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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 FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$143k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Science & Tech$3.0MEducation$433kEnvironment$373kHealth$109kFood & Nutrition$31kPhilanthropy$15kCommunity Improvement$10kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $790,450, the rows itemized in this filing. The $932,783 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $142,333 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $251k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $524k
$22,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$143,325
Ohio State University$105,125
University of California Berkeley$93,992
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$70,000
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$59,892
University of Georgia$51,475
University of Vermont$44,450
University of California$36,799
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$27,914
The University of Texas at Arlington$22,000
University of California Regents$22,000
Kansas State Univ$19,380
University of Minnesota$18,396
The University of Tennessee$15,000
Colorado State University$12,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $34k → 10%University of Minnesota: $18k → 11%LONGWOOD GARDENS: $20k → 6%University of California Berkeley: $94k → 10%UC Davis: $47k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $30k → 16%TEXAS A&M: $38k → 22%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $64k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $22k → 14%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $119k → 16%Kansas State Univ: $19k → 20%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $208k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $96k → 27%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%Ohio State University: $105k → 15%BRIGHTER STRATEGIES LLC: $36k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $26k → 10%Louisiana State University: $54k → 19%University of California Regents: $22k → 10%University of California: $37k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $30k → 16%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $51k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $116k → 16%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $185k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $70k → 27%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $104k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $73k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $21k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $29k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $70k → 16%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $60k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $62k → 27%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $89k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $53k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $20k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $41k → 16%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 8%University of Georgia: $51k → 27%Ohio State University: $89k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $52k → 10%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $33k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $19k → 27%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $35k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $50k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $19k → 27%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $34k → 15%University of Vermont: $44k → 10%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $32k → 15%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

VT
NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
DE
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 19 repeat orgs$657k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$3.3M
$468k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+30%

Still filing today

32%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Cornell University
    4× · 2019–2025 · $101k · revenue +50%
  • UO
    University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $32k · revenue +43%
  • KC
    KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $116k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
    one grant, 2019 · $73k
  • LF
    LSU FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $54k · revenue +48%
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc

The mission of ksurf is to serve ksu as a cooperative organization in order to promote research and the development of intellectual property for the university.

Education
5
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
6
Iowa State University Foundation

Aligning donor passion and generosity to advance iowa state university's land grant ideals.

Education
7
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
8
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
9
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Arkansas Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $747,034 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITYNC STATE UNIVERSITY: $518,109 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $488,090 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $298,695 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $263,656 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE: $224,938 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $216,912 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA+20 more: $883,522 · Other+20 moreCornell University: $100,922 · EducationLSU FOUNDATION: $53,670 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $47,086 · EducationUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $31,750 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $27,414 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,380 · EducationAmerican Society for Horticultural Science: $27,200 · EnvironmentLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $11,900 · HealthFloral Marketing Fund: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,640,956Education$286,222Environment$27,200Philanthropy$20,000Health$11,900Community Improvement$10,000

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 budgetCornell University: $100,922 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $53,670 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $47,086 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $33,812 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $31,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKISHWAUKEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $27,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $27,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Horticultural Science: $27,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $11,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFloral Marketing Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 11% 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 Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds LSU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds University of Kentucky Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Society for Horticultural Science ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LONGWOOD GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Floral Marketing Fund ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF FLORAL DESIGNERS FOUNDATION 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.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA3.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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