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American Society of Association Executives

Asae's mission is to help associations and association professionals transform society through the power of collaboration.

$177k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$41k
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$738kYouth Development$48kHealth$20kFood & Nutrition$16kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$7k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $40,501, the rows itemized in this filing. The $177,397 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $136,896 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.
$40,501
Median grant
1
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASAE FOUNDATION$40,501
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LITTLE BROTHERS-FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY - CHICAGO CHAPTER: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$801k · 4 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
6

Total granted

$801k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+53%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    3× · 2018–2022 · $48k · revenue +14%
  • EI
    EVENTS INDUSTRY COUNCIL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $34k · revenue +87%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • LB
    LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -21%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +97%
  • THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +112%
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.

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American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
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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4
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
American Culinary Federation Inc

Promoting excellence, education, professionalism and collegiality in the culinary profession

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7
Counselors of Real Estate

Cre was established exclusively for real estate advisors who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted advice for a client or employer. the purpose of the organization is to serve as an information resource and to provide its members with…

Community Improvement
8
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
9
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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10
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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11
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers

The council was established to promote the interests of its members, who comprise leading insurance agencies and brokerage firms.

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12
National Association of Convenience Stores

The mission of nacs is to represent the convenience and petroleum retailing industry and to provide the knowledge, connections, and advocacy necessary to assist our members in maximizing their effectiveness and profitability.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; the most unlike its peers is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches. 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

10 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $699,486 · Community ImprovementASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $47,500 · OtherNATIONAL CAP…EVENTS INDUSTRY COUNCIL: $33,500 · OtherEVENTS INDUS…ASSOCIATION FORUM OF CHICAGOLAND: $5,500 · OtherASSOCIATION …FEEDING COURAGE: $5,300 · OtherFEEDING COUR…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,100 · HealthLITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $10,471 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 · Human ServicesGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,471 · Food & NutritionTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Community Improvement$699,486Other$91,800Health$20,100Human Services$17,471Food & Nutrition$10,471Arts & Culture$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $699,486 over 8y, 15% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $47,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEVENTS INDUSTRY COUNCIL: $33,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $10,471 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,471 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FORUM OF CHICAGOLAND: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 10 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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