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Asae Research Foundation

The ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION is primarily focused on advancing knowledge in association management and leadership by conducting research in areas that no one association can undertake on its own and helping associations become more innovative.

$51k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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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 2024.

Health$61kCommunity Improvement$55kScience & Tech$39kSocial Science$30kHousing & Shelter$21kEducation$15kEmployment$11kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $15,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $51,392 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $36,392 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.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING PROACTIVE NETWORK$15,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS: $13k → 15%American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: $11k → 11%AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY: $11k → 14%ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY HOUSING OFFICERS-INTL: $11k → 15%GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP: $11k → 17%Institute of Food Technologists: $11k → 14%NEW JERSEY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $11k → 11%National Court Reporters Foundation: $11k → 6%BBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: $11k → 7%PA FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES: $11k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS: $10k → 14%American Industrial Hygiene Association: $11k → 6%PA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS: $9k → 14%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY INC: $8k → 9%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 14%Events Industry Council: $25k → 14%WOMEN IN ENGINEERING PROACTIVE NETWORK: $15k → 14%AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
OH
NJ
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
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 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 Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Advance pharmacy education, research, scholarship, practice and service, in partnership with members and stakeholders, to improve health for all.

Health
2
American Academy of Physician Associates Inc

To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician associates, and to support efforts to enable them to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.

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3
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
4
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
5
American Gastroenterological Association Inc

The purpose of american gastroenterological association, inc. is to promote the common business interests of its members by promoting the image of the industry as a whole; to serve as a central, unified voice for the specialty of…

Community Improvement
6
University Professional and Continuing Education Association

University professional and continuing education association (upcea) advances leadership in professional, continuing and online education. the association is dedicated to meeting the needs of professional members and the institutions they…

Education
7
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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8
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
9
American Association for Respiratory Care

Aarc's mission is to be the foremost professional association promoting respiratory therapists. the aarc advances professional excellence and science in the practice of repiratory therapy, serving the professional, patients, caregivers and…

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10
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
11
American Pharmacists Association

As the voice of pharmacy, the american pharmacists association leads the profession and equips members for their role as the medication expert in team-based, patient-centered care. apha will accomplish this by:* advancing pharmacists'…

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American College of Rheumatology Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wepan. 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

19 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. 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVENTS INDUSTRY COUNCIL: $25,000 · OtherEVENTS INDUSTRY COUNCILINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS: $12,798 · OtherINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONSAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS: $11,399 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION: $11,099 · OtherAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATIONINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS: $11,099 · OtherINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTSAssociation of College & University Housing Officers International: $10,999 · OtherAssociation of College & University Housing Officers Inter…American College of Rheumatology Inc: $10,999 · OtherAmerican College of Rheumatology IncBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: $10,999 · OtherBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCENEW JERSEY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $10,699 · OtherNEW JERSEY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS: $8,598 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OF…AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY INC: $7,699 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY INCPHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES: $25,000 · Community ImprovementPHYSICIAN ASSO…Greater Cleveland Partnership: $10,699 · Community ImprovementGreater Clevel…AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN POL…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES: $10,999 · HealthAmerican College of Cardiology Foundation: $6,500 · HealthWEPAN: $15,000 · Science & TechAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationNational Court Reporters Foundation: $11,299 · PhilanthropyEDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$141,388Community Improvement$35,699Social Science$30,000Health$17,499Science & Tech$15,000Education$15,000Philanthropy$11,299Arts & Culture$10,000

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 POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWEPAN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS: $11,399 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Court Reporters Foundation: $11,299 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION: $11,099 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS: $11,099 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES: $10,999 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAssociation of College & University Housing Officers International: $10,999 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican College of Rheumatology Inc: $10,999 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: $10,999 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Cleveland Partnership: $10,699 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS: $8,598 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican College of Cardiology Foundation: $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 Asae Research Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asae Research Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • National Association of School Nurses: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–30%
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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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