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American Trucking Associations Inc

To serve and represent the interests of the trucking industry with one united voice; to influence in a positive manner federal and state governmental actions; to advance the trucking industry's image, efficiency, competitiveness, and profitability; to provide educational programs and industry research; to promote safety and security on…

$671k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$559k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$4.5MCommunity Improvement$445kArts & Culture$277kMembership Benefit$78kPublic Benefit$62kHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kEmployment$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $652,004, the rows itemized in this filing. The $671,479 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,475 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

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $559k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$107M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE$558,504
THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC$50,000
ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION$20,000
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY ALLIANCE$10,000
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB$7,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON$6,500
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 (FY18–21, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%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

WA
MN
IL
MA
OR
IA
OH
NJ
RI
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
AR
DC
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 10 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
27

Total granted

$5.1M
$408k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+17%

Still filing today

90%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Community ImprovementArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther
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

  • AT
    AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2.2M · revenue +18% · 26% of their budget
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $60k · revenue +1%
  • AT
    ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • FT
    FLORIDA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -1%
  • CO
    Chamber of Commerce of the USAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +30%
  • WT
    WASHINGTON TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -28%
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
Nebraska Trucking Association Inc

Promotion of trucking industry in nebraska.

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2
National Defense Transportation Associat

To foster a strong and efficient global transportation and distribution system in support of the economy and national security of the US by advancing the knowledge and science of transportation and distribution, educating members on…

International
3
Transportation Intermediaries Association

TIA is the association of the professional third party logistics industry. Our members help their customers manage their logistics needs. TIA offers education, resources, research, and advocacy to help our members grow the success of their…

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4
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association

To foster, promote and protect the inherent advantages of transportation by motor vehicle and other like business and pursuit. to develop social, scientific and industrial interests and promote the general welfare of its members through…

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5
American Road and Transportation Builders Association

The american road & transportation builders association (artba) brings together all facets of the transportation construction industry to responsibly advocate for infrastructure investment and policy that meet the nation's need for safe…

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6
American Trucking Associations Inc

To serve and represent the interests of the trucking industry with one united voice; to influence in a positive manner federal and state governmental actions; to advance the trucking industry's image, efficiency, competitiveness, and…

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7
Trucking Cares Foundation

To improve the safety of the trucking industry and the safety, security, and sustainability of america's highways and communities we serve by supporting and promoting research, education, leadership development, and volunteerism and a…

Public Benefit
8
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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9
Aaj Truck Litigation Group Llc

A litigation group organized under American Association for Justice. Member groups are comprised of attorneys and support staff representing clients in litigation against trucking concerns.

Civil Rights
10
Coalition Against Bigger Trucks Inc

To promote highway safety by preventing increases in the size or weight of trucks.

Environment
11
International Liquid Terminals Association

To benefit our members by providing resources that enable the liquid terminal industry to thrive.

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12
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation

To develop, fund and administer programs that advance the trucking industry's commitment to highway safety, workforce development, public image, scholarships & charitable causes.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Trucking Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Democratic Club. 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

29 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. 29 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,234,008 · OtherAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTECALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Other+26 more: $502,275 · Other+26 moreAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,246,500 · Public Safety & DisasterAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTEThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $6,500 · Arts & CultureMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST TRUCKING ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES COUNCIL: $40,000 · Community ImprovementTrucking Association Executives Council TAEC Region III: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY ALLIANCE: $20,000 · Public BenefitALLIANCE FOR TOLL FREE INTERSTATES: $6,000 · Public BenefitUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationPROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $5,500 · Education
Other$2,886,283Public Safety & Disaster$2,246,500Arts & Culture$256,500Human Services$60,000Community Improvement$60,000Public Benefit$26,000Education$15,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,246,500 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCOLORADO MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetChamber of Commerce of the USA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST TRUCKING ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES COUNCIL: $40,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNational Democratic Club: $25,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetRESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetALABAMA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrucking Association Executives Council TAEC Region III: $20,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetMINNESOTA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MOTOR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetOHIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION: $11,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW JERSEY MOTOR TRUCK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIOWA MOTOR TRUCK ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $6,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $6,500 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report 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 38 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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