American Council of Engineering Companies of California

To strengthen California's engineering and surveying business to build a better California.

$159k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 5
Itemized grants FY2025: 2
Organizations funded FY2024: 50%
First-time grantees FY2024

Itemized, FY2025: $141k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $16,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 6; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $4.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations American Council of Engineering Companies of California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementPublic BenefitEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentOther

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	5	$141k	40%
FY2024	2	$225k	50%
FY2023	2	$100k	100%
FY2022	1	$15k	0%
FY2021	4	$105k	25%
FY2020	3	$65k	67%
FY2019	6	$223k	67%
FY2018	6	$430k	83%

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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.

Community Improvement$500kPublic Benefit$290kEmployment$276kEducation$260kCivil Rights$160kEnvironment$60kReligion$50kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0

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
Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure	$425,000	2	63%
JobsPAC	$226,000	4	n/a
CA for Quality Schools	$125,000	1	n/a
Citizens to Protect CA Infr	$100,000	1	n/a
Governor Newsoms Ballot Measure Committee	$100,000	1	1%
California Issues Forum	$90,000	5	3%
Californians for Safe Drinking Water and	$60,000	2	2%
ACEC California Scholarship Foundation	$60,000	2	45%
Committee for a Better Sacramento	$50,000	1	n/a
California Tax and Budget Research Project	$50,000	2	14%

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All grantees of American Council of Engineering Companies of California by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure	$425,000	2	63%
JobsPAC	$226,000	4	n/a
CA for Quality Schools	$125,000	1	n/a
Citizens to Protect CA Infr	$100,000	1	n/a
Governor Newsoms Ballot Measure Committee	$100,000	1	1%
California Issues Forum	$90,000	5	3%
Californians for Safe Drinking Water and	$60,000	2	2%
ACEC California Scholarship Foundation	$60,000	2	45%
Committee for a Better Sacramento	$50,000	1	n/a
California Tax and Budget Research Project	$50,000	2	14%
Climate Safe Infrastructure	$50,000	1	n/a
San Diego Alliance for Traffic Relief Reliable Transit & Jobs	$50,000	1	n/a
Friends of Josh Newman	$50,000	1	n/a
Self Help Counties Coalition	$50,000	1	30%
Californians for Fair Pay and Employer Accountability	$50,000	1	2%
Transportation California	$25,000	2	4%
Affordable Housing Now See Schedule O for Full Name	$25,000	1	n/a
CAS For Safe Schools and Healthy Learning Governor Newsoms BMC	$25,000	1	0%
Committee for Clean Water Natural Resources and Parks	$10,000	1	n/a
ACEC CA San Luis	$6,500	1	n/a
American Council of Engineering Companies Orange County Chapter	$6,500	1	5%

American Council of Engineering Companies of California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 11.

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About American Council of Engineering Companies of California

How much does American Council of Engineering Companies of California give?: American Council of Engineering Companies of California reported 5 itemized grants totaling $141,000, out of $158,844 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does American Council of Engineering Companies of California fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (31%), Public Benefit (18%), Employment (17%).
Who are American Council of Engineering Companies of California's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure ($425k), JobsPAC ($226k), CA for Quality Schools ($125k).
Does American Council of Engineering Companies of California fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is American Council of Engineering Companies of California based?: American Council of Engineering Companies of California is based in CA.