Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $795,742 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($150,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $796k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What American Academy of Diplomacy does
Mission
To support and strengthen u.s. Diplomacy and enhance public appreciation of its critical role in advancing the national interest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and outreach - aad conducts several outreach programs, which include an annual discussion of current topics, a series of speaking programs at several universities across the country and two high schools in connecticut, and an annual forum on pertinent foreign policy themes. Aad also runs two podcast series, implemented with support from american foreign service association, arizona state university, carnegie corporation of new york, and fletcher school at tufts university, which offer listeners an inside look at diplomacy as to what diplomacy is and what takes place on the ground, straight from the diplomats as well as their military and other colleagues overseas that make it happen. Finally, aad maintains a collection of diplomatic teaching and student resources, which are available on aads website.
$510,598 spent$851,083 earned by the program83% of program spendingAwards and recognition - aad presents annually the walter & lenore annenberg award for excellence in diplomacy, two arthur ross media awards for distinguished reporting and analysis of foreign affairs, and the douglas dillon book award for a book of distinction on the practice of american diplomacy to individuals in recognition of their significant contributions to the field of diplomacy. In 2023, aad also added a new annual award - the henrietta fore award for excellence in development, which recognizes an individual or a group who has made exemplary contributions to the field of development, either as a us government official or in support of american developmental work.
$84,055 spent$60,720 earned by the program14% of program spendingAads most recent publication is the blueprint2: professional education and training which is a chapter in the 2022 report by marc grossman and marcie ries titled blurprints for a more modern us diplomatic service. The report as a whole, published by arizonas state university, offers an actionable guide for producing operationally significant changes in the ways the united states organizes and executes its diplomacy. More specifically, blueprint 2, written by aad, developes concrete measures necessary to increase the professional capacities of u.s. Diplomats by expanding opportunities for professional education and training. Other recent publications include changing the risk paradigm for u.s. Diplomats (2021), which offers the state departments a set of recommendations for addressing the growing risk aversion at its overseas missions, include the legisilative change of the accountability review boards; strengthening the department of state (2019), which offers recommendations for how to enhance the structures and processes of the department.
$18,280 spent$18,216 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $612,933.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $4.8M to $5.6M (+16%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $104k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY’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
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
44% 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 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 38% · 2019 47% · 2020 36% · 2021 22% · 2022 24% · 2023 69% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
54% of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $325k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Diplomatic Action Group · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY?
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $795,742 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($150,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $795,742 in grants to AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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