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American Public Works Association

The AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION (apwa) exists to develop and support the people, agencies, and organizations that plan, build, maintain, and improve our communities.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$53k
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 2025.

Education$381kEnvironment$39kHealth$28kEmployment$11kRecreation & Sports$7kPhilanthropy$7kInternational$5k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $77,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,122,640 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,045,140 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

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$52,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAL POLY POMONA UNIVERSITY$52,500
SANTIAGO CANYON COMMUNITY COLLEGE$25,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SANTIAGO CANYON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $25k → 10%CSU SACRAMENTO COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: $22k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: $38k → 12%CAL POLY POMONA UNIVERSITY: $53k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-DAVIS: $25k → 16%CSU CHICO: $25k → 18%TX A&M UNIVERSITY - SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%MAKE-A-WISH: $13k → 10%NACWA: $5k → 14%GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $9k → 13%INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE: $10k → 13%THE UNIVERISTY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: $7k → 15%APWA FOUNDATION: $11k → 15%APWA OREGON CHAPTER SCHOLASTIC FOUNDATION: $21k → 11%UTAH STORM WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (USWAC): $12k → 8%UGA: $25k → 27%ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: $5k → 12%UNITED WAY OF S HAMPTON: $7k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: $12k → 12%CALIFORNIA STATE CHICO: $22k → 18%MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT ASSN: $7k → 12%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

OR
NV
IA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
NM
SC
DC
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$207k · 3 repeat orgs$271k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +309% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
16

Total granted

$207k
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+309%
+6%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • AP
    AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION OREGON CHAPTER SCHOLASTIC FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +309% · 63% of their budget
  • UO
    University of the Pacific
    2× · 2018–2022 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
    2× · 2018–2019 · $47k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • TA
    Texas A&M San Antonio Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -68%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
2
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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3
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
4
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
California Polytechnic State University Foundation

To provide and augment programs that are an integral part of the educational mission of the university, primarily in the acquisition, investment and administration of gifts and endowments for the benefit of the university.

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
9
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation

To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…

Education
10
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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11
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific; the most unlike its peers is United Way of South Hampton Roads. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION OREGON CHAPTER SCHOLASTIC FOUNDATION INC: $110,087 · EducationAMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION OREGON CHAPTER SCHOLASTIC FO…CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 · EducationCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCUniversity of the Pacific: $50,000 · EducationUniversity of the PacificTexas A&M San Antonio Foundation: $25,000 · EducationTexas A&M San Antonio FoundationThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $21,500 · EducationThe University Foundation California State University Chico+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO: $46,500 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTOSAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: $25,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVISUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAUTAH STORM WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (USWAC): $12,000 · OtherUTAH STORM WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (USWA…INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherINDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGEGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $9,000 · OtherMAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT ASSN: $7,261 · OtherState University of Iowa: $7,000 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · Other+2 moreMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC: $13,150 · HealthFor Kids Foundation: $6,155 · HealthAPWA FOUNDATION: $11,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $6,538 · Philanthropy
Education$264,087Other$176,761Health$19,305Philanthropy$17,538

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 budgetAMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION OREGON CHAPTER SCHOLASTIC FOUNDATION INC: $110,087 over 6y, 63% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M San Antonio Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $21,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC: $13,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAPWA FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $6,538 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFor Kids Foundation: $6,155 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–50%
    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 21 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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