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American Gaming Association

With membership representing every corner of the gaming industry, the aga serves as the industry's champion across the country by advocating on consequential industry issues.

$460k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Recreation & Sports$435kPhilanthropy$225kPublic Benefit$223kPublic Safety & Disaster$215kEducation$161kHealth$140kCommunity Improvement$128kArts & Culture$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $449,030 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $459,880 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,850 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $350k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NO SLOTS ON MAIN STREET$200,000
JCM FOUNDATION$75,000
PLUS COMMUNICATIONS LLC$75,000
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLIANCE$30,000
GLOBAL GAMING WOMEN$25,000
ASSOCIATION OF STATE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES$13,000
WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION$10,000
A SAFER VIRGINIA$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC$5,880
THE TORCH RELAY FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS$5,150
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MA
NV
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 13 repeat orgs$441k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$1.3M
$347k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+76%

Still filing today

92%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k 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
PhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GG
    GLOBAL GAMING WOMEN CHARITABLE EDUCATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +588%
  • CO
    Conference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance
    6× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +223%
  • IC
    International Center for Responsible Gaming
    2× · 2018–2020 · $113k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • G
    GOFUNDMEORGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +719%
  • JG
    JCMAGA GOLF CLASSIC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • CE
    COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +76%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
3
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
4
Aca International

Aca international contributes to the success of its members, the positive reputation of the industry and the health of the economy. we accomplish this by 1) being the comprehensive, knowledge-based resource for the credit and collection…

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5
American Culinary Federation Inc

Promoting excellence, education, professionalism and collegiality in the culinary profession

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6
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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7
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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8
Commission On Presidential Debates

Organize general election presidential and vice-presidential debates

Civil Rights
9
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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10
Council for National Policy

To provide information about public policy and national policy alternatives to leaders in business, government, religion, and academia.

Public Benefit
11
Washington Society of Certified Public a

We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.

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12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and the most unlike its peers is The Jcm Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr15%7%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%38%35–55yr13%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr15%4%5–10yr18%9%10–20yr16%65%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr13%6%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
16%
3,930/24,965

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

No Slots on Main Street — $400,000 · OtherNo Slots on Main StreetAmericans for Tax Reform — $125,500 · OtherAmericans for Tax ReformPLUS COMMUNICATIONS LLC — $75,000 · OtherPLUS COMMUNICATIONS LLCJCMAGA GOLF CLASSIC — $50,000 · OtherJCMAGA GOLF CLASSICUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION — $45,000 · OtherSAFER VIRGINIA ACTION FUND — $41,500 · Other+17 more — $192,750 · Other+17 moreTHE JCM FOUNDATION — $125,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JCM FOUNDATIONInternational Center for Responsible Gaming — $112,500 · PhilanthropyInternational Center …GOFUNDMEORG — $100,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORGGLOBAL GAMING WOMEN CHARITABLE EDUCATION — $200,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGLOBAL GAMIN…Conference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance — $155,000 · EducationConference…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — $5,880 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE — $40,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION INC — $25,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL — $12,000 · Public BenefitASSOCIATION OF STATE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES — $13,000 · Community ImprovementNational District Attorneys Association — $10,000 · Community ImprovementCONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE TORCH RELAY FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK INC — $27,656 · Health
Other$929,750Philanthropy$337,500Public Safety & Disaster$200,000Education$165,880Public Benefit$77,000Community Improvement$33,000Health$27,656

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNo Slots on Main Street — $400,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetGLOBAL GAMING WOMEN CHARITABLE EDUCATION — $200,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetConference of Western Attorneys General AG Alliance — $155,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAmericans for Tax Reform — $125,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JCM FOUNDATION — $125,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetInternational Center for Responsible Gaming — $112,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE — $40,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetTHE TORCH RELAY FOR CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK INC — $27,656 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerc — $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDESTINATIONS & TRAVEL FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCongressional Award Foundation — $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetASSOCIATION OF STATE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES — $13,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNational District Attorneys Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — $5,880 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON DC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pharmaceutical Resear…Fidelity Investments …
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaDC17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Gaming Association funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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