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American Educational Research Association

The AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (aera), a national research society, strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Itemized grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$804k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$17,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$90,500
Organizations funded a year
23 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$29M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations American Educational Research Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationScience & TechPublic BenefitOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving33$707k33%
FY202330$656k13%
FY202245$990k36%
FY202142$812k31%
FY202031$530k23%
FY201930$462k50%
FY201823$308k30%
FY201725$387kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$3.4MEducation$2.0MHealth$156kYouth Development$60kSocial Science$45k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vanderbilt University$322,00060%
Teachers College Columbia University$245,24670%
Pennsylvania State University$217,4178n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$210,8888n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$178,1086n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$142,0005n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$136,0846n/a
University of Maryland College Park$130,5008n/a
Michigan State University$128,0226n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$120,5008n/a
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All grantees of American Educational Research Association by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vanderbilt University$322,00060%
Teachers College Columbia University$245,24670%
Pennsylvania State University$217,4178n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$210,8888n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$178,1086n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$142,0005n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$136,0846n/a
University of Maryland College Park$130,5008n/a
Michigan State University$128,0226n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$120,5008n/a
Johns Hopkins University$118,42970%
Trustees of Boston College$107,03650%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$94,01250%
Florida State University$88,5004n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$83,0285n/a
University of Illinois Foundation$79,86330%
Regents Univ of California$76,1505n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$72,0004n/a
New York University$67,50030%
Texas A&M University-Commerce$65,1592n/a
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$64,9913n/a
Southern Methodist University$60,00030%
University of Texas at San Antonio$58,0003n/a
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$57,30150%
Unversity of Oklahoma$55,0003n/a
Nc State University$54,0003n/a
Oregon State University$54,0003n/a
University of California Davis$50,1444n/a
University of Minnesota$50,0002n/a
Trustees of Boston University$47,52740%
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)$47,5002n/a
Board of the University of Alabama$46,0553n/a
University of Texas$45,9671n/a
Regents of the University of California$44,0004n/a
University of Florida$40,5493n/a
City University of New York$37,7502n/a
University of Delaware$37,50020%
University of Wisconsin$35,0003n/a
Montclair State University$35,0002n/a
The George Washington University$35,00030%
University of Connecticut$35,0003n/a
University of Chicago$34,00030%
University of Georgia$31,2502n/a
Rutgers the State University$30,3902n/a
Blue Swallow Farm Foundation$30,0001n/a
Prairie View a and M University$30,0001n/a
Molloy University$30,00010%
Claremont Graduate University$30,00010%
University of Massachusetts$29,5782n/a
State of West Virginia$29,5003n/a
Texas Tech University System$29,0002n/a
Educational Testing Service$29,00020%
Northern Illinois University$29,0002n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri$27,0002n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$27,0002n/a
Ohio State University Foundation$25,14720%
The Curators of the Univ of Missouri$25,0001n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$25,0001n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$25,00020%
Florida International University Foundation Inc$25,00010%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College$25,0002n/a
Lehigh University$25,00020%
Rowan University$23,5002n/a
Civilytics Consulting LLC$23,0001n/a
University of Rhode Island$23,0001n/a
Thomas Jefferson University$23,00020%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$23,00020%
Texas State University$23,0002n/a
Arizona State University$23,0002n/a
University of Houston$23,0002n/a
Soka University of America$23,00020%
The Rand Corporation$22,00020%
State University of New York College at Purchase$20,0002n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$19,58110%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$19,01310%
Trustees of Purdue University$19,0002n/a
University of Washington$19,0002n/a
Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc$19,00020%
University of South Florida$18,0002n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$18,0001n/a
State University of Iowa$18,0002n/a
Fordham University$17,50010%
University of Oregon$17,5001n/a
Cornell University$15,00010%
George Mason University$15,0001n/a
University of Arizona$13,3341n/a
University of Hawaii System$12,5001n/a
Central Ct State University$12,0001n/a
Wayne State University$12,0001n/a
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte$11,1311n/a
Loyola Marymount University$11,00010%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$10,0001n/a
Cleveland State University$8,5001n/a
Clemson University$8,0001n/a
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$8,00010%
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro$7,5001n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$6,00010%
St John's University New York$5,48310%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Educational Research Association supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVanderbilt University: $322,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $245,246 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $118,429 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $107,036 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $94,012 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $79,863 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $67,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida State University Research Foundation Inc: $57,301 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $47,527 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $34,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMolloy University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEducational Testing Service: $29,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $25,147 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida International University Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh University: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Research Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoka University of America: $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $19,581 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $19,013 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNotre Dame of Maryland University Inc: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola Marymount University: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Polytechnic Institute: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's University New York: $5,483 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 33.

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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.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN33.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · American Chemical Society · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Council of Learned Societies · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Johns Hopkins University · American Heart Association Inc · Yale University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc

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 Educational Research Association

How much does American Educational Research Association give?
American Educational Research Association reported 39 itemized grants totaling $804,072, out of $1,049,652 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American Educational Research Association fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (61%), Education (35%), Health (3%).
Who are American Educational Research Association's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vanderbilt University ($322k), Teachers College Columbia University ($245k), Pennsylvania State University ($217k).
Does American Educational Research Association fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Educational Research Association?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, American Chemical Society.
Where is American Educational Research Association based?
American Educational Research Association is based in DC.

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 105 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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