Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,209 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($183,300). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $228k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What American Evaluation Association does
Mission
To improve evaluation practices and methods, increase evaluation use, promote evaluation as a profession and support the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The annual conference: allows members to meet face-to-face with peers in the profession of evaluation. Attendees also have the opportunity to learn about the newest developments and methods in the field of evaluation.
$1,837,637 spentof which $9,969 as grants$3,197,920 earned by the program86% of program spendingInternships and student programs: the graduate education diversity internship program provides paid internship and training opportunities during the academic year. The gedi program works to engage and support students from groups traditionally under-represented in the field of evaluation.
$235,586 spent$134,901 earned by the program11% of program spendingTraining and education: American Evaluation Association provides year-round opportunities to advance in the field of evaluation and programs to support the development of evaluation professionals. Training and education are offered in the forms of webinars, e-learning self-directed online sessions and conference sessions.
$65,799 spentof which $2,000 as grants$208,381 earned by the program3% of program spendingInstitute: the overall purpose of the initiative is to increase the participation of evaluators and academics from underrepresented groups in the profession of evaluation and in the American Evaluation Association. The msi faculty initiative identifies this group of potential and practicing evaluators by drawing from faculty at msis.
$2,679 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,141,701.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.9M to $3.5M (−10%).
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.
1% of AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Anisha Lewis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $71k → $4k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 EVALUATION 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 EVALUATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 81% · 2022 59% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 EVALUATION ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 EVALUATION ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 48% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record — $8k federal, $2k state.
- Agency for International Development$8k
- VT$2k
- NJ$360
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 EVALUATION 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 EVALUATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,209 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($183,300). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $228,209 in grants to AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $183,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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