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The Aspen Institute Inc

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$36M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
173
Itemized grants FY2024
152
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$26M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$65,327
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,461,282
Organizations funded a year
39 to 152
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$757M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Aspen Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEmploymentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving161$25M47%
FY2023152$24M53%
FY2022135$17M56%
FY202177$11M58%
FY2020125$12M82%
FY201940$5.6M20%
FY201846$6.7M63%
FY201739$11Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$33MInternational$14MArts & Culture$14MYouth Development$11MCommunity Improvement$9.1MEmployment$7.4MSocial Science$6.6MEnvironment$5.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ithaka Harbors Inc$5,909,46671%
Soliya Inc$4,143,476680%
Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance$4,014,4632100%
International Research & Exchanges Board Inc$3,464,65581%
Equal Measure$3,184,670813%
Global Nomads Group Inc$2,744,749746%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$2,561,00076%
World Learning Inc$2,559,70861%
Boston Private Industry Council Inc The$1,958,60056%
Criterion Institute$1,752,580450%
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All grantees of The Aspen Institute Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ithaka Harbors Inc$5,909,46671%
Soliya Inc$4,143,476680%
Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance$4,014,4632100%
International Research & Exchanges Board Inc$3,464,65581%
Equal Measure$3,184,670813%
Global Nomads Group Inc$2,744,749746%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$2,561,00076%
World Learning Inc$2,559,70861%
Boston Private Industry Council Inc The$1,958,60056%
Criterion Institute$1,752,580450%
Alliance for Children's Rights$1,745,11046%
Jobs for the Future Inc$1,314,50061%
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc$1,192,000510%
William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan$1,121,18584%
Teachers College Columbia University$1,095,00030%
Pomona Impact Foundation$1,076,960334%
Pacific Community Ventures Inc$1,035,664411%
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc$1,030,00071%
Youthbuild Global Inc$948,00041%
San Jacinto Community College District$923,7503n/a
Iearn Inc$901,972313%
Community Center for Education Results$853,24348%
Emory University$831,99620%
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College District$805,0002n/a
Columbia Basin College$805,0002n/a
Indian River State College Foundation Inc$805,0002n/a
Santa Fe College$805,0002n/a
Colorado Youth for a Change$794,67027%
Miami Dade College$789,0473n/a
William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation$780,000237%
New York University$775,00020%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$768,25630%
Afs Intercultural Programs Inc$763,62314%
Sinclair Community College Foundation$755,0002n/a
Wake Technical Community College$755,0002n/a
Guilford Tech Comm College$755,0002n/a
Davidson County Comm College$755,0002n/a
Lorain County Community College$725,0002n/a
YouthBuild Newark Inc$642,00039%
Northern Great Lakes Initiatives$635,76733%
Games for Change Inc$624,05938%
New York Academy of Sciences$609,62741%
Florida International University$607,7224n/a
Alamo Colleges District$600,0001n/a
Justice Mapping Center Inc$556,8954100%
Capital for Good USA$555,55614%
Imperial Community College District$500,0001n/a
Special Olympics Inc$500,00010%
The Amarillo College Foundation$500,00014%
Ball State University$491,6823n/a
Amideast$482,69840%
Karam Foundation$482,255210%
Legal Aid at Work$474,99935%
New Orleans Youth Alliance$470,000410%
Regents of the University of California$460,0002n/a
Johns Hopkins University$457,46730%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$457,2042n/a
The Kind Foundation Inc$446,287378%
Worksource - Greater Austin Area Dba Workforce Solutions - Capital$442,00030%
Coastal Enterprises Inc$437,27731%
Icafund$436,39433%
African Development Center$435,91235%
Justine Petersen Housing And Reinvestment Corporation$435,00031%
Family Values Work a Multi-State Consortium$425,000215%
National Partnership for Women and Families$424,53523%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$421,50020%
Center for Public Justice$420,000214%
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce$417,79938%
Institute Capital Inc$416,30034%
California Farmlink$414,00033%
Lone Star Justice Alliance$404,00029%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$399,99830%
Build Commonwealth Inc$395,00026%
Clearpath Inc$380,00013%
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$373,37521%
Arizona State University$368,4416n/a
Texas International Education Consortium$364,43848%
Partners in Development Foundation$360,00031%
Texas Network of Youth Services Inc$358,636312%
Sova Solutions LLC$356,0001n/a
Mapworks Learning$353,3831n/a
The Urban Institute$350,00020%
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon$345,00031%
