Virginia · Public charity
Aats Foundation
Support cardiothoracic surgeons in research and education.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $808k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Aats Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $379k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $678k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $704k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $604k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $880k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $29k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Association for Thoracic Surgery | $479,133 | 6 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $410,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $218,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $213,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Association for Thoracic Surgery | $479,133 | 6 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $410,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $218,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $213,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $98,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University Medical Associates of the Medical Univ of South Carolina | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State of West Virginia | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inova Health Care Services | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $19,209 | 2 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upmc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wyndcroft School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aats Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Heart Association Inc · Yale University · American Cancer Society Inc · Johns Hopkins University · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Aats Foundation
- How much does Aats Foundation give?
- Aats Foundation reported 23 itemized grants totaling $807,709, out of $1,909,266 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Aats Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (89%), Education (5%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Aats Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Association for Thoracic Surgery ($479k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($410k), Children's Hospital Corporation ($219k).
- Does Aats Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aats Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Heart Association Inc, Yale University, American Cancer Society Inc.
- Where is Aats Foundation based?
- Aats Foundation is based in VA.
Play a game based on Aats’ filings →