Iowa · Public charity
Achievement Foundation Inc
The achievement foundation, by using its financial resources, dedicates itself to developing a better understanding of the free enterprise system by young people. The achievement foundation makes grants to junior achievement usa, its affiliates, and beneficiaries in support of the foundation's mission; makes loans to junior achievement…
- $225k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $195k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $195,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $195,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Achievement Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $195k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $346k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $288k | 90% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $386k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement USA | $1,216,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Junior Achievement of Delaware Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of East Tenninc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement USA | $1,216,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Junior Achievement of Delaware Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of East Tenninc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement North | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Achievement Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Junior Achievement USA · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Achievement Foundation Inc
- How much does Achievement Foundation Inc give?
- Achievement Foundation Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $195,000, out of $224,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Achievement Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (65%), Education (18%), International (17%).
- Who are Achievement Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Junior Achievement USA ($1.2M), Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc ($70k), Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts Inc ($50k).
- Does Achievement Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Achievement Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Junior Achievement USA, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Achievement Foundation Inc based?
- Achievement Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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