Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Petroleum Institute
The mission of AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (api) is to promote safety across the industry globally and to influence public policy in support of a strong, viable u.s. Oil and natural gas industry.
- $305k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $250k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $110M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations American Petroleum Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 7 | $250k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $230k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $122k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $201k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $110k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 90 | $10M | 41% |
| FY2018 | 80 | $6.4M | 54% |
| FY2017 | 69 | $2.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protecting Colorados Environment Economy and Energy Independence | $3,700,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clt Host 2020 Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American Workers for Progress | $1,300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Nation | $1,050,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ohioans Against Nuke Bailouts | $975,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ground Water Protection | $880,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $810,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trade Works for America | $550,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Growth and Progress Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 49% |
| Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs | $430,000 | 3 | 69% |
Show all 165 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
American Petroleum Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 109 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.
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How this is measured
About American Petroleum Institute
- How much does American Petroleum Institute give?
- American Petroleum Institute reported 7 itemized grants totaling $249,500, out of $305,380 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Petroleum Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Public Benefit (24%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are American Petroleum Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Protecting Colorados Environment Economy and Energy Independence ($3.7M), Clt Host 2020 Inc ($1.5M), American Workers for Progress ($1.3M).
- Does American Petroleum Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Petroleum Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edison Electric Institute Inc, American Gas Association, Nuclear Energy Institute Inc.
- Where is American Petroleum Institute based?
- American Petroleum Institute is based in DC.
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