Pennsylvania · Private foundation
American Competitiveness Institute
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $66k
- Granted FY2019
- 8
- Grants FY2019
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of American Competitiveness Institute’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year American Competitiveness Institute named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $66k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
- Total assets, FY2019
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 63% of the organizations American Competitiveness Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 8 | $66k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $71k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widener University | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stevenson University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Naval Institute Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Competitiveness Institute supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About American Competitiveness Institute
- How much does American Competitiveness Institute give?
- American Competitiveness Institute reported 8 grants totaling $65,800 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does American Competitiveness Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (92%), Human Services (5%), Health (1%).
- Who are American Competitiveness Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Widener University ($150k), Drexel University ($35k), Stevenson University ($30k).
- Does American Competitiveness Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does American Competitiveness Institute accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is American Competitiveness Institute based?
- American Competitiveness Institute is based in PA.
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