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Aiaa Foundation
The purpose of the AIAA FOUNDATION, in conjunction with aiaa, is to promote education and recognize excellence within the aerospace community by inspiring and supporting the next generation of aerospace professionals, practicing aerospace professionals, and the institutions engaged in aerospace education and practice.
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $109k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Aiaa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 8 | $89k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $71k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $186k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $74k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $56k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $48k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland College Park | $128,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $82,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $28,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington First Robotics | $27,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Purdue University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $10,250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland College Park | $128,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $82,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $28,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington First Robotics | $27,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Purdue University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $10,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington & Jefferson College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Cincinnati | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spelman College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rutgers the State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George Mason University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegheny County Airport Authority Charitable Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Jackson Hole Airport Board | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado School of Mines | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aiaa Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Aiaa Foundation
- How much does Aiaa Foundation give?
- Aiaa Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $109,250, out of $313,099 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aiaa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (84%), Science & Tech (13%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Aiaa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Maryland College Park ($128k), Georgia Institute of Technology ($82k), Trustees of Purdue University ($28k).
- Does Aiaa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aiaa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Aiaa Foundation based?
- Aiaa Foundation is based in VA.
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