Florida · Public charity
Aws Foundation Incorporated
The aws foundation was established by the american welding society on september 13, 1989, to support programs that ensure the growth and development of the welding industry through strengthening research and educational opportunities in welding and related industries.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 96%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $434k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $24,846
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 27
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $137M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 96% of the organizations Aws Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $803k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $434k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $818k | 96% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $602k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $308k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeTourneau University | $160,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Just in Time Corporation | $142,468 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $87,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | $52,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $39,086 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado School of Mines | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aiken Technical | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Region Boces | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeTourneau University | $160,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Just in Time Corporation | $142,468 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $87,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | $52,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $39,086 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado School of Mines | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aiken Technical | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Region Boces | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bismarck State College National Alumni Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Industrial Training LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Eastern Pulaski School Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sugar Salem High School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bruneau-Grandview School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawrence-Nelson Community Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School District of Rhinelander | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Conewago Valley School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Independent School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Workshops for Warriors Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dixie Technical College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gtc- Public Institution of Higher | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maury County Association of School Resource Officers Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Florida Carpenters Training Trust Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crowder College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Schuylkill Technology Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rockland Boces Family Resource Center Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Texarkana College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Career Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moraine Valley Community College | $24,992 | 1 | n/a |
| Valencia College | $24,987 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $24,970 | 1 | 0% |
| Tidioute Community Charter School | $24,955 | 1 | 0% |
| James Irwin Charter Schools | $24,923 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana State University | $24,919 | 1 | n/a |
| Workforce Innovators of America | $24,914 | 1 | n/a |
| School District of Fort Atkinson | $24,887 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mill National Training Center | $24,846 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Connecticut | $24,799 | 1 | n/a |
| Jones County Junior College Foundation | $24,729 | 1 | 1% |
| Barton County Community College | $24,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Area Career Center | $24,536 | 1 | n/a |
| Merced Union High School District | $24,534 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Westmoreland Ctc | $24,461 | 1 | n/a |
| Milton School District | $24,457 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Community College | $24,452 | 1 | n/a |
| Reignite Hope | $24,385 | 1 | 2% |
| Front Range Community College | $24,247 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Arizona College | $24,243 | 1 | n/a |
| South Fort Myers High School Band Boosters | $23,812 | 1 | n/a |
| Botetourt County Public Education Foundation Inc | $23,756 | 1 | 11% |
| Central Nine Career Center | $23,728 | 1 | n/a |
| George C Wallace Community College | $22,991 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgerland Technical College | $22,984 | 1 | n/a |
| Lynnes Welding Training | $21,804 | 1 | n/a |
| Bend-Lapine School District | $21,801 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun City Welding Academy | $21,555 | 1 | n/a |
| Rappahannock Community College | $20,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Carrollton Area Career Center | $20,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Waubonsee Community College Foundation | $19,703 | 1 | 4% |
| University of Waterloo | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa State University | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| John Hersey Athletic Booster Club | $15,017 | 1 | 32% |
| Drive One | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| School District of the City of Pontiac | $14,465 | 1 | n/a |
| Mifflin County Christian Academy | $14,152 | 1 | 3% |
| West Georgia Technical College | $13,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Goodwill Industries of Arkansas Inc | $13,375 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebo School District | $8,299 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Aws Foundation Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: I Car Education Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Share Our Strength · Greater Houston Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Aws Foundation Incorporated
- How much does Aws Foundation Incorporated give?
- Aws Foundation Incorporated reported 16 itemized grants totaling $433,569, out of $2,736,507 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 27 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Aws Foundation Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (58%), Education (30%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Aws Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: LeTourneau University ($160k), Just in Time Corporation ($142k), The Ohio State University ($105k).
- Does Aws Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aws Foundation Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include I Car Education Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Aws Foundation Incorporated based?
- Aws Foundation Incorporated is based in FL.
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