Virginia · Public charity
American Exceptionalism Institute
The organization engaged in public communications and issue education activities related to national security, the protection of life, and tax and spending issues.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations American Exceptionalism Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $1.9M | 78% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $2.4M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $10M | 94% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $5.4M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $11M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Policy Coalition | $3,250,000 | 1 | 27% |
| More Choices America | $3,097,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgia Life Alliance Committee Inc | $3,000,000 | 1 | 100% |
| 45committee Inc | $3,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Club for Growth | $3,000,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Illinois Opportunity Project | $2,000,000 | 1 | 87% |
| One Nation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Better Nevada PAC | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Action Fund | $925,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Public Voice Inc | $800,000 | 1 | 16% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Policy Coalition | $3,250,000 | 1 | 27% |
| More Choices America | $3,097,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgia Life Alliance Committee Inc | $3,000,000 | 1 | 100% |
| 45committee Inc | $3,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Club for Growth | $3,000,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Illinois Opportunity Project | $2,000,000 | 1 | 87% |
| One Nation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Better Nevada PAC | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Action Fund | $925,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Public Voice Inc | $800,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Affordable Energy Fund PAC | $650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Defend US PAC | $529,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Principles Project | $525,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Safe Streets Safe Communities | $500,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Hold the Line PAC | $475,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advance OK PAC | $417,266 | 1 | n/a |
| Americans Keep Country First | $405,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advancing Freedom Inc | $390,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Values First | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Defend US PAC | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American United for Values | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Brett Linstrom | $203,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Conserv Policy Network | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americans United for Values | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| LA Leadership Fund | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope in Action PAC | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Jobs and Growth | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservative Policy Project | $72,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Stand for US PAC | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1907 PAC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Grassroots Conserv | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Line Leadership PAC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Exceptionalism Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Advancement · American Policy Coalition · A Public Voice Inc · The Revitalization Project · American Jobs and Growth Fund · Prosperity Alliance Inc · Citizens for a Working America Inc · Safe Streets Safe Communities
How this is measured
About American Exceptionalism Institute
- How much does American Exceptionalism Institute give?
- American Exceptionalism Institute reported 9 grants totaling $1,916,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does American Exceptionalism Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (65%), Civil Rights (19%), Environment (3%).
- Who are American Exceptionalism Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Policy Coalition ($3.3M), More Choices America ($3.1M), Georgia Life Alliance Committee Inc ($3.0M).
- Does American Exceptionalism Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Exceptionalism Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Advancement, American Policy Coalition, A Public Voice Inc.
- Where is American Exceptionalism Institute based?
- American Exceptionalism Institute is based in VA.
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