Virginia · Public charity
American Floral Endowment
The American Floral Endowment (afe) is the trusted source and catalyst for floriculture advancement through funding innovative research, scholarship, internships, and educational grants that best serve the dynamic needs and demographics of all industry sectors.
- $933k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $790k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $143,325
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations American Floral Endowment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 19 | $790k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $676k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $732k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $574k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $463k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $383k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $378k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson University | $747,034 | 7 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $518,109 | 5 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $488,090 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Georgia | $298,695 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $263,656 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $224,938 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $216,912 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $115,992 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $115,844 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $100,922 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson University | $747,034 | 7 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $518,109 | 5 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $488,090 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Georgia | $298,695 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $263,656 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $224,938 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $216,912 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $115,992 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $115,844 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $100,922 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $86,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $77,861 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce | $67,199 | 5 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $63,290 | 6 | n/a |
| Lsu Foundation | $53,670 | 1 | 0% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $47,086 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighter Strategies LLC | $35,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Delaware | $33,812 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $33,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $31,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Kishwaukee College Foundation | $27,750 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $27,414 | 2 | 0% |
| American Society for Horticultural Science | $27,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $26,793 | 1 | n/a |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $26,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $25,380 | 2 | 0% |
| Longwood Gardens Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $18,396 | 1 | n/a |
| University System of New Hampshire | $17,790 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | $11,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Floral Marketing Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| American Institute of Floral Designers Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Floral Endowment supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About American Floral Endowment
- How much does American Floral Endowment give?
- American Floral Endowment reported 20 itemized grants totaling $790,450, out of $932,783 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does American Floral Endowment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (76%), Education (11%), Environment (9%).
- Who are American Floral Endowment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Clemson University ($747k), Nc State University ($518k), The Ohio State University ($488k).
- Does American Floral Endowment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Floral Endowment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is American Floral Endowment based?
- American Floral Endowment is based in VA.
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