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American Endowment Foundation

To expand the capacity of american philanthropy throughout the financial services industry.

$1.3B
Granted FY2024still arriving
14,380
Grants FY2024still arriving
52
States reached
$103M
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.

Philanthropy$1.4BEducation$1.1BReligion$858MHealth$501MArts & Culture$391MInternational$236MHuman Services$191MEnvironment$138MOther$0
02FY2024 · 14380 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14,380 grants below total $1,258,148,401, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,305,303,631 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $47,155,230 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 $10k2802 grants · $20M
  • $10k–50k8350 grants · $163M
  • $50k–250k2626 grants · $250M
  • $250k+602 grants · $825M
$17,362
Median grant
52
States reached
$8.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$102,850,203
EAMES INSTITUTE$63,265,261
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$49,838,327
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$42,809,617
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$31,866,463
HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$20,118,500
IMPACTASSETS INC$11,084,116
EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL$10,246,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$10,085,956
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION$10,007,020
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND$9,108,036
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS$8,470,226
WALDER OPERATIONS LTD$8,334,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF UTAH$7,774,326
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$6,888,896
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $91.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION INC: $1.1M → 12%THE SCENIC RIVERS YMCA: $2.6M → 14%SONGS OF LOVE FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $2.0M → 8%RIVERBEND RANCH AND RETREAT INC: $879k → 13%IMPACT COMMUNITY CENTER: $900k → 15%NEW STORY INC: $1.6M → 13%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $650k → 12%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $639k → 9%BE THE HERO: $2.0M → 13%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $1.1M → 13%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $1.9M → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $733k → 12%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $619k → 9%BE THE HERO: $1.0M → 13%ST JOSEPHS FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 11%THE STORE: $1.0M → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $732k → 12%TALBERT HOUSE: $1.0M → 16%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $615k → 9%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $1.0M → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $730k → 12%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $614k → 9%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $755k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $729k → 12%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $840k → 9%CIVICA FOUNDATION: $10.0M → 8%CIVICA FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 8%FATHER FLANAGANS BOYS HOME: $1.0M → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $1.6M → 12%FORWARD OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 8%FORWARD OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $750k → 8%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3.6M → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3.5M → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1.1M → 10%REAL SALT LAKE FOUNDATION: $1.2M → 8%TIDES CENTER: $3.1M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $2.5M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $2.5M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $2.5M → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1.7M → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $868k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $695k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1.3M → 14%WOMEN CROWNED IN GLORY CORPORATION: $900k → 14%THORN: $702k → 14%NALINIKIDS INC: $779k → 17%BRAVER ANGELS INC: $681k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5B · 1747 repeat orgs$97M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against -35% for those funded once.

1747 repeat relationships: 1475 still active in FY2024, 272 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1747
64

Total granted

$2.5B
$49M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
-35%

Still filing today

77%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48M 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalReligionOther
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

  • TE
    THE EAMES INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $137M · revenue +194% · 99% of their budget
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $52M · revenue +76%
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $31M · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • TL
    The Leavitt Institute for International Development
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue -98% · 66% of their budget
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · revenue -12%
  • IM
    ISLAMIC MISSION & MOSQUE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M
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
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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3
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.

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5
Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma city university prepares all learners to create, lead and serve.

Education
6
University of Dayton

The university of dayton is a top-tier catholic research university with academic offerings from the undergraduate to the doctoral levels. we are a diverse community committed, in the marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and…

Education
7
Furman University

Furman university is an institution of higher education providing distinctive undergraduate education emphasizing an engaged approach combining classroom learning with real world experiences and self-discovery.

Education
8
University of the Sciences in

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders in the sciences. see sch. ouniversity of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and…

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9
California Lutheran University

Clu is an institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Drew University

The university offers graduate and undergraduate studies and is comprised of the college of liberal arts, the theological school, and the caspersen school of graduate studies.

Education
12
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound. 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

1588 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. 1588 of the 2,000 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.