Children & Nature Network$343,25129%
Global Ties US$343,06031%
Bbcdc Inc$340,000328%
University of Dayton$325,00020%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$325,00020%
Colorado Enterprise Fund$311,13231%
UTEC Inc$305,00031%
Springboard to Opportunities$305,00034%
The Baruch College Fund$304,50011%
Colorado State University Foundation$300,00010%
Peaceplayers International$299,85918%
Mercy Corps$298,00720%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$290,00010%
Missouri State University$285,6823n/a
Fsg Inc$285,00031%
WGBH Educational Foundation$280,76120%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$275,00020%
Lebanon Valley College$275,00020%
Pueblo of Jemez$270,0003n/a
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc$266,4392n/a
Jasper Independent School District$260,6674n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$250,0001n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$250,0001n/a
The President and Trustees of Colby College$250,00010%
Muhlenberg College$250,00010%
Juniata College$250,00010%
Chicago Community Foundation$250,0003n/a
University of Maryland College Park$250,0001n/a
Virginia Community College System$250,0002n/a
Denver World Affairs Council Dba Worldde$242,204311%
Plugged in Band Program Inc$239,430229%
Vilcap Inc$233,93242%
Culturingua$225,461313%
University of Texas$225,0002n/a
Corewell Health$225,00010%
New Schools for New Orleans Inc$224,51421%
San Augustine Independent School District$224,0004n/a
Thrive Chicago Nfp$216,00029%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$210,00020%
Social Finance Inc$210,00021%
Education Northwest$208,83511%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$208,30520%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$205,00030%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$204,0303n/a
Restore Education Inc$204,00022%
Shenandoah University$203,30210%
Allegheny Conference on Community Development$200,00021%
The Forum for Youth Investment$200,00021%
Engineering World Health$195,059317%
Empower Mt$195,000319%
Briya Public Charter School$195,00021%
Shining Hope for Communities Inc$180,00040%
San Diego Workforce Partnership Inc$180,00030%
Sister Cities International Inc$179,75139%
Community College of Aurora$175,0002n/a
National Association for the Education of Young Children$174,20520%
Education for Sharing Inc$170,5371n/a
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies$170,00010%
Jeremiah Program$170,00011%
Valley Settlement$170,00012%
Education for Employment$170,00013%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$170,00010%
Familyaid Boston Inc$170,00011%
Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee$170,00011%
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc$169,62510%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$167,40030%
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation$165,00022%
Climb Dba Climb Wyoming$165,00012%
Global Ties Kc Inc$162,232215%
American Association of State Colleges and Universities$160,00021%
West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology$160,00025%
Four Bands Community Fund Inc$157,00011%
Family and Workforce Centers of America$154,34722%
New Moms Inc$154,33012%
Agape Child and Family Services Inc$152,49821%
Enactus$150,73222%
University of Rhode Island$150,0001n/a
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning$150,0001n/a
Zero Mass Water Inc$150,0002n/a
Commonwealth of Pa Department of Human Services$150,0001n/a
United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc$150,00010%
Pro Mujer Inc$150,00010%
The Hopi Foundation Lomasumi'Nangwtukwsiwmani$150,00033%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$150,0001n/a
City of Long Beach$150,0001n/a
Lift Inc$150,00011%
Minnesota Zoo$150,0001n/a
Texas A&M Agrilife Research$149,9991n/a
Inkomoko$148,50022%
The Catholic University of America$142,33730%
Social Science Research Council$140,00020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$139,4073n/a
All Our Kin Inc$133,95321%
World Wide Scholastic Esports Foundation Inc$131,53029%
Smithsonian Institution$129,27820%
Trwib Inc$125,00011%
Long Beach Community College District$125,0002n/a
Baystate Medical Center Inc$125,00010%
Crosspurpose$124,98213%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$124,86710%
Asu Preparatory Academy Inc$124,68610%
Seattle University$123,66340%
Take Action Global Inc$121,81617%
El Paso Museum of Art$120,0001n/a
Inner City Education Foundation$120,00010%
Reconcile New Orleans Inc$115,00022%
New Orleans Career Center$115,00023%
Nola Business Alliance$115,00012%
Public Affairs Research Council of Al$115,000110%
United Planet Corporation$114,12428%
Miami-Dade County Public Schools$111,7922n/a
Jobs with Justice Education Fund$111,56411%
Urban Strategies Council$110,50042%
American Association of Community Colleges$110,00010%
Upaya Social Ventures$109,26213%
Broward College$101,5001n/a
Yurok Tribe$100,0001n/a
The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc$100,00012%
George Mason University$100,0001n/a
Amarillo Junior College District$100,0001n/a
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Janies Angels$100,000139%
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp$100,00013%
