Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Aaup Foundation
The purpose of the AAUP FOUNDATION is to establish and support the principles of academic freedom and the quality of higher education in a free and democratic society.
- $22k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,673
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,673
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Aaup Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $115k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $258k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $290k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 of University Professors | $979,816 | 8 | 8% |
| New York University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $18,962 | 2 | 0% |
| Essential Information Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Association of University Professors Collective Bargaining Congr | $7,048 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
About Aaup Foundation
- How much does Aaup Foundation give?
- Aaup Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $21,923 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Aaup Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (89%), Education (9%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Aaup Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Association of University Professors ($980k), New York University ($20k), Trinity College ($19k).
- Does Aaup Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Aaup Foundation based?
- Aaup Foundation is based in DC.
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