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AEC Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2025
136
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,594,455
Organizations funded a year
83 to 149
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations AEC Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving52$22M35%
FY2024136$24M29%
FY2023149$3.7M33%
FY2022128$2.7M31%
FY2021127$2.8M34%
FY2020130$2.7M51%
FY2019104$1.8M53%
FY201883$1.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$21MArts & Culture$3.5MEnvironment$2.6MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.6MCivil Rights$1.6MEducation$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Homestead Foundation Inc$16,039,759198%
The Veery Foundation Inc$15,594,455195%
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc$1,145,00082%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$1,050,00023%
Resource Central$921,00089%
Audubon Society of Rhode Island$590,00074%
Imagine$525,0002n/a
Dance Alive Inc$515,000417%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$500,00050%
Kestrel Land Trust Inc$475,00036%
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All grantees of AEC Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Homestead Foundation Inc$16,039,759198%
The Veery Foundation Inc$15,594,455195%
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc$1,145,00082%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$1,050,00023%
Resource Central$921,00089%
Audubon Society of Rhode Island$590,00074%
Imagine$525,0002n/a
Dance Alive Inc$515,000417%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$500,00050%
Kestrel Land Trust Inc$475,00036%
Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$425,00052%
The Link Counseling Center Inc$325,00058%
The Inn Between of Longmont Inc$300,00063%
Matheson History Museum$300,000635%
Women Moving on Inc Womens Resource Center to End Dv$300,00071%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$295,00061%
Feminist Womens Health Center Inc$295,00042%
Center for Human Development Inc$285,00040%
Friends of Children Inc$220,000515%
Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District$204,1245n/a
Lake Toxaway Charities$200,00067%
Status Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc$200,00061%
Fernbank Inc$200,00021%
Wylde Center Inc$190,00054%
Virginia-Highland Elementary PTO Inc$190,000320%
Moving in the Spirit Inc$180,00053%
Pushpush Arts Company$175,000423%
Live-Thrive Inc$175,00036%
Louisville Preschool Inc$170,000226%
The Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc$165,00014%
Raising Expectations Inc$160,00033%
The Charis Circle Inc$155,000467%
Florida Rising Together Inc$150,00011%
Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc$150,00032%
Survival Centers Inc$150,00032%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$150,00020%
Greenhouse Scholars$150,00081%
Stoneleigh-Burnham School$150,00021%
Imagine Foundation$150,000111%
247 Gateway LLC$145,00041%
Synchronicity Performance Group$140,00064%
The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc$135,00070%
Atlanta Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative Inc$125,00031%
Sistersong Inc$115,00050%
Barred Business Foundation$115,00021%
Alachua Conservation Trust Inc$110,00025%
The Tahirih Justice Center$105,00070%
Usta Foundation Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Solidaire Network Inc$100,00010%
The 19th News$100,0001n/a
Brevard Music Center Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Project Pride Srq Inc$100,000127%
youthSpark Inc$100,00069%
Feminist Majority Foundation$100,0001n/a
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$100,00011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$100,00020%
Embracing Our Differences Inc$100,00014%
The NAMES Project Foundation$100,0002n/a
Women Donors Network$100,0001n/a
Clark County Public Education Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Trees Atlanta Inc$100,00021%
Global Growers Network Inc$100,00024%
Southern Dharma Retreat Center$100,0001n/a
Clarkston Community Health Center$95,00052%
Chris 180 Inc$90,00040%
Dad's Garage Inc$90,00051%
Canine Partners of the Rockies Inc$85,00076%
Vox Teen Communications Inc$85,00073%
El Refugio Ministry Inc$85,00056%
Community Movement Builders Inc$85,00032%
Lifecycle Building Center Inc$85,00052%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$80,00020%
Audio Information Network of Colora$80,00073%
Zami Nobla Inc$80,000231%
Young Women Christian Association of Greater Atlanta$75,00040%
Chef Ann Foundation$75,00061%
The Global Village Project Inc$75,00051%
Developmental Disabilities Center$75,00060%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$75,00020%
Our House Inc$75,00050%
Girls Inc of the Valley$75,00022%
Growing Gardens of Boulder County$70,00071%
Boulder Community Housing Corporation Inc$65,000610%
Celebrate Edu$65,00067%
Community Advanced Practice Nursesinc$65,00042%
The Callanwolde Foundation Inc$65,00021%
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$65,00030%
Trans Housing Coalition Inc$65,000218%
Actors Express Inc$65,00032%
Amherst Cinema Arts Center Inc$65,00033%
Trans Housing Atlanta Inc$62,500512%
Colorado Friendship Inc$60,00075%
Clarkston Community Center Foundation Inc$60,00045%
Harvest of Hope Pantry$60,00031%
Reader to Reader Inc$60,00049%
National Forest Foundation$55,00010%
NAMI Georgia Inc$55,00041%
Boulder Emergency Squad Inc$55,00045%
Crossroads Community Ministries Inc$55,00052%
