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American Mathematical Society
Please see schedule o.the AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ("ams or "the society") founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematical research scholarship, and education, serves the national and international mathematical community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs, which: (a) promote mathematical…
- $917k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $263k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $286M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations American Mathematical Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $206k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $265k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $150k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $217k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $347k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $258k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $342k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $114,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | $108,450 | 8 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $105,600 | 2 | n/a |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | $96,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $93,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $93,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mathematical Staircase | $82,640 | 8 | 4% |
| Mathematical Association of America Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $66,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $60,300 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $114,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | $108,450 | 8 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $105,600 | 2 | n/a |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | $96,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $93,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $93,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mathematical Staircase | $82,640 | 8 | 4% |
| Mathematical Association of America Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $66,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $60,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of the International Mathematical Union | $55,000 | 4 | 27% |
| University of Washington | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Claremont McKenna College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvey Mudd College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mathematics Foundation of America | $45,000 | 4 | 2% |
| University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus | $44,140 | 6 | n/a |
| Promys Foundation | $38,880 | 5 | 2% |
| Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Hughes Edge Foundation | $36,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MathPath | $28,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kansas State University | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampshire College Trustees | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Math Circle Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Sigmacamp Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| NumFOCUS INC | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Institute of Mathematics | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $15,640 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $15,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Association of Mathematicians Incorporated | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Ithaka Harbors Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ross Mathematics Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Arizona State University | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chor Inc | $10,450 | 2 | 1% |
| American Institute of Physics Inc | $10,031 | 2 | 0% |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Graduate Student Chapter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The School Board of Broward County | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pz Math Corporation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Science Spark | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Math Circles of Chicago | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cornell University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin College of Indiana | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Euclid Lab | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
American Mathematical Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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: Carina Initiatives Inc · Alfred P Sloan Foundation · The Simons Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About American Mathematical Society
- How much does American Mathematical Society give?
- American Mathematical Society reported 15 itemized grants totaling $262,500, out of $916,599 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Mathematical Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (73%), Science & Tech (23%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are American Mathematical Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trustees of Boston University ($114k), The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc ($108k), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($106k).
- Does American Mathematical Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Mathematical Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carina Initiatives Inc, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, The Simons Foundation Inc.
- Where is American Mathematical Society based?
- American Mathematical Society is based in RI.
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