CalCef Innovations$100,00011%
Beloved Community Inc$100,00012%
University of Pittsburgh$100,00020%
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc$99,60042%
Narrative Nation Inc$95,00019%
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$95,00011%
Cook Inlet Tribal Council$92,72510%
Achieving the Dream Inc$92,50050%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$91,00010%
Social Venture Partners Tucson$90,00018%
Partnership for Community Action$90,00017%
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc$89,59221%
American Youthworks$85,00011%
Youthprise$85,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso Inc$84,0001n/a
Citizens for Educational Excellence Inc$84,00014%
University of Maine System Inc$81,5002n/a
Communities Unlimited Inc$80,50031%
Alterea Inc$80,0001n/a
Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus$79,50012%
Dine College$79,0001n/a
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$78,62510%
Alliance for a Just Society$78,36710%
Digital Promise Global$76,28210%
El Paso Indep School District$75,0001n/a
University of Maryland$75,0001n/a
We Got US Now Inc$75,000110%
Rutgers the State University$75,0001n/a
Center for Urban Families Inc$75,00011%
North Carolina a & T State University$75,0001n/a
MyPath$75,00014%
Los Angeles Community College District$75,0001n/a
Youthcare$75,00010%
Jarvis Christian University$75,00010%
Mindspark Learning$75,00015%
Blackfeet Community College$75,00010%
Grambling State University$75,0001n/a
Stone Child College$75,00010%
Stillman College$75,00010%
Montgomery College Foundation$75,00011%
Onslow County Schools$74,2163n/a
University of Texas at El Paso$74,0002n/a
Institute for Public Philosophy$73,7101n/a
Green River College$71,3622n/a
University of Florida$70,4081n/a
Taos Pueblo$70,3003n/a
Laguna Community Foundation$70,000317%
Association of Children's Museums Inc$70,00019%
The Nicholas Institute at Duke University$67,4561n/a
Future Females Empowerment Initiatives Inc$65,0741n/a
The Troy Andrews Foundation$65,00027%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$61,50030%
Groundworks New Mexico Kristi Dorr$60,000112%
Heart of Texas Region Mental Health Mental Retardation Center$60,0001n/a
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Foundation Inc$59,37513%
Thaddeus Stevens Foundation$59,37512%
Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida Inc$59,37512%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$59,37511%
Nc State University$58,5001n/a
Jefferson County Public Schools$58,2841n/a
San Diego Unified School District$58,1481n/a
Tidepool Project$56,50011%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$55,00010%
Rose Womens Foundation$54,45024%
Marshall Legacy Institute$51,33622%
Goodwill Legacy Group Inc$51,00010%
Colorado Energy Office$50,0001n/a
Morris Brown College$50,00010%
World Resources Institute$50,00010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Collegiate Academies$50,00010%
National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy$50,00017%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$50,00010%
Washington University$50,00010%
Operation Restoration$50,00011%
Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation$50,00020%
Birmingham Promise Inc$50,00010%
Community Partners$50,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$50,0001n/a
Metropolitan State University of Denver$50,0001n/a
Hudson County Community College$50,0001n/a
Center for the Future of Arizona$50,0002n/a
The Ohio State University$50,0001n/a
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College$50,0001n/a
President and Trustees of Bates College$50,00010%
Chief Dull Knife College$50,00011%
Jardin de Los Ninos Inc$50,00013%
Austin Community College$50,0001n/a
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$50,00010%
Crossroads Cultural Arts Center$50,000148%
RISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego$50,00015%
Year One Inc$50,00011%
Centre College$50,00010%
Young African Americans for Social and Political Activism$50,00012%
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame$50,00010%
Wofford College$49,91220%
Natakallam LLC$47,5001n/a
The Asia Society$45,03510%
The Brookings Institution$45,00010%
Global Education Benchmark Group$43,044111%
Center for American Progress$40,00020%
Flint and Genesee Group Foundation$40,00010%
The Sand County Foundation Inc$40,00011%
Millennium Campus Network Inc$39,867111%
The University of Montana$36,7351n/a
Kissaq Kingikmiurguqtuat$35,0001n/a
Under One Roof$35,0001n/a
Climb Hire Inc$35,00012%
Kochai Books Inc$35,0001n/a
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$35,0001n/a
Simple Secrets LLC$35,0001n/a
Capita Social Inc$35,00013%
The George Washington University$34,99910%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates$33,0011n/a
Move Up Global Inc$33,000218%
Nonprofit Enterprise and Self- Sustainability Team Inc (Nesst)$33,00012%
Root Capital Inc$33,00010%
Oneamerica$32,00011%
Capitalplus Exchange Corporation$30,00011%
Wilkes County Schools$30,0001n/a
Partners in Food Solutions$30,00013%
Mexican American Chamber of Commerc$25,00011%
Reinvent Stockton Foundation$25,00010%
Pennsylvania State University$25,0001n/a
Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee$25,0001n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$25,0001n/a
The University of Tennessee$25,0001n/a
Driving Force Group Inc$25,00012%
Project Self-Sufficiency$25,00018%
Renaissance Entertainment LLC$25,0001n/a
City of San Antonio Westside Development Corporation$25,0001n/a
Barnard College$25,00010%
Colorado Homeless Families Inc$25,00012%
University of Maine System Inc$25,0001n/a
Hope College$25,00010%
The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project$24,92615%
Americans for Informed Democracy$24,873116%
Cultural Vistas Inc$24,39310%
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative$24,00012%
International Visitors Center of Chicago$22,75513%
Portland State University$22,4611n/a
International Visitors Council of Philadelphia$22,10914%
Northwestern University$21,82710%
Tomorrow's Women$20,49812%
Madison Area Technical College$20,1041n/a
Finpublica Inc$20,0001n/a
Living Classrooms Foundation$20,0001n/a
Mosaic Genius$20,0001n/a
Moonshotplatforminc$20,00013%
UndauntedK12$20,00011%
Procure Impact$20,0001n/a
First Sun Eap Alliance Inc$20,0001n/a
Science Leadership Academy Home and School Association$20,0001n/a
Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Inc$20,00010%
Duke University$20,00020%
Paars-Staat LLC$20,0001n/a
Black Outside Inc$20,00014%
Fund for Constitutional Government$20,00010%
Grapevine Health$20,0001n/a
Reconstruction US Inc$20,0001n/a
Seres Global$20,000138%
Frederick County Public Schools$20,0001n/a
Prisma Health-Upstate$20,00010%
The Hear Foundation$20,00012%
Social Art and Culture$20,000112%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$20,00010%
Aequitas Health$20,0001n/a
Acumen Fund Inc$20,00010%
City of San Antonio$20,0001n/a
Harlem Community & Academic Partnership$20,0001n/a
Bustelo Solutions Inc$16,5002n/a
Capital Workforce Partners Inc$16,50020%
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation$16,50020%
Villanova University$16,00010%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$15,00010%
Youth Empowerment Project$15,0001n/a
Kfug Community Radio Inc a Non- Profit Public Benefit Corporation$15,00016%
Breakfree Education$15,0001n/a
Urban League of Louisiana$15,00010%
Liberty's Kitchen Inc$15,00011%
Mellis LLC$15,0002n/a
Free Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education$15,00011%
Forward Cities Inc$15,00011%
National Black Bank Foundation$15,0001n/a
Latinos for Education Inc$15,00010%
Foodment Inc$15,0001n/a
On Ramps Dba New Orleans Technical Education Provider$15,00013%
The Dukes Group$13,5001n/a
San Jacinto Community College Foundation Inc$13,50010%
Global Health Corps Inc$13,00010%
New Ways to Work Inc$13,00011%
Choose 180$13,00010%
University of Hawaii Foundation$12,50010%
Marchitecture$12,0001n/a
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation$12,00013%
Ubuntu Black Family Wellness Collective$12,0001n/a
Commonsense Childbirth Inc$12,00011%
Teens of Color Abroad Inc$11,88013%
Mdc Inc$10,75020%
Wallowa Resources Inc$10,50020%
Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe$10,0001n/a
RefuSHE Inc$10,00010%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$10,00010%
Sunrise Opportunities$10,00010%
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc$10,00010%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$10,00010%
Florida College System Foundation$10,00011%
Redwoods Ccd$10,0001n/a
Good Jobs Institute Inc$10,00011%
Jobsfirstnyc$10,00010%
Youth Will$10,00019%
Boyz N the Wood Inc$10,0001n/a
The Family Partnership$10,00010%
Year Up Inc$10,00010%
Northern New Mexico College Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center$10,00011%
Foundation for California Community Colleges$10,00010%
Northwest Education Access$10,00010%
Woodstock Institute$10,00010%
Washington State Board for Community$10,0001n/a
Central New Mexico Community College Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Jenna Makes Good$8,5001n/a
A L Chandler Consulting$8,3001n/a
Jeanette Jordan Consulting LLC$8,0001n/a
Kce LLC$8,0001n/a
Veritas Global Advisors LLC$8,0001n/a
Roanoke College$7,50010%
Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc$7,44010%
The Urban Oasis Inc$7,00017%
Transformative Learning Solutions$7,0001n/a
Village of Violetville Inc$7,0001n/a
Connect to Compete Inc$7,00010%
Native American Realtors Association$6,9731n/a
Npower Inc$6,75010%
Tech Integrity Institute$6,75010%
Datakind Inc$6,75010%
Rochester Institute of Technology$6,75010%
Northwest Side Housing Center$6,75010%
The Land Institute$6,75010%
G Code Inc$6,75011%
Pacific Peering Conservancy Inc$6,7501n/a
Edudream$6,5001n/a
Urban Coders Guild$6,3751n/a
Children of the Setting Sun Product$6,08710%
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy$6,00010%
Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc$6,00010%
Advocacy Blueprints LLC$5,9001n/a
