North Carolina · Nonprofit
AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC
AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,230 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($730). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $312k
What Amazing Aven's Quest for Amoeba Awareness Inc does
Mission
We will provide funds to organizations and hospitals to help further research projects and raise awareness within the medical community. Through community sponsored events, billboards, brochures, and other media outlets aaqaa will model safe swimming activities to prevent future infections. All of our activities will be charitable in nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In order to fulfill our mission of funding research to improve the detection and treatment of nf we awarded a grant to the mossman lab at duke university. The ultimate goal of their reasearch is to develop an assay that can test csf for the presence of nf which would allow for easier and faster detection of nf infections. Currently the only method of detection is for lab technicians to physically see naegleria fowleri in the csf sample. We also, began meetings and connections with multiple other universities who are doing research projects on nf that we will be signing agreements with in early 2024.
$33,142 spentof which $33,142 as grants36% of program spendingTo support our mission of bringing awareness of nf to others we maintained our website, participated in several pr and community events, and promoted awareness through our social media accounts. Some of the events we attended include a mudcats baseball game (a semi-pro team in the area), events at local schools where we provided marketing materials regarding water safety and ways to prevent nf, and a holiday event with a local insurance company where we got to share aven's story. In addition we designed marketing materials including banners, shirts, hats, arm bands, and print materials for these events to increase community awareness.
$58,443 spentof which $42,187 as grants64% of program spendingWe particpated in various community awareness and outreach events including collaborating on an article in the american academy of pediatrics. We partnered with a phd student on a capstone project that was presented to er staff and residents. We did interviews with health talk, unc, and fox 8 news to spread awareness of nf and ways to prevent infection. We also collaborated on an article entitle "braineating amoeba, what you need to know". We partnered with several schools to host swim safe events with student.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $91,585.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $231k to $369k (+60%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
108% of AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $220 → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
59% of AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $730 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC?
- AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,230 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($730). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,230 in grants to AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $730 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMAZING AVEN'S QUEST FOR AMOEBA AWARENESS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing