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AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES
AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,788,772 to it, the largest being Council of American Overseas Research Centers ($1,778,772). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $11M
What American Inst of Indian Studies does
Mission
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about india and the promotion of intellectual engagement with india in american universities by providing research fellowship support, training in indian languages, knowledge of indian culture, and supporting publications about india.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Study of indian culture and civilization, awarding fellowships to support research and study.
$1,992,135 spentof which $606,743 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,992,135.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $13M to $15M (+15%).
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: 2019 12% · 2020 25% · 2021 28% · 2022 26% · 2023 33% · 2024 39% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Philip Lutgendorf
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $285k → $280k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES’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 INST OF INDIAN STUDIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
99% 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 INST OF INDIAN STUDIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — 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 INST OF INDIAN STUDIES draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 84 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Education$2.1M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$633k
- Department of State$292k
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 INST OF INDIAN STUDIES
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES: 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 INST OF INDIAN STUDIES?
- AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,788,772 to it, the largest being Council of American Overseas Research Centers ($1,778,772). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,788,772 in grants to AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES?
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers is the largest funder on record, with $1,778,772 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN INST OF INDIAN STUDIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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