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AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,819 to it, the largest being CO-IMPACT PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS INC ($290,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$14M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$365k
Net assets
$53M
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What American Economic Association does

Mission

The American Economic Association is an educational organization whose purpose is to encourage economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life, to issue publications on economic subjects and to encourage freedom of economic discussion.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The aea holds conferences and programs throughout the year including the annual meeting - where the aea in conjunction with 66 associations in related disciplines known as the allied social sciences associations (assa), holds a three-day meeting each january to present papers on general economics topics. Other conference/workshops held include the aea summer program, continuing education conference, cement workshops, educate, the ctree conference, csqiep mentoring conference and summer mentoring pipeline conference.

    $2,538,015 spent$1,169,301 earned by the program
    22% of program spending

  2. Production and maintenance of "econlit" - a database of economic papers, articles, etc from top economic sources which can be used for research.

    $818,839 spent$5,143,582 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  3. Publishing of "american economic review," "journal of economic literature," "journal of economic perspectives," "aej:economic policy," "aej:applied economics," "aej:macroeconomics," "aej:microeconomics and "aer: insights." approximately 20,000 members and subscribers served.

    $6,803,280 spent$4,291,783 earned by the program
    59% of program spending

  4. Committees includes program committees to address specific issues in the economics field to support the operations of the aea.

    $430,979 spent
    4% of program spending

  5. Joe network - one site targeted to the comprehensive needs of participants in the annual economic job market cycle. Companies and universities advertise job openings. The network also automates the repetitive activities of participants in the economics job market cycle including employers, candidates and faculty letter writers.

    $232,360 spent$1,133,840 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  6. Rct registry - a study registry for randomized controlled trials in economics.

    $65,733 spent
    1% of program spending

  7. Website content and communications.

    $497,509 spent$5,730 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  8. Support of other economic field organizations.

    $100,589 spent
    1% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,487,304.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($20M) Expenses 100 ($12M) Net assets 100 ($42M)2018 Revenue 61 ($12M) Expenses 106 ($13M) Net assets 89 ($37M)2019 Revenue 62 ($12M) Expenses 107 ($13M) Net assets 105 ($44M)2020 Revenue 65 ($13M) Expenses 112 ($13M) Net assets 114 ($47M)2021 Revenue 67 ($13M) Expenses 99 ($12M) Net assets 128 ($53M)2022 Revenue 69 ($14M) Expenses 101 ($12M) Net assets 105 ($44M)2023 Revenue 71 ($14M) Expenses 119 ($14M) Net assets 117 ($48M)2024 Revenue 73 ($14M) Expenses 111 ($13M) Net assets 128 ($53M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (73)Expenses (111)Net assets (128)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $56M to $49M (−13%).

$45M
$41M
$48M
$51M
$56M
$49M
$54M
$58M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 43 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$7.8M
’17
−$455k
’18
−$508k
’19
−$483k
’20
$1.5M
’21
$1.5M
’22
−$214k
’23
$1.2M
’24
0.7
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed3132313231303032
Joined·+7+5+10+6+6+7+8
No longer listed·6697776
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $84 → $290k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION’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 ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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

79% 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 ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.

79%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.

MI
NY
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 43 social science nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 43 social science nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.

State$3k
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07
08
09
10
11
23
By state
  • NJ$2k
  • FL$700

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION

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 Tennessee

Americana Music Association82%Middle Tn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Inc81%The Educators' Cooperative81%Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs Inc80%The Society of Entrepreneurs Inc80%Tennessee Cattlemens Association Inc80%Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council80%Appalachian Investors Alliance80%

Nationally

American Association of Colleges and Universities88%American Evaluation Association88%American Energy Alliance87%American Council of Engineering Companies of Indiana Inc86%Environment America Inc85%Agricultural & Applied Economics Association85%Experimental Aircraft Association Inc85%American Economic Liberties Project85%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION?
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,819 to it, the largest being CO-IMPACT PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS INC ($290,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $364,819 in grants to AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION?
CO-IMPACT PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $290,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 4 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