Which funders back the same organizations as American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation?

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Oklahoma · Public charity

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

The dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of geology.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 13
Itemized grants FY2025: 6
Organizations funded FY2024: 50%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.1M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $30,190
Largest grant, FY2025: $312,036
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 11; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 6
Total assets, FY2025: $76M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationScience & TechOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	6	$1.1M	50%
FY2024	6	$731k	50%
FY2023	7	$389k	14%
FY2022	5	$578k	20%
FY2021	6	$569k	17%
FY2020	5	$431k	60%
FY2018	1	$20k	100%
FY2017	11	$999k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$3.6MEducation$726kEnvironment$285kArts & Culture$131kRecreation & Sports$85kHuman Services$61k

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
American Association of Petroleum Geologists	$2,887,181	9	6%
American Geosciences Institute	$373,980	7	3%
Hardin-Simmons University	$326,372	5	0%
Seg Foundation	$245,000	4	77%
University of Colorado Foundation	$200,000	2	0%
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge	$140,090	6	2%
University of Oklahoma	$109,648	2	n/a
EnerGeo Alliance	$100,000	1	2%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc	$65,000	3	0%
YMCA of Greater Houston	$65,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
American Association of Petroleum Geologists	$2,887,181	9	6%
American Geosciences Institute	$373,980	7	3%
Hardin-Simmons University	$326,372	5	0%
Seg Foundation	$245,000	4	77%
University of Colorado Foundation	$200,000	2	0%
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge	$140,090	6	2%
University of Oklahoma	$109,648	2	n/a
EnerGeo Alliance	$100,000	1	2%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc	$65,000	3	0%
YMCA of Greater Houston	$65,000	1	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area	$60,700	3	0%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists	$60,000	2	0%
Uc Riverside Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
University of Minnesota Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
Alaska Resource Education	$30,000	1	n/a
National Academy of Sciences	$25,000	1	0%
Offshore Rig Museum Inc	$11,000	1	1%
Uintah Basin Technical College Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Houston Museum of Natural Science	$10,000	2	0%
Unversity of Oklahoma	$10,000	1	n/a
International Association for Geoscience Diversity	$9,160	1	n/a
Mid-Continent Geological Library Inc	$6,700	1	2%
Texas A&M Foundation	$5,600	1	0%
Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc	$5,000	1	0%

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 18.

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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.

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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.

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About American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

How much does American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation give?: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,118,337, out of $1,858,269 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (73%), Education (15%), Environment (6%).
Who are American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Association of Petroleum Geologists ($2.9M), American Geosciences Institute ($374k), Hardin-Simmons University ($326k).
Does American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation based?: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation is based in OK.