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The Aspen Institute Inc

We drive change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve society's greatest challenges.the aspen institute ignites human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world.

$36M
Granted FY2024still arriving
173
Grants FY2024still arriving
34
States reached
$2.5M
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$33MInternational$14MArts & Culture$14MYouth Development$11MCommunity Improvement$9.1MEmployment$7.4MSocial Science$6.6MEnvironment$5.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 173 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 173 grants below total $25,554,608, the rows itemized in this filing. The $36,475,484 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,920,876 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $947k
  • $50k–250k78 grants · $8.3M
  • $250k+33 grants · $16M
$65,327
Median grant
34
States reached
$757M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZERO EMISSION MARITIME BUYERS ALLIANCE$2,461,282
ITHAKA HARBORS INC$1,444,394
SOLIYA INC$945,362
WORLD LEARNING INC$857,439
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$675,000
COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE$644,670
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS$637,110
BOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$501,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC$500,000
ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC$500,000
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC$453,192
EQUAL MEASURE$393,000
GLOBAL NOMADS GROUP INC$392,535
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION$391,958
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC$372,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $75k → 26%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 11%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $80k → 10%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $25k → 10%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $500k → 16%JARDIN DE LOS NINOS INC: $50k → 23%TAKE ACTION GLOBAL INC: $122k → 12%NORTHERN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVES: $346k → 11%FAMILY AND WORKFORCE CENTERS OF AMERICA: $123k → 11%FAMILY VALUES AT WORK - A MULTI STATE CONSORTIUM INC: $300k → 17%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $170k → 23%CLIMB: $165k → 10%THE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $50k → 26%EMPOWERMT: $90k → 9%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $75k → 10%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSITANCE MINISTRIES INC: $300k → 16%NORTHERN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVES: $190k → 11%FAMILY AND WORKFORCE CENTERS OF AMERICA: $31k → 11%FAMILY VALUES AT WORK A MULTI STATE CONSORTIUM INC: $125k → 17%COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL INC: $93k → 10%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $125k → 23%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $25k → 26%EMPOWER MT: $55k → 9%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $50k → 10%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $288k → 16%NORTHERN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVES: $100k → 11%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 23%EMPOWER MT: $50k → 9%BLACK OUTSIDE INC: $20k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $84k → 16%NEW MOMS INC: $154k → 14%OPERATION RESTORATION: $50k → 23%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES: $75k → 19%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $20k → 16%AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $236k → 11%AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100k → 11%TIDES CENTER: $300k → 10%AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100k → 11%TIDES CENTER: $300k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $48k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%THRIVE CHICAGO NFP: $196k → 14%YOUTHCARE: $75k → 9%THRIVE CHICAGO NFP: $20k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $15k → 23%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $140k → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $70k → 16%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $100k → 17%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

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Grants abroad, by region: $9.9M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 8 regions, $9.8M to organizations and $74k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.1M · 31% · 20 grants · 10 people

Stated purpose: ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS · ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUPPORT

Central America and the Caribbean$1.8M · 18% · 10 grants

Stated purpose: ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS

South Asia$1.7M · 18% · 10 grants · 3 people

Stated purpose: ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS · ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · GLOBAL IMPACT FUND AWARD

South America$1.4M · 14% · 6 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS · ASPEN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUPPORT

Middle East and North Africa$958k · 10% · 4 grants · 4 people

Stated purpose: VIRTUAL YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES · ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$546k · 6% · 5 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS · VIRTUAL YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$254k · 3% · 2 grants · 16 people

Stated purpose: ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · ASPEN GLOBAL INNOVATORS GROUP · HONORARIA

East Asia and the Pacific$175k · 2% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS · MCNULTY FOUNDATION CATALYST FUND AWARD · ASPEN FORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$89M · 169 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

169 repeat relationships: 85 still active in FY2024, 84 since wound down; 76 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