New America Foundation$5,20010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Aspen Institute Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIthaka Harbors Inc: $5,909,466 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSoliya Inc: $4,143,476 over 6y, 80% of budgetZero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance: $4,014,463 over 2y, 100% of budgetInternational Research & Exchanges Board Inc: $3,464,655 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetEqual Measure: $3,184,670 over 8y, 13% of budgetGlobal Nomads Group Inc: $2,744,749 over 7y, 46% of budgetThe Global Development Incubator Inc: $2,561,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetWorld Learning Inc: $2,559,708 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBoston Private Industry Council Inc The: $1,958,600 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCriterion Institute: $1,752,580 over 4y, 50% of budgetAlliance for Children's Rights: $1,745,110 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetJobs for the Future Inc: $1,314,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAlliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc: $1,192,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetWilliam Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan: $1,121,185 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $1,095,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPomona Impact Foundation: $1,076,960 over 3y, 34% of budgetPacific Community Ventures Inc: $1,035,664 over 4y, 11% of budgetPhiladelphia Youth Network Inc: $1,030,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetYouthbuild Global Inc: $948,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetIearn Inc: $901,972 over 3y, 13% of budgetCommunity Center for Education Results: $853,243 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetEmory University: $831,996 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Youth for a Change: $794,670 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetWilliam Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation: $780,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetNew York University: $775,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $768,256 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAfs Intercultural Programs Inc: $763,623 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetYouthBuild Newark Inc: $642,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetNorthern Great Lakes Initiatives: $635,767 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetGames for Change Inc: $624,059 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetNew York Academy of Sciences: $609,627 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetJustice Mapping Center Inc: $556,895 over 4y, 100% of budgetCapital for Good USA: $555,556 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Amarillo College Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetAmideast: $482,698 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKaram Foundation: $482,255 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $474,999 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetNew Orleans Youth Alliance: $470,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $457,467 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kind Foundation Inc: $446,287 over 3y, 78% of budgetWorksource - Greater Austin Area Dba Workforce Solutions - Capital: $442,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCoastal Enterprises Inc: $437,277 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetIcafund: $436,394 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetAfrican Development Center: $435,912 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetJustine Petersen Housing And Reinvestment Corporation: $435,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Values Work a Multi-State Consortium: $425,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNational Partnership for Women and Families: $424,535 over 2y, 3.3% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

Jobs for the Future IncMA45.4× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jobs for the Future Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Gates Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · American Association of Community Colleges · Achieving the Dream Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Citi Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Mdrc

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 The Aspen Institute Inc

How much does The Aspen Institute Inc give?
The Aspen Institute Inc reported 173 itemized grants totaling $25,554,608, out of $36,475,484 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 152 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Aspen Institute Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), International (12%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Aspen Institute Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ithaka Harbors Inc ($5.9M), Soliya Inc ($4.1M), Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance ($4.0M).
Does The Aspen Institute Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Aspen Institute Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jobs for the Future Inc, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation.
Where is The Aspen Institute Inc based?
The Aspen Institute Inc is based in DC.

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 482 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.

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