Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, Johns Hopkins University, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc

Aura provides innovative, open resources to enable discovery and excellence in research, to unify the astrophysics communities, and to promote public understanding of our universe and the benefits of scientific exploration.

$68M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 166
Itemized grants FY2025: 144
Organizations funded FY2024: 5%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $65M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $132,305
Largest grant, FY2025: $3,824,351
Organizations funded a year: 125 to 144; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 44
Total assets, FY2025: $147M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationScience & TechEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

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
FY2025still arriving	152	$59M	9%
FY2024	144	$52M	5%
FY2023	137	$46M	7%
FY2022	125	$38M	7%
FY2021	128	$35M	8%
FY2020	132	$35M	17%
FY2019	127	$30M	9%
FY2018	129	$27M	26%

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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.

Science & Tech$307MEducation$197k

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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Arizona	$21,615,960	9	n/a
Gmto Corporation	$17,531,650	5	74%
California Institute of Technology	$15,506,295	9	0%
Wiyn Consortium Inc	$14,312,010	8	65%
Johns Hopkins University	$13,786,486	9	0%
University of Texas	$11,382,114	9	n/a
Colorado Energy Office	$10,999,516	8	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$10,981,434	9	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$9,603,526	4	n/a
Regents Univ of California	$8,998,518	9	n/a

