How much does Association of American Railroads give?

Association of American Railroads reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,843,655, out of $1,933,604 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Association of American Railroads fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (40%), Environment (37%), Education (13%).

Who are Association of American Railroads's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Coalition Against Bigger Trucks LLC (Cabt) ($5.1M), Gorail ($4.4M), University of Illinois Foundation ($1.4M).

Does Association of American Railroads fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Association of American Railroads?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Business Roundtable Inc, Edison Electric Institute Inc, AARP.

Where is Association of American Railroads based?

Association of American Railroads is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

Association of American Railroads

Aar promotes a safe and efficient north american rail system with principal activities in areas such as standards, operations, safety, security, public affairs and public policy.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 13
Itemized grants FY2024: 11
Organizations funded FY2023: 9%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $1.8M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $750,000
Organizations funded a year: 10 to 18; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 6
Total assets, FY2024: $52M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Association of American Railroads funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementScience & TechRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther

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
FY2024still arriving	13	$1.8M	15%
FY2023	11	$1.6M	9%
FY2022	12	$1.4M	8%
FY2021	10	$1.5M	10%
FY2020	15	$1.8M	13%
FY2019	15	$1.5M	13%
FY2018	18	$1.5M	33%
FY2017	17	$1.5M	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 2024.

Civil Rights$5.1MEnvironment$4.8MEducation$1.6MPublic Benefit$568kScience & Tech$337kCommunity Improvement$128kRecreation & Sports$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kOther$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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Coalition Against Bigger Trucks LLC (Cabt)	$5,095,000	8	n/a
Gorail	$4,354,000	8	35%
University of Illinois Foundation	$1,410,000	7	0%
Surface Transportation Policy Project	$400,000	8	25%
National Academy of Sciences	$300,161	7	0%
The Congressional Institute Inc	$162,708	6	1%
Georgetown University	$160,000	1	0%
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute	$137,500	8	1%
Americans for Tax Reform	$100,000	4	0%
Northwestern University	$75,000	1	0%

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All grantees of Association of American Railroads by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Coalition Against Bigger Trucks LLC (Cabt)	$5,095,000	8	n/a
Gorail	$4,354,000	8	35%
University of Illinois Foundation	$1,410,000	7	0%
Surface Transportation Policy Project	$400,000	8	25%
National Academy of Sciences	$300,161	7	0%
The Congressional Institute Inc	$162,708	6	1%
Georgetown University	$160,000	1	0%
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute	$137,500	8	1%
Americans for Tax Reform	$100,000	4	0%
Northwestern University	$75,000	1	0%
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc	$60,000	6	0%
Metropolitan Planning Council	$60,000	6	0%
Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures	$57,500	7	0%
Governing Majority Education Fund	$50,000	2	3%
American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association	$44,708	3	0%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc	$31,000	2	0%
American Tort Reform Association	$30,000	1	1%
Curators of the University of Missouri	$30,000	4	n/a
James E Clyburn Scholarship and Research Foundation	$28,500	4	1%
Operation Lifesaver Inc	$24,339	1	1%
American Chemistry Council	$22,500	3	0%
National Association of Counties	$20,000	2	0%
Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition	$15,000	2	8%
Railroad Research Foundation	$14,000	1	2%
Because of Elizabeth Foundation Inc	$11,094	2	n/a
Republican Main Street Partnership	$10,000	1	n/a
Reforming America's Taxes Equitably	$10,000	1	5%
Congressional Football Game for Charity Inc	$10,000	1	4%
American Forest & Paper Association Inc	$10,000	1	0%
National Troopers Coalition and Charitable Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Rutgers University Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Edison Electric Institute Inc	$6,500	1	n/a

Association of American Railroads supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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 26.

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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.

The Business Roundtable IncDC17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Business Roundtable Inc · Edison Electric Institute Inc · AARP · American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers · Consumer Technology Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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 Association of American Railroads

How much does Association of American Railroads give?: Association of American Railroads reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,843,655, out of $1,933,604 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Association of American Railroads fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (40%), Environment (37%), Education (13%).
Who are Association of American Railroads's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Coalition Against Bigger Trucks LLC (Cabt) ($5.1M), Gorail ($4.4M), University of Illinois Foundation ($1.4M).
Does Association of American Railroads fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Association of American Railroads?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Business Roundtable Inc, Edison Electric Institute Inc, AARP.
Where is Association of American Railroads based?: Association of American Railroads is based in DC.