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The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc
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- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $876k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $264,335
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 37 | $838k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $470k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $792k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $590k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $958k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augsburg University | $1,285,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $1,018,590 | 5 | n/a |
| Millennial Farms Foundation Inc | $364,335 | 2 | 100% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $288,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University | $200,385 | 6 | n/a |
| Hale Centre Theatre | $128,500 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Pierce County | $125,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $84,863 | 1 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | $77,000 | 6 | n/a |
| American Indian Services | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 61 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Wheeler Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Community Trust of Utah · The Pi Foundation Inc · Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation · Legacy Global Foundation · University Impact · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc
- How much does The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc give?
- The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc reported 39 itemized grants totaling $875,733, out of $1,107,190 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Religion (26%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Augsburg University ($1.3M), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ($1.0M), Millennial Farms Foundation Inc ($364k).
- Does The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, Wheeler Foundation.
- Where is The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc based?
- The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc is based in AZ.
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