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All grantees of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Arizona	$21,615,960	9	n/a
Gmto Corporation	$17,531,650	5	74%
California Institute of Technology	$15,506,295	9	0%
Wiyn Consortium Inc	$14,312,010	8	65%
Johns Hopkins University	$13,786,486	9	0%
University of Texas	$11,382,114	9	n/a
Colorado Energy Office	$10,999,516	8	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$10,981,434	9	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$9,603,526	4	n/a
Regents Univ of California	$8,998,518	9	n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University	$8,097,793	9	0%
Carnegie Institution of Washington	$7,692,832	9	1%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$7,426,252	9	n/a
University of Chicago	$7,364,771	9	0%
Smithsonian Institution	$7,244,897	9	0%
University of Washington	$7,067,751	9	n/a
University of Massachusetts	$6,284,254	9	n/a
Arizona State University	$6,198,886	8	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$5,772,121	9	n/a
University of Minnesota	$5,514,035	9	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$5,348,569	5	n/a
University of Hawaii System	$4,703,983	9	n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison	$4,569,428	8	n/a
University of California Davis	$4,250,345	9	n/a
Eureka Scientific Inc	$4,139,836	9	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	$3,987,542	9	n/a
Soar Consortium Inc	$3,950,869	4	32%
Northwestern University	$3,945,664	9	0%
Rutgers the State University	$3,723,978	9	n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia	$3,640,470	9	n/a
Southwest Research Institute	$3,633,086	9	0%
University of California Santa Barbara	$3,395,892	9	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	$3,347,091	9	n/a
Trustees of Boston University	$3,260,980	9	0%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$2,883,283	9	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$2,560,527	9	n/a
The Ohio State University	$2,276,465	9	n/a
University of Florida	$2,255,186	9	n/a
Texas A&M University	$2,253,837	8	n/a
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation	$2,064,286	9	1%
University of Toledo	$2,036,487	9	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$1,986,355	9	n/a
American Museum of Natural History	$1,768,119	9	0%
New Mexico State University	$1,752,688	9	n/a
Seti Institute	$1,708,474	5	n/a
Rochester Institute of Technology	$1,676,578	9	0%
Trustees of Tufts College	$1,546,458	8	0%
Cornell University	$1,541,665	9	0%
University of Kentucky	$1,496,187	9	n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado	$1,455,928	1	n/a
Space Science Institute	$1,439,748	9	5%
Seti Institute	$1,345,765	4	1%
University of Central Florida	$1,339,551	9	n/a
Michigan State University	$1,331,282	9	n/a
University of Utah	$1,316,678	9	n/a
University of Pittsburgh	$1,315,910	9	0%
Planetary Science Institute	$1,235,057	9	2%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc	$1,197,959	9	0%
Curators of the University of Missouri	$1,142,317	9	n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc	$1,071,299	8	0%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$1,029,326	8	n/a
Lowell Observatory	$1,016,900	9	1%
University of Connecticut	$1,014,710	9	n/a
New York University	$1,014,272	9	0%
Indiana University School of Medicine	$879,319	9	n/a
Auburn University	$854,553	7	n/a
Villanova University	$820,679	9	0%
Wesleyan University	$786,280	9	0%
University of Wisconsin	$772,818	9	n/a
Board of the University of Alabama	$766,215	9	n/a
Texas Tech University System	$765,520	9	n/a
Southern Ct State University	$743,850	8	n/a
USC School of Medicine Greenville	$736,811	6	n/a
Texas Christian University	$707,751	9	0%
Associated Universities Inc	$692,682	6	0%
Northern Arizona University Foundation	$676,325	4	1%
Trustees of Purdue University	$671,824	8	n/a
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc	$641,027	8	0%
George Mason University	$621,553	5	n/a
University of Cincinnati	$607,500	6	n/a
The Catholic University of America	$589,907	9	0%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$586,900	9	n/a
University of Rochester	$551,698	9	0%
University of Texas at San Antonio	$542,442	3	n/a
Raytheon Company	$527,671	9	n/a
William Marsh Rice University	$508,743	8	0%
Montana State University	$508,620	8	n/a
Bucknell University	$505,076	6	0%
University of Wyoming	$497,553	8	n/a
Texas State University	$494,550	4	n/a
Utah Valley University	$456,528	9	n/a
Florida State University	$444,094	8	n/a
Carnegie Mellon University	$442,108	5	0%
The George Washington University	$432,765	7	0%
University of North Carolina at Asheville	$408,198	4	n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$406,389	1	0%
University of Oklahoma	$394,678	5	n/a
The President and Trustees of Colby College	$388,700	8	0%
University of Alaska	$379,919	8	n/a
Unversity of Oklahoma	$360,672	4	n/a
The University Corporation	$359,389	4	0%
Rhodes College	$356,653	9	0%
American University	$339,224	9	0%
Williams College	$332,687	6	0%
University of the Pacific	$326,662	6	0%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	$326,590	4	0%
Wayne State University	$318,937	6	n/a
Northern Arizona University	$303,527	4	n/a
Duke University	$282,811	5	0%
The University of Al in Huntsville	$282,539	8	n/a
South Carolina Research Foundation	$281,953	5	0%
Nc State University	$270,840	5	n/a
Florida Institute of Technology Inc	$270,363	8	0%
San Jose State University Research Foundation	$266,773	4	0%
University of Delaware	$266,073	9	0%
Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc	$258,785	6	1%
Case Western Reserve University	$258,739	6	0%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$256,522	8	n/a
Tennessee State University	$242,079	4	n/a
President and Fellows of Middlebury College	$241,776	8	0%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc	$238,601	2	0%
University of Louisville Research Foundation	$237,035	6	0%
Brigham Young University	$236,254	6	n/a
Vassar College	$232,517	6	0%
Cal Poly Corporation	$231,542	6	0%
The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc	$230,616	3	n/a
University of Louisiana - Monroe	$207,005	5	n/a
Louisiana State University	$204,118	4	n/a
San Diego State University	$201,498	6	n/a
Trustees of the Csu	$194,967	3	n/a
The Colorado College	$193,905	5	0%
Florida Atlantic University	$191,858	6	n/a
