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American Planning Association

See Schedule O"Creating great communities for all." The American Planning Association (APA) provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating excellence in community planning, promoting education and citizen empowerment and providing the tools and support necessary to meet the challenges of growth and change.

$450k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$179k
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.

Community Improvement$1.9MEducation$1.3MEnvironment$165kHealth$165kSocial Science$118kScience & Tech$94kPublic Benefit$49kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $209,765, the rows itemized in this filing. The $449,797 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $240,032 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 $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $179k
$8,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Planning Accreditation Board$179,268
Nebraska Chapter$10,397
Texas Chapter$8,000
New Mexico Chapter$6,700
Delaware Chapter$5,400
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Arizona Chapter - American Planning Association: $28k → 11%Delaware Chapter - American Planning Association: $82k → 10%Maryland Chapter - American Planning Association: $35k → 11%Nebraska Chapter: $10k → 12%Nebraska Chapter - American Planning Association: $64k → 13%Minnesota Chapter - American Planning Association: $64k → 11%Western Central Chapter - American Planning Association: $31k → 9%Pennsylvania Chapter - American Planning Association: $51k → 12%California Chapter - American Planning Association: $111k → 12%Texas Chapter - American Planning Association: $107k → 14%Texas Chapter: $8k → 21%Oklahoma Chapter - American Planning Association: $38k → 15%American Public Health Association: $165k → 14%Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Inc: $10k → 19%Anthropocene Alliance: $65k → 19%Iowa Chapter - American Planning Association: $54k → 15%Kansas Chapter - American Planning Association: $91k → 5%Missouri Chapter - American Planning Association: $64k → 15%Wisconsin Chapter - American Planning Association: $165k → 10%Tennessee Chapter - American Planning Association: $64k → 14%North Carolina Chapter - American Planning Association: $89k → 8%Georgia Chapter - American Planning Association: $54k → 13%Indiana Chapter - American Planning Association: $64k → 16%Ohio Chapter - American Planning Association: $86k → 13%Washington Chapter - American Planning Association: $90k → 9%Illinois Chapter - American Planning Association: $84k → 14%Northern New England Chapter - American Planning Association: $51k → 10%Louisiana Chapter - American Planning Association: $49k → 22%Kentucky Chapter - American Planning Association: $33k → 15%Up For Growth: $45k → 14%Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning: $10k → 19%APA Ohio Chapter: $7k → 13%Planning Accreditation Board: $179k → 14%Florida Chapter - American Planning Association: $54k → 19%Planning Accreditation Board: $177k → 14%APA Florida Chapter: $5k → 19%Planning Accreditation Board: $175k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $171k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $165k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $150k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $150k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $148k → 14%Planning Accreditation Board: $136k → 14%Association of Architecture Organizations: $15k → 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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 8 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
32

Total granted

$2.0M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
-10%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementSocial SciencePublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • PA
    PLANNING ACCREDITATION BOARD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +22% · 44% of their budget
  • AP
    AMERICAN PLANNING ASSN 43 TEXAS CPT
    2× · 2017–2025 · $115k · revenue +13%
  • GT
    GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $94k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • AP
    AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION-WISCONSIN
    one grant, 2017 · $165k · revenue -49% · 74% of their budget
  • AP
    AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $165k · revenue +57%
  • CC
    CALIFORNIA CHAPTER AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $111k · revenue +52%
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 Planning Association 67 Rhode Island Chap

Promote/educate on planning principles.

Public Benefit
2
American Planning Association - Idaho Chapter

Development of idaho communities

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3
American Psychological Association

American psychological association is a national membership organization created to promote the advancement, communication, and application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives. apa fulfills these…

Social Science
4
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

Association for public policy analysis & management (appam) is dedicated to improving public policy management by fostering excellence in research, analysis and education.

Public Benefit
5
American College Personnel Association

Acpa transforms higher education by creating and sharing influential scholarship, shaping critically reflective practice, and advocating for equitable and inclusive learning environments.

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6
Aia Pennsylvania a Society of American Institute of Architect

While representing the interests of our chapters & members AIA Pennsylvania promotes the profession of architecture in PA while striving for the highest quality in the built environment

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7
The American Philosophical Association

The american philosophical association promotes the discipline and profession of philosophy, both within the academy and in the public arena. the apa supports the professional development of philosophers at all levels and works to foster…

Health
8
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons Inc

To protect the practice of private medicine, preserve freedom of choice for patients, and educate physicians and the general public.

Health
9
Texas Academy of Physician Assistants

The Texas Academy of Physician Assistants advances the PA profession through advocacy and development by leading PAs across Texas.

Community Improvement
10
Property Liability Association New Systems Ua

The PLANS organization was formed in 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by several peer insurance companies who meet to discuss their experiences with Property and Liability Insurance Systems. Conferences are held to build peer relationships,…

Community Improvement
11
American Group Psychotherapy Association Inc

AGPA is a community of mental health professionals of all disciplines dedicated to advancing knowledge and research and providing quality training in group psychotherapy and other group interventions, consultations and direct services…

Education
12
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

The american association of petroleum geology is a scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of the science of petroleum geology.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Planning Association; the most unlike its peers is Up for Growth. 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

28 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. 28 of the 41 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNING ACCREDITATION BOARD: $1,451,556 · OtherPLANNING ACCREDITATION BOARDAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION-WISCONSIN: $164,985 · OtherAMERICAN PLANNING ASSN 43 TEXAS CPT: $115,250 · Other+27 more: $1,725,607 · Other+27 moreAMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $164,985 · HealthGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $94,293 · HealthCALIFORNIA CHAPTER AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION: $111,000 · Social ScienceNORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION: $50,769 · EducationASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF PLANNING: $20,000 · EducationASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTURE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $15,108 · EducationANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE: $65,000 · Public Safety & DisasterAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION - 36 PENNS: $51,000 · Community ImprovementAmerican Planning Association: $5,400 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION - NEW YORK METRO CHAPTER INC: $48,500 · Public BenefitUP FOR GROWTH: $45,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,457,398Health$259,278Social Science$111,000Education$85,877Public Safety & Disaster$65,000Community Improvement$56,400Public Benefit$48,500Housing & Shelter$45,000

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 budgetPLANNING ACCREDITATION BOARD: $1,451,556 over 9y, 44% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION-WISCONSIN: $164,985 over 1y, 74% of budgetAMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $164,985 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSN 43 TEXAS CPT: $115,250 over 2y, 19% of budgetCALIFORNIA CHAPTER AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION: $111,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetColorado Chapter American Planning Association: $94,750 over 1y, 32% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $94,293 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION: $90,945 over 1y, 95% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON CHAPTER: $90,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE: $65,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION MISSOURI CHAPTER: $63,500 over 1y, 38% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 39 TENNESSEE CHAPTER: $63,500 over 1y, 62% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 44 UTAH CHAPTER: $62,730 over 1y, 35% of budgetNM Chapter American Planning Association Inc: $60,200 over 2y, 10% of budgetFLORIDA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION INC: $58,950 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetGeorgia Chapter of the American Planning Association: $53,500 over 1y, 34% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IOWA CHAPTER: $53,500 over 1y, 54% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION - 36 PENNS: $51,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUP FOR GROWTH: $45,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ARIZONA 45: $27,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF PLANNING: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Planning Association: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Chapter of American Planning Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Anthropocene Alliance: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 41 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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