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American Association for Anatomy at a glance

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American Association for Anatomy

Advancing anatomical science through research, education, and professional development.

$227k
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

60% of American Association for Anatomy’s FY2024 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year American Association for Anatomy named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $190k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

7
’17
5
’18
5
’20
6
’21
3
’22
4
’23
2
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Education$337kHealth$297kScience & Tech$233kCommunity Improvement$86k
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $190,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $226,515 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $36,515 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 · FY2021

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trustees of Tufts College$50,000
Marshall University Research Corpor$50,000
University of Iowa$25,000
University of Pittsburgh$25,000
Stowers Institute for Medical Resea$20,000
University of Miami$20,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%University of Arizona: $20k → 15%The General Hospital Corporation: $20k → 8%Trustees of Tufts College: $50k → 16%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $20k → 8%UNT Health Science Center: $12k → 11%University of Iowa: $25k → 15%OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $38k → 8%College of Osteopathic Medicine: $50k → 15%STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $20k → 15%LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $13k → 20%Brown University: $49k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $20k → 8%Marshall University Research Corpor: $50k → 19%The University of Chicago: $20k → 14%BOARD OF TRUSTEES - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $25k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER: $20k → 23%University of Maryland College Park: $20k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $38k → 19%President & Fellows of Harvard Coll: $49k → 8%University of Iowa: $25k → 15%Stowers Institute Medical Research: $20k → 15%Marshall University Research Corp: $37k → 19%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: $20k → 8%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
MA
IA
PA
RI
CA
UT
NE
MO
WV
MD
AZ
NM
TN
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$370k · 6 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$370k
$227k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+81%

Still filing today

83%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MU
    MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $87k · revenue +27%
  • SI
    STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
    4× · 2017–2023 · $80k · revenue +19%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $63k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • OU
    OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $38k
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2018 · $38k
  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDALE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
7
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
8
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustees of Tufts College; the most unlike its peers is Stowers Institute for Medical Research. 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

14 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. 14 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
14/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President and Fellows of Harvard College: $69,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $62,500 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTrustees of Tufts College: $50,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeEDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $50,000 · EducationEDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDIC…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHUniversity of Miami: $40,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $22,500 · Education+2 moreState University of Iowa: $50,000 · OtherState University of IowaOAKLAND UNIVERSITY: $37,500 · OtherOAKLAND UNIVERSITYIndiana University School of Medicine: $37,500 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineHEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $25,000 · OtherHEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON - UNI…SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDALE: $25,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDA…LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SHREVEPORT: $25,000 · OtherLSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SHREVEPORTUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICOUNIVERSITY OF MISS MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISS MEDICAL CENTERUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $20,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $14,500 · OtherMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $87,000 · Community ImprovementMARSHALL UNIVERS…BROWN UNIVERSITY: $49,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYSTOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $80,000 · HealthSTOWERS INS…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FT WORTH HEALTH SYSTEMS: $12,490 · HealthUNIVERSITY …
Education$404,000Other$319,500Community Improvement$136,000Health$92,490

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $87,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $69,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $62,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $49,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Association for Anatomy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Association for Anatomy. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 11% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 27 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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