· Public charity
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS (aamva) represents the state, provincial, and territorial officials in the united states and canada who administer and enforce motor vehicle laws.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $132k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONNECTICUT DEPTARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $21,059 |
| PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $13,023 |
| INDIANA BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $11,861 |
| WISCONSIN DEPTARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $11,157 |
| COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $9,551 |
| NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION | $9,484 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA DEPTARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $8,500 |
| IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | $8,206 |
| GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES | $8,000 |
| MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE | $7,868 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY & MOTOR VEHICLES | $7,332 |
| ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION | $6,604 |
| KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE | $6,576 |
| MAINE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES | $6,488 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IDIOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION5× · 2018–2025 · $46k
- GDGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF DRIVER SERVICES5× · 2018–2025 · $45k
- IBINDIANA BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES4× · 2019–2025 · $41k
Funded once
- LCLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $23k
- CWCLINIC WITH A HEART INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue +71%
- MSMISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROLone grant, 2023 · $8k
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.
2 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. 2 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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