Out of Hand Theater$52,50053%
Old Dogs New Digs$50,000131%
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation In$50,00030%
Atlanta Community Press Collective Inc$50,0001n/a
Conservation Florida Inc$50,00025%
Thousand Currents$50,00020%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$50,00040%
El Centro AMISTAD$50,00042%
Horizons Atlanta Inc$50,00021%
The Street Dog Coalition$50,00052%
Tru Community Care$50,00030%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$50,00010%
Atlanta Community Toolbank$50,00023%
Atlanta Community Support Project Inc$50,000137%
Sur Legal Collaborative Inc$50,00024%
The Theatrical Outfit Inc$50,00021%
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke$50,00010%
Teaching Peace Inc$50,00062%
Choose Love Inc$50,00010%
Robin Hood Foundation$50,00010%
Global Fund for Children$50,00010%
First Step Staffing Inc$50,00040%
Grove Park Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$50,00010%
Central Outreach and Advocacy Center Inc$47,50052%
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc$45,00041%
Friends of Refugees Inc$45,00031%
Star Center Childrens Theatre Inc$45,000123%
Southface Energy Institute Inc$45,00031%
East Lake Foundationinc$45,00031%
350 Colorado$45,00044%
Georgia Justice Project Inc$45,00050%
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc$45,00032%
Aid Atlanta Inc$45,00050%
Ser Familia$45,00021%
Rise Against Suicide$45,00052%
Ascensa Health Inc$45,00030%
Colorado Horse Rescue$42,50052%
Park Pride Inc$40,00031%
Atlanta Victim Assistance Inc$40,00051%
College Aim Inc$40,00053%
Chopart Corporation$40,0002n/a
Agape Community Center$40,00041%
Concrete Jungle Inc$40,00031%
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Inc$40,00040%
The Center for Black Women's Wellness Cbww Inc$40,00041%
Atlanta Music Project Inc$40,00031%
Impact on Education Inc$40,00041%
Mother House Dba Haven Ridge$40,00033%
Child and Family Advocacy Program$40,00051%
True Colors Theatre Company$40,00031%
Atlanta Association for Convalescent Aged Persons Inc$35,00030%
Men Stopping Violence Inc$35,00046%
Southern Center for Human Rights$35,0002n/a
Training & Counseling Center at Saint Lukes Inc$35,00034%
Burnaway Inc$35,00045%
The Sheltering Arms Inc$35,00040%
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc$35,00030%
Nsoro Educational Foundation Inc$35,00012%
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra$35,00051%
Motherhood Beyond Bars Inc$35,00036%
East Atlanta Kids Club Inc$35,00034%
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc$35,00020%
Fugees Family Inc$32,50020%
Hillside Inc$31,00020%
Wilderness Works$30,00043%
Refugee Womens Network Inc$30,00021%
Growe Foundation$30,00046%
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc$30,00030%
Peak Abundance$30,000111%
Family Learning Center$30,00022%
Cool Girls Inc$30,00031%
I Am Human Foundation$30,00034%
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Inc$30,00020%
Parlando Incorporated$30,00041%
Midtown Assistance Center Inc$30,00031%
Thorne Ecological Institute$30,00040%
There With Care$30,00030%
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc$30,00023%
Organization for Human Rights and Democracy$30,00023%
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance$30,00024%
Colorado Women's Education Foundati$30,000310%
Westside Future Fund Inc$27,50030%
Dashboard Co-Op Inc$25,00032%
Village Micro Fund$25,00013%
Galveston Island Meals on Wheels Inc$25,00016%
Second Helpings Atlanta Inc$25,00010%
Families First Inc$25,00020%
Atlanta Pride Committee Inc$25,00017%
Northampton Survival Center Inc$25,00011%
Decatur Cooperative Ministry Inc$25,00031%
New American Pathways Inc$25,00010%
Atlanta Women for Equality Incorporated$25,0001n/a
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights Inc$25,00021%
Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc$25,00015%
Carolina Forward Foundation$25,0001n/a
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits$25,00011%
Boulder Food Rescue$25,00020%
Community Food Share Inc$25,00030%
Art Papers Inc$25,00033%
Horizon Theatre Company Inc$25,00012%
Galveston County Food Bank$25,00010%
The Rush Center Inc$25,00014%
Tiny Tim Center Inc Dba Tlc Learning Center$25,00040%
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc$25,00011%
Energy Resource Center$25,00030%
Families Helping Families of Swla la Inc$25,00015%
Pleasant Street Historic Society Inc$25,0001n/a
Windhorse Guild Inc$25,00023%
Workers Defense Project$25,00011%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$25,00010%
California Fire Foundation$25,00010%
World Animal Protection$25,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Grant Park Conservancy Inc$25,00012%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$25,00010%
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta Inc$25,00030%
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana$25,00010%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$25,00010%
Covenant House Georgia Inc$25,00010%
Project Animalaid$22,50042%
Green Up Our Schools$22,500323%
Cal-Wood Education Center$22,00031%
Boulder Housing Partners Foundation$22,00023%
Longmont Food Rescue$20,000210%
Food Justice Projects Inc$20,000264%
National Incarceration Assoc Inc$20,00022%
The Enchanted Circle Inc$20,00022%
Automotive Training Center Corporation$20,00031%
Forever Family Inc$20,00019%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00010%
For the Kid in All of US Inc$20,00024%
Atlanta Shakespeare Company Inc$20,00011%
