Missouri · Nonprofit
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY (Missouri) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,805,179 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,179,993). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $-67855
What American Institute for Respiratory Equity does
Mission
The American Institute for Respiratory Equity serves those affected by asthma and allergies through education, support and medical resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
First accomplishmentthe breath (bridging resources to encourage asthma treatment and health) program served a total of 169 clients in 8 counties in the saint louis region in 2024. 83% of kids in the program increased their score on the national asthma control test while on the program. 100% of children who were previously frequent hospital patients reported fewer emergency room visits in their first three weeks on the program. Upon diagnosis though our "diagnosis kits." diagnosis kits - over 1700 children were given backpacks full of medical and educational resources. Referred to as "new diagnosis kits". These are an attempt to expedite control. 3440 pieces of medical equopment were distributed. 18,200 pieces of educational materials were distributed, along with 8600 supportive materials.the rescue (resources for every school confronting unexpected emergencies) program provided asthma emergency equipment to 6,405 schools throughout both missouri and illinois and trained school nurses on how to use them. Through this partnership, 78% of the children who were treated with this equipment while at school were able to return to class instead of being sent home or to the emergency room,…
$2,794,490 spentof which $1,640,964 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,794,490.
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 $549k to $1.5M (+177%).
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: 2020 8% · 2023 84% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Chris Martinez
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $184k → $179k.
5 of 20 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY’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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 77% · 2019 72% · 2020 66% · 2021 50% · 2022 48% · 2023 74% — 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
18% of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
88% of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $167k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY: 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY (Missouri) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,805,179 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,179,993). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,805,179 in grants to AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,179,993 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORY EQUITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 20 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