169
210

Total granted

$89M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+18%

Still filing today

79%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.3M 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
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • IH
    ITHAKA HARBORS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.9M · revenue +20%
  • SI
    Soliya Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +53% · 80% of their budget
  • ZE
    ZERO EMISSION MARITIME BUYERS ALLIANCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +41% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • AI
    AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $764k · revenue -1%
  • AC
    ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT
    one grant, 2021 · $600k
  • CF
    Capital for Good USAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $556k · revenue +118%
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
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
2
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
3
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
6
Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
9
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
10
Open Campus Media Inc

Higher education shapes the future of every community in america-determining who moves up the economic ladder, where good jobs develop, and how regions prosper. this promise depends on the public's ability to see and understand how their…

Arts & Culture
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latinos for Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 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

356 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 356 of the 482 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
356/356
Grantees still filing
225/356
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRITERION INSTITUTE: $1,752,580 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $1,745,110 · OtherGLOBAL NOMADS GROUP INC: $2,744,749 · OtherGLOBAL NOMADS GROUP INC+107 more: $37,770,182 · Other+107 moreSoliya Inc: $4,143,476 · InternationalSoliya IncINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC: $3,464,655 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RESEARC…THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $2,561,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMEN…WORLD LEARNING INC: $2,559,708 · InternationalWORLD LEARNING INCINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,877,649 · InternationalINSTITUTE OF INTERNAT…WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $1,121,185 · InternationalWILLIAM DAVIDSON INST…IEARN INC: $901,972 · InternationalAFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS INC: $763,623 · International+8 more: $2,118,935 · International+8 moreEQUAL MEASURE: $3,184,670 · EducationEQUAL MEASURETeachers College Columbia University: $1,095,000 · EducationTeachers College Col…COMMUNITY CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESULTS: $853,243 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $848,991 · EducationEmory University: $831,996 · EducationINDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $805,000 · EducationWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $780,000 · EducationNew York University: $775,000 · EducationResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $768,256 · EducationSINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $755,000 · Education+33 more: $8,272,974 · Education+33 moreITHAKA HARBORS INC: $5,909,466 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $421,500 · Social ScienceTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $350,000 · Social Science+1 more: $140,000 · Social ScienceALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $1,192,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $657,500 · Human ServicesNORTHERN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVES: $635,767 · Human ServicesAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $435,912 · Human ServicesFAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $425,000 · Human ServicesTexas Network of Youth Services Inc: $358,636 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $305,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE CHICAGO NFP: $216,000 · Human ServicesSocial Finance Inc: $210,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $205,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MT: $195,000 · Human Services+5 more: $745,493 · Human ServicesBOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC THE: $1,958,600 · EmploymentJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $1,314,500 · EmploymentYOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC: $948,000 · EmploymentWORKSOURCE - GREATER AUSTIN AREA DBA WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS - CAPITAL: $442,000 · EmploymentMICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON: $345,000 · EmploymentSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $180,000 · Employment+1 more: $150,000 · EmploymentZERO EMISSION MARITIME BUYERS ALLIANCE: $4,014,463 · EnvironmentCLEARPATH INC: $380,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $238,366 · EnvironmentKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES: $170,000 · Environment
Other$44,012,621International$19,512,203Education$18,970,130Social Science$6,820,966Human Services$5,581,308Employment$5,338,100Environment$4,802,829

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

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 budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,877,649 over 8y, 0.1% 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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $848,991 over 4y, 0.0% 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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $657,500 over 4y, 0.1% 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 budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $576,422 over 2y, 0.0% 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 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 ITHAKA HARBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Soliya Inc ↗
  • Who funds ZERO EMISSION MARITIME BUYERS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL MEASURE ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL NOMADS GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC THE ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CRITERION INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Teachers College Columbia University ↗
  • Who funds POMONA IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds IEARN INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESULTS ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO YOUTH FOR A CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Research Foundation of the City University of New York ↗
  • Who funds AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗

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 I…Annie E Casey Foundat…WK Kellogg FoundationGates FoundationAscendium Education S…Conrad N Hilton Found…American Association …Achieving the Dream I…The Kresge FoundationCiti FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…Mdrc
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Education Northwest: 44% of income from government
  • World Learning Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee: 32% of income from government
  • YouthBuild Newark Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Research Institute Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baystate Medical Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon: 5% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Take Action Global Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home