Oklahoma · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,300,550 to it, the largest being THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $75M
What American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation does
Mission
The dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of geology.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The l. Austin weeks memorial fund is utilized to support programs and projects as determined by the foundation trustees which advance the science of petroleum geology. During the year, this fund supports the geolegends video project, geoscientists without borders, supplemental grant to distinguished lecturer activities, pioneering women geoscientist project, as well as geoforce and a digital immersive geology project.
$126,847 spentof which $120,209 as grants6% of program spendingThe student scholarship program includes grants-in-aid providing financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in masters or ph.d. Programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources and/or related to environmental geology issues. Additionally, the student scholarship program supports educational expenses of undergraduate geoscience students and the departments of their school or university through the l. Austin weeks undergraduate program.
$264,138 spentof which $239,875 as grants12% of program spendingThe bulletin is the flagship technical journal of the american association of petroleum geologists. Aapg foundation provides funding to help support publishing the monthly issues of the bulletin.
$151,028 spentof which $141,000 as grants7% of program spendingThe aapg foundation supports a diverse group of other programs including scholarships for military veterans to pursue an undergraduate degree in geology, support for the boy and girl scouts of america including the boy scout jamboree and merit badge program, award recognition for outstanding geoscientists, and subscriptions for certain universities to have electronic access to the datapages digital archives.
$1,399,724 spentof which $1,045,150 as grants62% of program spendingThe distinguished lecture program reaches affiliated societies and universities around the world. The program assists with the expenses involved with providing distinguished geoscience lectures to speak before geological societies and university groups.
$312,036 spentof which $312,036 as grants14% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,253,773.
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 2020 to 2021, from $53M to $67M (+26%).
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.
21% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
James Mcghay
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $44k → $3.0M.
7 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION’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 ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 69% · 2019 66% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 70% · 2023 99% — 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
20% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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 ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oklahoma, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $291k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION
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In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
16%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The American Association of Petroleum Geologists · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,300,550 to it, the largest being THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,300,550 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION?
- THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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