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American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$9.6MEducation$487kPublic Safety & Disaster$195kInternational$100kFood & Nutrition$84kSocial Science$75kPhilanthropy$57kHealth$56kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $1,375,334, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,584,524 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $209,190 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$347,834
Median grant
2
States reached
$612M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY$347,834
MOYNIHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND$15,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER NEW YORK$12,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $348k → 16%PHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $60k → 22%FRANCIS E MCGOVERN FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGATION NETWORK: $35k → 10%SCMAKIDS MEDIATIN CONFLICT: $30k → 14%FEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION: $30k → 13%ALBANY LAW SCHOOL DONATION: $50k → 14%MOYNIHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $15k → 17%MIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $18k → 17%CENTER FOR MED & COLLABORATION RI: $25k → 7%CONFLICT CENTER OF DENVER: $15k → 12%CLEVELAND MEDIATION CENTER: $30k → 17%ABA FREE LEGAL ANSWERS: $85k → 14%NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS: $125k → 7%EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL INC: $100k → 23%WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF FUND: $20k → 14%SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $317k → 16%PHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $50k → 22%SCMA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%CENTER FOR MED & COLLABORATION RI: $15k → 7%ABA FREE LEGAL ANSWERS: $70k → 14%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEDIATION ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER: $100k → 14%ABA FUND FOR JUSTIC AND EDUCATION AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: $50k → 14%RAND CORPORATION: $75k → 14%ABA FREE LEGAL ANSWERS: $50k → 14%KIDS MANAGING CONFLICT SCMA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $25k → 17%NETWORK FOR GOOD: $15k → 14%ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE & EDUCATION: $30k → 14%KIDS MANAGING CONFLICT SCMA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION: $18k → 14%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $2.1M → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $2.0M → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $1.5M → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $1.0M → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $1.0M → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $750k → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $665k → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 17%CAREORG UKRAINE TO HONOR INDIA AT BD REQUEST: $50k → 17%AAA-ICDR FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $50k → 17%NY LAW SCHOOL HOUSING CLINIC: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
VA
DE
TN
DC
HI
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 15 repeat orgs$788k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
25

Total granted

$11M
$761k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+18%

Still filing today

93%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Crime & LegalHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AA
    AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION - INT'L CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION FNDN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9.6M · revenue +96% · 73% of their budget
  • SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $664k · revenue +2%
  • AB
    American Bar Association
    4× · 2019–2022 · $245k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue 0%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +36%
  • EL
    EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +218%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
2
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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3
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
6
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
7
American Association for Justice Education Fund

The national college of advocacy (nca) is the major program of the aaj education fund. the nca shall be the educational arm of aaj; shall be responsible for all aaj educational programs; and shall establish the education policy of aaj. nca…

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8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Association of American Law Schools Inc

The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.

Education
11
Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal

The council was formed as a vehicle for collective consultation and as a conduit for the exchange of ideas on court administration, rules and methods of procedure, and the organization and operation of state courts of appeal. the council…

Public Benefit
12
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for State Courts; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION - INT'L CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION FNDN INC: $9,605,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION - INT'L CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION FNDN INCSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $664,399 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $46,000 · EducationAmerican Bar Association: $245,000 · OtherSCMA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherLegal Aid Association of California: $35,000 · OtherCLEVELAND MEDIATION CENTER: $30,000 · OtherFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $30,000 · Other+20 more: $280,303 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS: $125,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $110,000 · Crime & LegalEFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL: $100,000 · Crime & LegalAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $67,500 · Crime & LegalTHE CONFLICT CENTER: $15,000 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO NET INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalThe Rand Corporation: $150,000 · Public BenefitCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $50,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 · InternationalUniversity Of Dublin Fund: $10,000 · InternationalThe Center for Mediation and Collaboration Rhode Island: $70,000 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $19,500 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Social Science$9,605,000Education$860,399Other$795,303Crime & Legal$432,500Public Benefit$150,000International$110,000Community Improvement$99,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION - INT'L CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION FNDN INC: $9,605,000 over 9y, 73% of budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $664,399 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bar Association: $245,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Mediation and Collaboration Rhode Island: $70,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $67,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Association of California: $35,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEDIATION ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $23,978 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONFLICT CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMOYNIHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPRO BONO NET INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUniversity Of Dublin Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NAPABA LAW FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMidland County Food Assistance Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT PURPLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

American Arbitration …Tides FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Arbitration Association - Int'L Centre for Dispute Resolution Fndn IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Arbitration Association - Int'L Centre for Dispute Resolution Fndn Inc · Tides Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Arbitration Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Arbitration Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 46 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 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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