Missouri · Nonprofit
APWA FOUNDATION
APWA FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Apwa Foundation does
Mission
The Apwa Foundation is driven by its organizational mission statement, to provide resources for the advancement of public works professionals and the public works industry. The Apwa Foundation was created to serve as a philanthropic arm to raise financial funding to support the mission of the american public works association, a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in kansas city, missouri (apwa). The foundation's programs are facilitated and delivered through the apwa. The foundation has four designated direct giving avenues and a general fund to provide donors the ability to direct their donation to a specific public works program or activity. The foundation can accept individual and corporate donations for any of the directed giving opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The foundation's key direct giving programs and annually planned activities are listed below: -public works education: the Apwa Foundation provides financial funding to create educational training and professional development opportunities focused on emerging public works technologies, leadership development, public works innovation and best practices idea exchanges between public works professionals. -advancement of young professionals in public works: the Apwa Foundation provides financial funding to create and develop young professional's leadership and educational training to continue to improve and advance the profession. -international public works education: the Apwa Foundation provides funding for public works professionals to participate in an international study and professional exchange program. The jennings randolph international fellowship program promotes international collaboration and sharing of public works best practices, knowledge and innovation both nationally and with public works colleagues in north america through educational sharing after completing the international study tour. -public works awareness in the community and the public: the Apwa Foundation…
$0 spent2024 yp summit: the Apwa Foundation is proud to sponsor the upcoming yp summit on september 7, 2024, in atlanta, georgia, as part of the apwa pwx conference. The foundation has contributed $10,000 in funding to support the event. The yp summit is expected to attract 150 young professionals and will offer a platform for individuals under the age of 35 to engage with experienced leaders. The summit will feature targeted skill-building leadership sessions and provide valuable networking opportunities to help participants strengthen their professional skills.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $72k to $90k (+24%).
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.
100% of APWA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Scott Grayson
CEO
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of APWA FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of APWA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
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
APWA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like APWA FOUNDATION
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APWA FOUNDATION: 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 APWA FOUNDATION?
- APWA FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APWA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,000 in grants to APWA FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of APWA FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APWA FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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