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AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (Virginia) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,206,188 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($53,694,574). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $437M
- Funders on record
- 86
- Grants received
- $113M
- Net assets
- $920M
What American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences does
Mission
See schedule oair's mission is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world.air's vision is to be a premier research, evaluation, and technical assistance organization, guided by principles of ethical decision-making, collaborations, inclusion, and innovation.toward this vision, specifically, air:- informs improvements to education, health, workforce development and related social sciences areas.- collaborates with organizations, policymakers, and practitioners to adopt evidence-based practices.- partners globally and locally with other organizations and communities; and,- integrates expertise in substantive and policy arenas, research and evaluation, and the implementation of evidence-based practices and interventions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Air conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance toward solving some of the most urgent challenges in the u.s. And abroad. During 2024, air generated revenue by providing contracted services or from grants received from federal and state agencies and other non-profit organizations (collectively, referred to as client services). Net earnings are reinvested to strengthen long-term institutional vitality.narrative is continued on schedule othe expertise and activities of client services span broadly and deeply across human services, health and international sectors and support stakeholders ranging from policymakers, public service professionals and practitioners as they shape outcomes for young people, families, and communities to improve quality, access, enable thriving opportunities, and improve lives for all. Air also conducts and applies rigorous research and evaluation to provide governments and international aid agencies with tools, expertise, and information to measure the programs' effectiveness, initiatives, and institutions. Through technical assistance, air helps leaders, policymakers, and organizations build, pilot, and implement…
$301,501,285 spentof which $79,603,069 as grants$292,404,864 earned by the program92% of program spendingAir uses board-authorized appropriations from its quasi-endowment to support initiatives (collectively referred to as the air opportunity fund) that are typically not otherwise financed by external sources. Through this work, air aims to: (1) bridge the gap between research and practice by supporting projects that apply evidence to real-world challenges in education, workforce development, neighborhood safety, and health and well-being; (2) strengthen organizational and individual capacity --and the structures, tools, and processes that enable the effective use of evidence in policy and practice; and (3) invest in innovative efforts that demonstrate the potential to translate research into measurable improvements for people and communities.narrative is continued on schedule oair opprotunity fund is funded with a portion of the annual appropriation from the quasi-endowment. The amount of the annual appropriation is guided by the intention of maintaining the long-term, inflation-adjusted purchasing power of the quasi-endowment and generally ranges up to 5% of the trailing thirty-six-month fair market value of the underlying investment portfolio.
$26,913,856 spentof which $6,598,862 as grants$21,271 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $328,415,141.
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 2018 to 2019, from $464M to $870M (+87%).
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 90% · 2018 85% · 2019 52% · 2020 72% · 2021 59% · 2022 72% · 2023 75% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $3.9M → $17M.
11 of 86 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
32% 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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 66% · 2019 61% · 2020 69% · 2021 56% · 2022 59% · 2023 37% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5B on record.
- Department of Education$861.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$375.6M
- Agency for International Development$76.8M
- Department of Labor$74.7M
- Department of Justice$48.8M
- National Science Foundation$35.4M
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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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 Virginia
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
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Impaq International LLC · disregarded
- Impaq LLC · disregarded
- Air International · exempt
- Air Europe · exempt
- American Institutes for Research (Zambia) Limited · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (Virginia) receives grants from 86 organizations whose IRS filings report $113,206,188 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($53,694,574). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES have?
- IRS filings report 86 organizations giving $113,206,188 in grants to AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $53,694,574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 86 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