How much does American University give?

American University reported 47 itemized grants totaling $4,247,231, out of $205,006,105 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does American University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (64%), Crime & Legal (11%), International (7%).

Who are American University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: All Rise for Justice ($978k), Iearn Inc ($892k), Johns Hopkins University ($728k).

Does American University fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, American Chemical Society, Georgetown University.

Where is American University based?

American University is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

American University

To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

$205M
Granted FY2023: 47
Itemized grants FY2023: 46
Organizations funded FY2023: 33%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2023: $4.2M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023: $53,820
Largest grant, FY2023: $491,122
Organizations funded a year: 22 to 46; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 22
Total assets, FY2023: $2.6B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations American University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHealthSocial ScienceHuman ServicesCrime & LegalInternationalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	46	$4.2M	33%
FY2022	34	$1.9M	35%
FY2021	31	$1.7M	45%
FY2020	24	$1.9M	21%
FY2019	31	$1.9M	42%
FY2018	27	$1.7M	48%
FY2017	22	$1.1M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$10MCrime & Legal$1.9MInternational$1.2MScience & Tech$1.0MHealth$383kRecreation & Sports$351kCivil Rights$200kEnvironment$188kOther$0

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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
All Rise for Justice	$978,293	3	4%
Iearn Inc	$892,289	8	18%
Johns Hopkins University	$727,920	7	0%
University of Miami	$721,353	3	0%
Insight Crime Incorporated	$656,500	6	17%
Rochester Institute of Technology	$511,222	4	0%
Georgetown University	$504,118	6	0%
Drexel University	$455,746	6	0%
Carnegie Institution of Washington	$438,270	3	0%
The Ohio State University	$400,995	1	n/a

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All grantees of American University by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
All Rise for Justice	$978,293	3	4%
Iearn Inc	$892,289	8	18%
Johns Hopkins University	$727,920	7	0%
University of Miami	$721,353	3	0%
Insight Crime Incorporated	$656,500	6	17%
Rochester Institute of Technology	$511,222	4	0%
Georgetown University	$504,118	6	0%
Drexel University	$455,746	6	0%
Carnegie Institution of Washington	$438,270	3	0%
The Ohio State University	$400,995	1	n/a
Texas Tech University System	$386,211	5	n/a
Trinity College	$383,696	8	0%
DC Public Schools	$348,164	6	n/a
The George Washington University	$328,427	7	0%
The Howard University	$321,137	7	0%
Partnership for a Secure America Inc	$314,592	6	27%
Pytho LLC	$296,244	2	n/a
Gallaudet University	$288,967	8	0%
Louisiana State University	$273,292	4	n/a
The Catholic University of America	$272,213	8	0%
Maryland Institute	$260,091	2	0%
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards Inc	$231,149	3	4%
Arizona State University	$227,016	5	n/a
Earthrights International Inc	$200,213	3	3%
Inspire Project Inc	$197,903	7	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$193,047	3	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$175,619	7	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$169,850	4	n/a
Nova Southeastern University Inc	$157,490	2	0%
Michigan State University College of Law	$124,418	1	0%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	$121,129	1	n/a
University of Florida	$117,585	2	n/a
Duke University	$114,390	6	0%
Trustees of Boston University	$111,124	2	0%
Portland State University	$108,974	3	n/a
SRC Inc	$106,443	2	0%
Bard College	$105,200	2	0%
Wesley Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church	$104,226	6	n/a
Environmental Protection Network	$100,000	2	14%
Belden Russonello Strategists	$98,000	1	n/a
Washington University	$93,238	4	0%
Science Systems and Applications Inc	$88,673	3	n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$88,608	1	n/a
State University of New York College at Purchase	$82,624	1	n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education	$80,593	4	0%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$75,023	4	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$70,385	4	n/a
USC School of Medicine Greenville	$70,035	2	n/a
Illinois Institute of Technology	$63,670	3	0%
The Justice Management Institute	$62,740	1	2%
The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth	$62,674	2	n/a
Knowledge Ecology International	$52,774	3	8%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$49,785	3	0%
Trustees of Purdue University	$49,428	2	n/a
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc	$48,877	3	0%
Michigan Advocacy Program	$48,241	2	0%
National Opinion Research Center	$48,000	1	0%
The University of Al in Huntsville	$46,589	2	n/a
University of DC Foundation Inc	$45,062	1	3%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc	$45,000	2	0%
University of Washington	$39,995	1	n/a
Seashore Mission Inc	$38,390	2	5%
National Aerospace Training & Research Ctr	$36,578	2	n/a
Boise State University	$35,208	1	n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York	$31,181	3	0%
The Urban Institute	$30,048	3	0%
Pelican Center for Children and Families	$28,823	1	3%
Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development	$26,961	1	n/a
University of Connecticut	$23,754	1	n/a
Inspire Project Inc	$22,615	1	n/a
National Center for Victims of Crime Inc	$22,051	1	0%
Rowan University	$21,854	1	n/a
Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center	$19,670	1	1%
University of Hawaii System	$19,543	3	n/a
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc	$18,040	1	0%
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Inc	$17,901	1	0%
New Orleans Family Justice Alliance	$17,557	2	0%
Nueva Vida Inc	$17,511	1	3%
University of New Mexico	$17,009	2	n/a
Center for Digital Democracy	$16,513	1	26%
University of Texas	$16,421	1	n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri	$16,391	1	n/a
Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC	$15,510	1	5%
University of Chicago	$13,650	1	0%
University of Mississippi	$12,727	1	n/a
Latin American Community Center Inc	$11,760	1	0%
Florida State Office of the Courts	$11,263	1	n/a
Duke University	$10,496	1	n/a
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$10,105	1	n/a
Children's Research Institute	$9,370	3	0%
Vassar College	$8,767	2	0%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services	$8,540	1	n/a
Geneva Foundation	$8,496	1	0%
University of Texas	$6,952	1	n/a

American University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Johns Hopkins UniversityMD22.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johns Hopkins University · American Chemical Society · Georgetown University · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · American Council of Learned Societies · University of Pittsburgh · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Greater Washington Community Foundation · University of Delaware

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.

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About American University

How much does American University give?: American University reported 47 itemized grants totaling $4,247,231, out of $205,006,105 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American University fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (64%), Crime & Legal (11%), International (7%).
Who are American University's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: All Rise for Justice ($978k), Iearn Inc ($892k), Johns Hopkins University ($728k).
Does American University fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American University?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, American Chemical Society, Georgetown University.
Where is American University based?: American University is based in DC.