t-shirts for participants and assist with associated mailing costs.

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