Eco-Cycle Inc$20,00010%
Museum of Design-Atlanta Inc$20,00012%
Tekton Career Training Inc$20,00024%
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc$20,00020%
Opencollective Foundation$20,00010%
Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House Inc$20,00033%
Dress for Success Atlanta Inc$20,00033%
Center for Civic Innovation Inc$20,00013%
United Houma Nation Inc$20,00011%
Community Farmers Markets Inc$20,00012%
Physicians Care Clinic Inc$20,00022%
Georgia Wand Education Fund$20,00023%
Making a Way Housing Inc$20,00021%
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency Inc$19,00031%
Age Wise Colorado Inc$16,000211%
Friends of Four Mile Foundation$15,0001n/a
Atlanta Historical Society Inc$15,00010%
Visiting Nurse Health System Inc$15,00020%
Sisterlove Incorporated$15,00011%
Lekotek of Georgia Inc$15,00021%
New Disabled South Inc$15,00011%
Reforming Arts Incorporated$15,000115%
Mint Inc$15,0001n/a
Wow Children's Museum World of Wonder$15,00012%
Historic Oakland Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Working Title Playwrights Inc$15,00027%
David T Howard Middle School Foundation$15,000110%
Friends of Little Orange Creek Inc$15,0001n/a
Seven Stages Inc$15,00013%
Springfield Museums Corporation$15,00010%
Ecoaddendum Inc$15,000111%
The Study Hall Inc$15,0001n/a
Wildland Firefighter Foundation$15,00011%
Everybody Wins Atlanta Inc$15,00032%
Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund of Colorado$15,000197%
Animal Rescue of the Rockies$15,00021%
Foundation of Wesley Woods Inc$15,00020%
Suzi Bass Awards Inc$15,0001n/a
Women's Wilderness Institute$15,00023%
The Colorado Mountain Club$12,50020%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$12,50020%
BOULDER COUNTY RSVP BOARD INC dba CULTIVATE$12,00012%
DeKalb Rape Crisis Center Inc$11,00012%
Attention Inc$10,00010%
Benjamin Franklin Academy Inc$10,00010%
DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Southeast Inc$10,00010%
Freedom Inc$10,00010%
The Access Fund$10,00010%
Core Community Organized Relief Effort$10,00010%
Game Changing Men Inc$10,00013%
Higher Ground Youth Challenge$10,000123%
Several Dancers Core Subidiary of 74-2054315$10,00015%
A Precious Child Inc$10,00010%
Murmur Media Inc$10,0001n/a
Women for Women International$10,00010%
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts$10,00010%
Del Shores Foundation$10,0001n/a
Medicine Horse Program$10,00012%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$10,00010%
Hands on Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
New Life Community Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Georgia United Credit Union Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Press on South Inc$10,00011%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$10,00010%
The Discovery Land Company Foundation$10,00010%
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc$10,00012%
Staibdance Inc$10,00013%
Found Stages Inc$10,000115%
Creating Hope International$10,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00010%
Ignite Adaptive Sports$10,0001n/a
Hope for Haiti$10,000110%
Georgia Healthy Family Alliance Inc$10,00022%
The People's Fund$10,00011%
Atlanta Doula Collective Inc$10,00013%
The Investors Academy Inc$10,00011%
Veterans Path Inc$10,00012%
Be the Gift Incorporated$10,00013%
Paint Love Inc$10,00012%
Reverse Cycle of Incarceratio$10,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Boulder Valley$10,00010%
Foster Care Support Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Environmental Learning for Kids$10,00011%
Wild Bear Nature Center$10,00021%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$10,00010%
Fly on a Wall Inc$10,00017%
A Home for Everyone in Dekalb Inc$10,00015%
Covenant Community Inc$10,00011%
Woodlands Garden of Decatur Inc$10,00012%
Elevations Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Via Mobility Services$10,00010%
W O L F$10,00011%
Khesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc$10,00012%
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers$10,000121%
Southern Fried Queer Pride Inc$10,00014%
Black Girls Smile Inc$10,00011%
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc$10,00020%
The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc$10,00010%
No Dogs Left Behind Inc$10,00011%
Lost-N-Found Youth Inc$10,00010%
Atlanta Ballet Inc$10,00010%
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc$10,00010%
Dunwoody Nature Center Inc$10,00020%
Childkind Inc$10,00010%
Restore Life Incorporated$10,00011%
Food Well Alliance$10,00010%
Action Ministries Inc$7,50010%
The Sobriety Resource$6,00012%
Community Cycles Co Boulder Community Cycles$5,00010%
Presencia Inc$5,00012%
Freedom Park Conservancy$5,0001n/a
Living Room Inc$5,0001n/a
T2 Dance Company$5,00015%
Front Range Freedom Rescue Inc$5,00013%
Boulder Housing Coalition$5,00011%
Thistle Community Housing$5,00010%
Transformations by Austin Angels$5,00010%
Women in Technology Inc$5,00010%
Mental Fitness 21st Century Learning Inc$5,00011%
Bridge House$5,00010%
Trinity Community Ministries Inc$5,00011%
Essential2life Inc$5,00012%
Love Beyond Walls Inc$5,00010%
Peaceworks Inc$5,00011%
Transcending Barriers$5,0001n/a
Gloatl Inc$5,00016%
International Community School$5,00010%
A Vision 4 Hope Inc$5,00010%
Homeaid Georgia Inc$5,00010%
Intown Collaborative Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Georgia Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
Canopy Atlanta$5,00011%
Art Section Inc$5,0001n/a
21st Century Leaders Inc$5,00011%
