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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.

$305k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$120k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$6.3MPublic Benefit$4.8MCommunity Improvement$2.5MEmployment$1.7MScience & Tech$911kEducation$723kInternational$670kCivil Rights$574kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $249,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $305,380 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $55,880 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$110M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$120,000
THE THIRD WAY FOUNDATION$50,000
CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION$25,000
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINERS$15,000
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$15,000
FORD'S THEATRE$12,500
WESTERN CAUCUS FOUNDATION$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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $295k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $30k → 11%HEAD AND HEART PHILANTHROPY: $10k → 10%NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $25k → 11%NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%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

AK
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $56k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions, all to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$16k · 29% · 5 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

South America$11k · 20% · 4 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

South Asia$10k · 18% · 3 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$6k · 10% · 2 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

Central America and the Caribbean$5k · 8% · 2 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

East Asia and the Pacific$5k · 8% · 2 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$3k · 6% · 2 people

Stated purpose: INTERNATIONAL OIL SPILL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 66 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 62 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
96

Total granted

$7.9M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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
Public BenefitEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • ON
    ONE NATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1.1M · revenue +117%
  • GW
    GROUND WATER PROTECTION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $880k · revenue +5%
  • SR
    STATE REVIEW OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ENVIRONMENTAL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $310k · revenue +9% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • PC
    PROTECTING COLORADOS ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
    one grant, 2018 · $3.7M · revenue -46%
  • CH
    CLT HOST 2020 INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1.5M · revenue -100%
  • AW
    AMERICAN WORKERS FOR PROGRESS
    one grant, 2019 · $1.3M
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
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 of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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3
American Council of Engineering Companies

The business association and voice of america's engineering industry, representing thousands of independent u.s. engineering companies engaged in the development of transportation, water, and other public and commercial facilities.

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4
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
5
National Center for Apec

Ncapec is the only u.s. business association focused exclusively on facilitating american private sector input to the apec process. programs typically feature discussions between business, government and academia on key trade and economic…

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6
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
7
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Pipeline Research Council International Inc

Foster an international, industry-wide collaborative community that delivers innovative applied research, and develops the means for stakeholders to leverage/implement the research.

Community Improvement
10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research; the most unlike its peers is Friends of World Maritime University 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 128 of the 167 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/128
Grantees still filing
91/128
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROTECTING COLORADOS ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: $3,700,000 · OtherPROTECTING COLORADOS ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCEAMERICAN WORKERS FOR PROGRESS: $1,300,000 · OtherAMERICAN WORKERS FOR PROGRESSOHIOANS AGAINST NUKE BAILOUTS: $975,000 · OtherOHIOANS AGAINST NUKE BAILOUTSGROUND WATER PROTECTION: $880,000 · OtherGROUND WATER PROTECTIONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $810,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASTRADE WORKS FOR AMERICA: $550,000 · OtherGROWTH AND PROGRESS FUND: $500,000 · Other+114 more: $5,061,989 · Other+114 moreCLT HOST 2020 INC: $1,500,000 · Public BenefitCLT HOST 2020 INCONE NATION: $1,050,000 · Public BenefitONE NATIONCITIZENS TO PROTECT PENNSYLVANIA JOBS: $430,000 · Public BenefitCITIZENS TO PROTECT PE…AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH: $371,500 · Public BenefitAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR C…STATE REVIEW OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ENVIRONMENTAL: $310,000 · Public BenefitSTATE REVIEW OF OIL AN…BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $175,000 · Public Benefit+6 more: $166,863 · Public BenefitOIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: $295,000 · Community ImprovementTEXAS OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION INC: $97,500 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL OCEAN POLICY COALITION: $70,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC PUBLICATIONS INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement+6 more: $62,203 · Community ImprovementTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $186,667 · EducationEVERYBODY WINS DC INC: $146,293 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $40,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $38,000 · EducationUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $30,000 · EducationNEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF BLACKPUERTO RICAN HISPANIC & ASIAN LEGISLATOR: $30,000 · Education+6 more: $64,873 · EducationCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN ENERGY: $65,000 · Civil RightsAsian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional: $61,500 · Civil RightsUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: $37,500 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesHEAD AND HEART PHILANTHROPY: $10,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $150,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC: $100,000 · Social ScienceJOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC: $25,000 · Social Science
Other$13,776,989Public Benefit$4,003,363Community Improvement$574,703Education$535,833Civil Rights$464,000Human Services$295,000Social Science$275,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLT HOST 2020 INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetONE NATION: $1,050,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTRADE WORKS FOR AMERICA: $550,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetGROWTH AND PROGRESS FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCITIZENS TO PROTECT PENNSYLVANIA JOBS: $430,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetOHIO GROWTH PARTNERSHIP: $386,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH: $371,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetNEW MEXICO OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION: $310,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetSTATE REVIEW OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ENVIRONMENTAL: $310,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetOIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: $295,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $285,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $200,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $186,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmericans for Tax Reform: $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEVERYBODY WINS DC INC: $146,293 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $97,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNational Newspaper Publishers Association Fund Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetENERGY POLICY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS: $73,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL OCEAN POLICY COALITION: $70,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCitizens Against Nuclear Bailouts: $69,750 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN ENERGY: $65,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAsian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional: $61,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGREAT MINDS IN STEM: $54,613 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTRI-STATE BIRD RESCUE AND RESEARCH INC: $52,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNALEO EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Third Way Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC PUBLICATIONS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $48,750 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe National Press Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $38,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $37,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Hispanic Leadership Institute Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 2.0% 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.

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.

Edison Electric Insti…American Gas Associat…Nuclear Energy Instit…Pharmaceutical Resear…American Fuel and Pet…Ncta - the Internet &…Ctia - the Wireless A…AARPThe Business Roundtab…Motion Picture Associ…Biotechnology Innovat…American Property Cas…
Edison Electric Institute IncDC60.3× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edison Electric Institute Inc · American Gas Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers · Ncta - the Internet & Television Association · Ctia - the Wireless Association · AARP · The Business Roundtable Inc · Motion Picture Association Inc · Biotechnology Innovation Organization · American Property Casualty Insurance Association

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 34%
  • The Fire Protection Research Foundation: 50% of income from government
  • Ground Water Protection: 34% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
12report 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
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 167 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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