172
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
233
Early backer (in before they grew)
1559/1588
Grantees still filing
1255/1588
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $216,282,009 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $184,826,415 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCIMPACTASSETSINC: $125,507,622 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCTHE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $101,164,086 · PhilanthropyTHE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $98,337,787 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+26 more: $261,546,923 · Philanthropy+26 moreWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $52,057,501 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSI…HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $25,596,112 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTITUTE F…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $24,534,416 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTE…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $18,639,580 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $16,064,449 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,931,550 · EducationUniversity Impact: $15,806,178 · Education+48 more: $261,827,562 · Education+48 moreCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $72,546,788 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $25,136,750 · OtherASSEMBLIES OF GOD FOUNDATION: $17,824,036 · Other+71 more: $386,403,971 · Other+71 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $215,141,725 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY …+1 more: $4,387,875 · Community ImprovementTHE EAMES INSTITUTE: $136,858,962 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $31,219,100 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $28,833,369 · Arts & CultureBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $30,128,291 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $14,439,793 · HealthBarnes Family Foundation: $12,760,000 · HealthHEAL THE HERO FOUNDATION: $11,100,000 · HealthNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $10,491,000 · HealthPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,250,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $8,306,150 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,204,916 · HealthNEURTEX BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE DBA NEURTEX BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $4,635,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $4,419,956 · Health+6 more: $20,554,907 · HealthINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $14,332,242 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,678,889 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $6,182,674 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $5,199,069 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $4,583,462 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,528,583 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,312,555 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,947,476 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $3,639,200 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $3,526,800 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,524,744 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3,460,250 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $3,329,313 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $2,932,906 · International
Philanthropy$987,664,842Education$430,457,348Other$501,911,545Community Improvement$219,529,600Arts & Culture$196,911,431Health$132,290,013International$72,178,163

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $216,282,009 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $215,141,725 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $184,826,415 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTHE EAMES INSTITUTE: $136,858,962 over 4y, 99% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $125,507,622 over 8y, 27% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $101,164,086 over 7y, 43% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $98,337,787 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $52,057,501 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $31,219,100 over 6y, 11% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $30,128,291 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetDECHOMAI ASSET TRUST: $27,810,231 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $25,970,232 over 2y, 28% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $25,596,112 over 4y, 59% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $25,397,046 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $25,136,750 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $24,534,416 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $24,120,772 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $18,639,580 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $18,372,682 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWalder Operations Ltd: $17,548,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $16,064,449 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,931,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity Impact: $15,806,178 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetLIFEWISE INC: $15,520,737 over 4y, 95% of budgetTSG PUBLISHING FOUNDATION: $15,132,721 over 7y, 95% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $14,439,793 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $14,332,242 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $14,304,142 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $13,331,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $13,038,103 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCIVICA FOUNDATION: $13,000,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetBarnes Family Foundation: $12,760,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $11,430,963 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11,116,643 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE HERO FOUNDATION: $11,100,000 over 8y, 99% of budgetCUMMINGS FOUNDATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $10,963,500 over 6y, 97% of budgetAIRBNBORG INC: $10,845,961 over 3y, 19% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $10,802,300 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $10,680,550 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $10,491,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $10,330,094 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,327,296 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $10,311,500 over 4y, 27% of budgetPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,250,000 over 7y, 44% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,155,933 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetStifel Charitable Inc: $9,095,429 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $9,012,600 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $8,934,041 over 7y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EAMES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
  • Who funds THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds DECHOMAI ASSET TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Walder Operations Ltd ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University Impact ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWISE INC ↗
  • Who funds TSG PUBLISHING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MALALA FUND ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CIVICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Barnes Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE HERO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CUMMINGS FOUNDATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds AIRBNBORG INC ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

The Jay & Rose Philli…Rollins-Luetkemeyer F…Mission Pre-Born IncThe Hunt Family Found…The Yabuki Family Fou…Micah 68 FoundationMilton and Denice Joh…John Pritzker Family …Heil Family FoundationCare NetJanet Q Lawson Founda…David & Molly Pyott F…
The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of ColoradoCA24.1× affinity40 shared granteesties to 0 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Colorado · Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation Inc · Mission Pre-Born Inc · The Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville · The Yabuki Family Foundation · Micah 68 Foundation · Milton and Denice Johnson Family Foundation · John Pritzker Family Fund · Heil Family Foundation · Care Net · Janet Q Lawson Foundation · David & Molly Pyott Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
38report 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 2000 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home