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Association of American Universities Inc

Founded in 1900, aau is composed of 71 distinguished institutions in the united states and canada that continually advance society through education, research, and discovery.

$106k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$660kScience & Tech$90kHealth$10k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $80,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $105,550 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,550 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.
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$20,000
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$20,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$20,000
UNIVERITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$20,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $10k → 15%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $10k → 10%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $20k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS SANTA CRUZ: $20k → 13%California Institute of Technology: $10k → 14%THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE SUNY STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY: $10k → 7%Cornell University: $10k → 16%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%University of Texas Austin: $10k → 10%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $10k → 15%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $10k → 15%UNIVERITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $40k → 13%UNVERSITY OF UTAH: $20k → 8%GEORGIA TECH: $10k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%CASE WESTERN: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $10k → 11%TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $40k → 10%THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $10k → 15%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%Regents of the University of California Irvine: $10k → 10%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 14%THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE SUNY STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY: $10k → 7%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $10k → 10%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%University of Kansas: $10k → 15%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $10k → 15%UNIVERITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $20k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $10k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%CASE WESTERN RESERVE: $10k → 17%University of Virginia: $10k → 8%THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $10k → 11%TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $20k → 10%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40k → 14%Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $10k → 8%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

NH
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
GA
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$500k · 18 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$500k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+47%

Still filing today

44%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationScience & TechHealthOther
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

  • UO
    University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +44%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +44%
  • NY
    New York University
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
2
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
4
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
7
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
8
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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9
Illinois Institute of Technology

To provide distinctive and relevant education in an environment of scientific, technological, and professional knowledge creation and innovation.

Education
10
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
11
New York Institute of Technology

New york institute of technology (nyit) offers various degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; (continued on…

Education
12
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford

The principal objects of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research, and its dissemination by every means. We work as one Oxford bringing together our staff, students and alumni, our colleges, faculties,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornell University; the most unlike its peers is University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $60,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHIndiana University School of Medicine: $20,000 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $20,000 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $20,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEYUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGONREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $20,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVERSITYRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $20,000 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA+3 more: $30,000 · Other+3 moreTrustees of Dartmouth College: $60,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth CollegeUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYNew York University: $20,000 · EducationNew York UniversityEmory University: $20,000 · EducationEmory UniversitySTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INCCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITYCornell University: $20,000 · EducationCornell UniversityCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $20,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyYale University: $20,000 · EducationYale UniversityUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $80,000 · Science & TechUniversity …GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$370,000Education$300,000Science & Tech$80,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%grantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Association of American Universities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of American Universities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 30 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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