Morningside Community Foundation$5,0001n/a
Leap Year Inc$5,00011%
Hover Village Inc$5,00010%
Wellspring Living Inc$5,00010%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$5,00010%
Friends of Louisville Arts Science and Humanities$4,6501n/a
Young at Heart Chorus Inc$2,50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

AEC Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Homestead Foundation Inc: $16,039,759 over 1y, 98% of budgetThe Veery Foundation Inc: $15,594,455 over 1y, 95% of budgetNational Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc: $1,145,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $1,050,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetResource Central: $921,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetAudubon Society of Rhode Island: $590,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetDance Alive Inc: $515,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKestrel Land Trust Inc: $475,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetMartin Luther King Community Center Incorporated: $425,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetThe Link Counseling Center Inc: $325,000 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetThe Inn Between of Longmont Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetMatheson History Museum: $300,000 over 6y, 35% of budgetWomen Moving on Inc Womens Resource Center to End Dv: $300,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $295,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFeminist Womens Health Center Inc: $295,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Human Development Inc: $285,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Children Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetLake Toxaway Charities: $200,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetStatus Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc: $200,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWylde Center Inc: $190,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetVirginia-Highland Elementary PTO Inc: $190,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetMoving in the Spirit Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetPushpush Arts Company: $175,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetLive-Thrive Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetLouisville Preschool Inc: $170,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetThe Atlanta Womens Foundation Inc: $165,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetRaising Expectations Inc: $160,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Charis Circle Inc: $155,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetFlorida Rising Together Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChattahoochee Nature Center Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSurvival Centers Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAtlanta Community Food Bank Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreenhouse Scholars: $150,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetStoneleigh-Burnham School: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetImagine Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budget247 Gateway LLC: $145,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSynchronicity Performance Group: $140,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetThe Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc: $135,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAtlanta Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSistersong Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBarred Business Foundation: $115,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAlachua Conservation Trust Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $105,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSolidaire Network Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProject Pride Srq Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetyouthSpark Inc: $100,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Imlay Foundation IncGA174× affinity97 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Imlay Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Homestead Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · The Richard C Munroe Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Boulder County · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to AEC Trust?

Find your warmest path to AEC Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About AEC Trust

How much does AEC Trust give?
AEC Trust reported 57 grants totaling $21,644,455 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 149 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does AEC Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Arts & Culture (9%), Environment (7%).
Who are AEC Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Homestead Foundation Inc ($16M), The Veery Foundation Inc ($16M), National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc ($1.1M).
Does AEC Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does AEC Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as AEC Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Imlay Foundation Inc, Atl Fdn-W Peters Main, Tr Uw Charles I Branan.
Where is AEC Trust based?
AEC Trust is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 400 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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