New Mexico · Nonprofit
AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY
AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY (New Mexico) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,967,373 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,402,250). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $9.3M
What American Indian Science and Engineering Society does
Mission
Aises is a national nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of indigenous peoples of north america and the pacific islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) studies and careers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pre-college programs: the focus of aises's pre-college program is to build awareness and increase retention in k-12 stem by providing native k-12 students, parents, and educators exposure and access to quality curriculum, programs, and opportunities to interest and engage them in stem.
$1,337,713 spentof which $56,795 as grants$25,800 earned by the program14% of program spendingEvents and leadership: aises produces large scale events for its members and others that serve as a forum for networking, learning, leadership, and professional development training, and sharing of research and best practices in stem fields. High school students have the opportunity to attend events and to gain exposure to stem activities at an annual stem day event. College students and professionals are exposed to potential employers along with resume support and interview opportunities. All events offer a cultural component which makes aises events unique.
$2,755,638 spentof which $140,780 as grants$446,429 earned by the program29% of program spendingStrategic initiatives and research: the focus of aises' strategic initiatives and research is to identify and leverage strategic partnerships and conduct research in stem issues specific to native people by identifying the challenges and successes in native stem education and workforce development through research, data collection, and partnerships with other key stem stakeholders.
$2,582,876 spentof which $801,980 as grants$75,000 earned by the program27% of program spendingScholarships: scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students, who are members of aises, for leadership and academic achievement. Aises administers academic and travel scholarships as well as an emergency fund to provide specific relief that would enable a student to continue pursuing their education. Public education and communications: aises utilizes an array of communications strategies and resources to educate the public, tribes, schools, nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and government agencies about the need for increased stem education and career opportunities for native people. Aises also conducts outreach to indigenous people and tribes to promote the importance of stem. Membership and chapter management: aises membership is open to students, professionals, and retirees. It is about connecting and relating with others, sharing stories, engaging in reciprocal relationships, gaining resources, and advancing educational and professional goals. Aises college, professional, and tribal chapters are located across north america and made up of aises members. The primary objectives of chapters are to enrich the professional, educational, service, and social…
$2,982,057 spentof which $993,047 as grants$429,502 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,658,284.
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.
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 $5.3M to $11M (+113%).
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: 2017 25% · 2018 24% · 2019 26% · 2020 32% · 2021 25% · 2022 24% · 2023 23% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Gary Burnette
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $402k → $1.8M.
17 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. 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 INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 54%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
63% 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 INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 74% · 2019 33% · 2020 23% · 2021 29% · 2022 19% · 2023 27% — 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 INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
51% of AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY'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 $7.8M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Mexico, across 21 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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.
Government funding AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.8M on record.
- National Science Foundation$5.0M
- Department of Education$3.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
- Department of Agriculture$1.4M
- Department of Defense$359k
- Department of Energy$314k
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 INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY
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 New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Aises Publishing Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY: 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 AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY?
- AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY (New Mexico) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,967,373 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,402,250). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $15,967,373 in grants to AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $6,402,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 64 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing