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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
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States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 51% of ASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $15,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $51,392 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $36,392 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised 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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Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your 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

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American College of Rheumatology Inc and 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, 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; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, 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 ACCOUNTANTSINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS — $11,099 · OtherINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTSAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION — $11,099 · OtherAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATIONAmerican College of Rheumatology Inc — $10,999 · OtherAmerican College of Rheumatology IncAssociation of College & University Housing Officers International — $10,999 · OtherAssociation of College & University Housing Officers Inter…BBB 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 org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetINSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS — $11,099 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION — $11,099 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican College of Rheumatology Inc — $10,999 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation of College & University Housing Officers International — $10,999 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE — $10,999 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES — $10,999 over 1y, 0.3% 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA2.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Asae Research Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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