New York · Public charity
American Federation for Aging Research Inc
The american federation for aging research (afar) is a national organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research. It fulfills this mission by: supporting research through grant programs that further our understanding of the aging process and its associated diseases and disorders; helping…
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $905,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 23
- Total assets, FY2024
- $48M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations American Federation for Aging Research Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHealthScience & TechPhilanthropyOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 50 | $11M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $9.8M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $8.8M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $4.5M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $2.1M | 48% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $2.9M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $2.8M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $2.0M | n/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$30MHealth$22MEducation$1.6MAnimals$42k
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.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $2,102,734 | 6 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,975,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $1,870,873 | 8 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $1,449,593 | 5 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $1,265,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $1,262,904 | 6 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,194,212 | 6 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $1,175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $1,160,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,147,887 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $2,102,734 | 6 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,975,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $1,870,873 | 8 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $1,449,593 | 5 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $1,265,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $1,262,904 | 6 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,194,212 | 6 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $1,175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $1,160,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,147,887 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $1,101,482 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | $1,084,901 | 5 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $1,036,118 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $1,024,184 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $970,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $862,930 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $824,990 | 2 | n/a |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | $810,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $790,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $773,320 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | $769,909 | 6 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston College | $762,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $749,991 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington University | $748,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $740,751 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $624,997 | 2 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | $575,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $555,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $549,999 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $520,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $512,434 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $495,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $480,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $473,042 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $470,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $466,500 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $428,978 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $425,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sanford-Burnham Presbyterian | $420,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $383,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science Inc | $375,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Nihnia | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $375,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $374,828 | 1 | 0% |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $364,842 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $344,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $314,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $280,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Duke University | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | $163,789 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $154,973 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Umass Medical School | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $149,962 | 1 | n/a |
| Academy for Health & Lifespan Research Inc | $139,205 | 1 | 31% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $128,747 | 2 | n/a |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $124,999 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $124,854 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of New Mexico | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $119,456 | 1 | n/a |
| The Institute For Cancer Research | $108,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Geriatrics Society | $107,934 | 4 | 1% |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Louis University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio University | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $54,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $52,882 | 1 | n/a |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unt Health Science Center | $49,994 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dog Aging Project | $42,387 | 1 | 9% |
| Allen Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Coalition on Aging LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New York Academy of Sciences | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| American Aging Association Inc | $18,150 | 2 | 1% |
| Emory University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Methuselah Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phaedon Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for Muscle Biology Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Academics for the Future of Science Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Albany Med Health System | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
American Federation for Aging Research Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 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 57.
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.
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY25.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Mayo Clinic · Washington University · Yale University · Johns Hopkins University · American Cancer Society Inc · Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · University of Pittsburgh · Brightfocus Foundation · Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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 Federation for Aging Research Inc
- How much does American Federation for Aging Research Inc give?
- American Federation for Aging Research Inc reported 57 grants totaling $12,882,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Federation for Aging Research Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (55%), Health (42%), Education (3%).
- Who are American Federation for Aging Research Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Regents of the University of California at San Diego ($2.1M), Pennsylvania State University ($2.0M), University of California San Francisco ($1.9M).
- Does American Federation for Aging Research Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Federation for Aging Research Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Mayo Clinic, Washington University.
- Where is American Federation for Aging Research Inc based?
- American Federation for Aging Research Inc is based in NY.
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