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American Council of Life Insurers

The AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS, inc.

$383k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$161k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$576kArts & Culture$533kYouth Development$359kCivil Rights$300kPublic Benefit$267kRecreation & Sports$70kCommunity Improvement$60kEducation$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $353,324, the rows itemized in this filing. The $383,324 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,000 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $236k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA$161,324
ENGAGE PROMOTING WOMEN'S ECONOMIC SECURITY$75,000
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER$25,000
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR A SECURE RETIREMENT$25,000
FORDS THEATER$25,000
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION$15,000
SOCIETY FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INC$10,000
US CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS$7,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FIDELCO GUIDEDOG FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDEDOG FOUNDATION: $19k → 11%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 14 repeat orgs$459k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$1.8M
$442k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitInternationalEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA
    4× · 2020–2024 · $359k · revenue +123%
  • BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $225k · revenue +63%
  • JF
    JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $208k · revenue +115%

Funded once

  • AT
    AMERICANS TO PROTECT FAMILY SECURITY
    one grant, 2017 · $196k · 100% of their budget
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF IDAHO STATE PARKS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $70k
  • TH
    The Hispanic Leadership Fund Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +27%
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
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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2
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
5
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
National Academy of Public Administration

The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non partisan Organization established in 1967 and chartered by Congress in 1984. See Schedule O

Public Benefit
8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
10
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
11
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Association for public policy analysis & management (appam) is dedicated to improving public policy management by fostering excellence in research, analysis and education.

Public Benefit
12
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc

The national foundation for american policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, and other issues of national importance. the organization seeks to expand the debate over the…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freedom House; the most unlike its peers is Running Start. 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

27 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. 27 of the 29 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $208,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR …FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $200,000 · Arts & CultureFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETYUNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $55,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES CAPITOL HIST…The Hispanic Leadership Fund Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureThe Hispanic Leadership Fu…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $225,000 · Public BenefitBIPARTISAN POLICY CEN…AMERICANS TO PROTECT FAMILY SECURITY: $196,119 · Public BenefitAMERICANS TO PROTECT …CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $358,981 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT…Running Start: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentEngage Common Sense Solutions: $150,000 · OtherEngage Common Sense…FRIENDS OF IDAHO STATE PARKS INC: $70,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF IDAHO ST…AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN COUNCIL FO…AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF…THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $25,000 · OtherTHE FUND FOR AMERIC…AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $45,750 · Other+5 moreCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $160,000 · Human ServicesCONGRESSIO…FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $44,465 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GU…WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR A SECURE RETIREMENT: $150,000 · EducationNATIONAL DISABILITY INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · EducationSOCIETY FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · EducationEngage Promoting Womens Economic Security: $150,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$533,000Public Benefit$436,119Youth Development$371,481Other$390,750Human Services$204,465Education$175,000Civil Rights$150,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $358,981 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $225,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $208,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICANS TO PROTECT FAMILY SECURITY: $196,119 over 1y, 100% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $160,000 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetEngage Promoting Womens Economic Security: $150,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetEngage Common Sense Solutions: $150,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetWOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR A SECURE RETIREMENT: $150,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetUNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $55,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $44,465 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Hispanic Leadership Fund Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISABILITY INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRunning Start: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL CHILD NUTRITION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOCIETY FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Bryce Harlow Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AARPCtia - the Wireless A…The Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
AARPDC20× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AARP · Ctia - the Wireless Association · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Council of Life Insurers funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Council of Life Insurers. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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