Amherst College Trustees	$189,135	2	0%
Washington State University	$175,609	5	n/a
Wellesley College	$165,229	3	0%
President and Trustees of Bates College	$163,971	5	0%
Franklin & Marshall College	$161,855	6	0%
University of Iowa	$160,341	3	n/a
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc	$158,924	5	0%
Drexel University	$158,595	5	0%
Texas A&M University-Commerce	$155,939	1	n/a
San Francisco State University	$148,172	4	n/a
The University of Memphis	$146,648	3	n/a
University of North Texas	$146,435	5	n/a
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	$141,950	4	0%
University of New Mexico	$140,998	3	n/a
East Tennessee State University	$140,513	3	n/a
Vanderbilt University	$139,318	5	0%
University of California San Francisco	$125,390	2	n/a
State University of New York College at Purchase	$123,133	4	n/a
The University of Tampa Incorporated	$118,925	6	0%
The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth	$118,849	4	n/a
Occidental College	$117,897	3	0%
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation Inc	$116,877	6	0%
University of Miami	$115,547	2	0%
Hofstra University	$110,560	4	0%
The University of the Virgin Islands	$110,394	3	0%
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc	$109,374	4	0%
North Carolina State University	$94,056	2	n/a
Youngstown State University	$94,027	6	n/a
Saint Michael's College	$92,301	2	0%
Eastern Washington University	$85,342	3	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$75,990	6	0%
Universities Space Research Association	$74,931	3	0%
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc	$74,508	2	0%
University of San Francisco	$71,792	2	0%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	$68,349	2	n/a
The Lutheran University Association Inc	$62,465	3	0%
Presbyterian College	$60,893	1	0%
Macalester College	$58,770	5	0%
Northeastern University	$54,122	3	0%
Science Systems and Applications Inc	$52,411	2	n/a
Iowa State University	$51,059	4	n/a
Ohio University	$50,541	2	n/a
The Trustees of the Smith College	$49,992	2	0%
University System of New Hampshire	$41,749	2	n/a
Trustees of Boston College	$38,618	1	0%
Illinois Institute of Technology	$38,142	2	0%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	$35,974	1	0%
Shawnee State University	$34,424	3	n/a
University of Denver	$33,253	2	0%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$30,035	1	0%
Benedictine College	$28,968	2	0%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	$28,866	1	n/a
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign	$28,853	2	n/a
University of Oregon	$28,794	3	n/a
Computational Physics Inc	$28,645	1	n/a
Washington University	$27,153	1	0%
The Citadel	$26,993	1	n/a
State University of Iowa	$25,599	1	n/a
American Association of Variable Star Ob	$25,234	3	5%
Bridgewater State University Foundation	$25,100	1	0%
IBM Research Laboratories	$25,031	2	n/a
University of Arkansas Fayetteville	$23,609	2	n/a
Smith College	$23,199	1	n/a
Swarthmore College	$21,906	2	0%
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology	$21,564	2	n/a
West Virginia University Research Corporation	$21,252	1	0%
University of North Carolina Asheville	$20,274	2	n/a
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation	$19,523	1	1%
Claremont McKenna College	$19,104	2	0%
Georgia Southern University Res & Svc Foundation Inc	$18,764	2	n/a
University of Texas at El Paso	$18,155	1	n/a
The Trustees of Grinnell College	$17,629	1	0%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges	$17,151	1	0%
University of Washington	$16,868	1	n/a
Maryland University	$16,331	1	n/a
Regents of the University of Idaho	$14,465	1	n/a
Siena University	$12,822	1	0%
Univ of Texas at Arlington	$12,693	1	n/a
Providence College	$12,401	1	0%
East Tennessee State University	$12,213	1	n/a
College of Charleston	$11,592	1	n/a
Battelle Memorial Institute	$10,572	1	0%
Morehead State University	$10,385	1	n/a
Edp University of Puerto Rico Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Herbert H Lehman College Foundation Inc	$9,910	1	0%
Alumni Association of the State University of New York at Stony Brook	$9,832	1	3%
College of Charleston Foundation	$9,240	1	0%
City University of New York	$8,789	1	n/a
California Association for Research in Astronomy	$8,637	1	0%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$7,383	1	n/a
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)	$7,286	1	n/a
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy	$7,263	1	2%
The Hunter College Foundation Inc	$6,968	1	0%
Columbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc	$6,857	1	0%
Clarkson University	$6,848	1	0%
The Aerospace Corporation	$6,185	1	0%
Clemson University	$6,135	1	n/a
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laborator	$5,714	1	n/a
State of Tennessee	$5,669	1	n/a
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp	$5,500	1	n/a

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 111 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 111.

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.

American Chemical SocietyDC59.5× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · Johns Hopkins University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Northeastern University · Tulsa Community Foundation · Vanderbilt University · National Writing Project Corporation · University of Southern California · Trustees of Boston University · Kpmg US Foundation Inc

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.

Compare Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc with peer funders

About Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc

How much does Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc give?: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc reported 166 itemized grants totaling $64,708,139, out of $67,764,530 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 125 and 144 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (100%), Education (0%).
Who are Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Arizona ($22M), Gmto Corporation ($18M), California Institute of Technology ($16M).
Does Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, Johns Hopkins University, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Where is Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc based?: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc is based in DC.