Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Psychological Foundation
The AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION provides financial support for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychologyto elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 24
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations American Psychological Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $558k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 41 | $1.5M | 54% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $1.0M | 61% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $168k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $386k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $789k | 79% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Psychological Association | $955,542 | 7 | 0% |
| American Psychological Foundation | $324,224 | 2 | 6% |
| Mental Health Leadership Initiative Inc | $275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Apf Access LLC | $128,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $81,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $75,230 | 3 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $74,878 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $70,902 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $67,684 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Psychological Association | $955,542 | 7 | 0% |
| American Psychological Foundation | $324,224 | 2 | 6% |
| Mental Health Leadership Initiative Inc | $275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Apf Access LLC | $128,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $81,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $75,230 | 3 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $74,878 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $70,902 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $67,684 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emory University | $64,040 | 3 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $64,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hofstra University | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam & Devorah Foundation For Trans Youth | $59,994 | 1 | 12% |
| Rhode Island Hospital | $59,417 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee | $57,092 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $53,225 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $50,906 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $49,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $48,988 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $48,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | $46,563 | 3 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alliant Educational Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 5% |
| American University | $43,928 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $43,905 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $43,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $41,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $41,248 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chicago School - California Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Palo Alto University Inc | $34,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne State University Foundation | $34,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $34,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University St Louis | $32,745 | 2 | n/a |
| Coalition for the Common Good | $30,545 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico State University | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $29,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $29,497 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $28,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $26,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Tech University System | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $23,649 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $22,212 | 1 | n/a |
| Lehigh University | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific University | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Apa Division 17 | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austen Riggs Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $19,978 | 1 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $19,970 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $19,814 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $19,748 | 1 | n/a |
| University of New Orleans | $19,670 | 1 | n/a |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $19,543 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $19,268 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco State University | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $18,717 | 2 | n/a |
| Hartford Hospital | $17,916 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $17,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva University | $16,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $16,457 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $15,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesley Family Services Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $14,999 | 1 | n/a |
| New York University | $14,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $12,461 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Island University | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $11,400 | 1 | 0% |
| National Psychology Training Consortium | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Utah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barnard College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agnesian Healthcare Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Academics for the Advancement of Psychodynamic Psychology | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montclair State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliant International University Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Delaware | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $8,690 | 1 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Wright State University | $6,138 | 1 | n/a |
| Psychotherapy Action Network | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rowan University | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elon University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Puerto Rico | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Psychoanalytic Institute Of Northern California PINC | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa State Univ | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $2,348 | 1 | 0% |
| Rutgers University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resilience Across Boards Inc | $1,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Psychological Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · American Chemical Society · Northeastern University · Northwestern University · Washington University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Johns Hopkins University · Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · National Academy of Sciences · Drexel University · Trustees of Boston University
How this is measured
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About American Psychological Foundation
- How much does American Psychological Foundation give?
- American Psychological Foundation reported 50 itemized grants totaling $1,573,003, out of $2,102,350 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Psychological Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (32%), Social Science (29%), Education (24%).
- Who are American Psychological Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Psychological Association ($956k), American Psychological Foundation ($324k), Mental Health Leadership Initiative Inc ($275k).
- Does American Psychological Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Psychological Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Chemical Society, Northeastern University.
- Where is American Psychological Foundation based?
- American Psychological Foundation is based in DC.
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