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ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY

ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY (Nevada) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $539,552 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($258,515). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$515k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$540k
Net assets
$930k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Association for Education Finance & Policy does

Mission

The association for education finance and policy (aefp) is dedicated to the promotion of research and partnerships that can inform education policy and finance and improve education outcomes. The aefp promotes its mission by: encouraging intellectually rigorous education finance and policy-related inquiry and scholarship capable of improving understanding and practice. Disseminating theoretical and practically useful knowledge. Stimulating responsible public and professional deliberation and debate regarding findings, practical policy applications, and research methods. Expanding the spectrum of scholars and practitioners from multiple intellectual disciplines and professional fields examining education finance and policy. Welcoming early career scholars and practitioners into conversations about education finance and policy and fostering an atmosphere of inclusion and respect. Centering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the work of the organization to ensure that all voices

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. More than 900 participants attended aefp's 2024 annual conference, where researchers and practitioners presented their work on p-20 education finance and policy. Conference participants include policymakers from local, state, and federal agencies; representatives from teacher associations; university faculty; researchers from think tanks and nonprofit organizations; and professionals in fields such as education, economics, political science, public administration, and higher education. Major topic areas include educator labor markets and effectiveness, student outcomes, and school finance. The conference's relatively small size fosters meaningful engagement among attendees across career stages and sectors. Aefp's annual conference is the organization's primary mode of member engagement and includes plenary sessions and networking opportunities that facilitate collaboration beyond paper presentations.

    $380,372 spent$337,845 earned by the program
    69% of program spending
  2. Aefp publishes through mit press a quarterly journal, education finance & policy, for its members and to university libraries, founded in 2005-2006. The 2024 impact factor: 2.0 and the 2024 google scholar h5-index: 29.

    $88,920 spent$11,817 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Aefp provides travel grants, outstanding dissertation awards, and early career awards to graduate students and early career scholars.

    $80,668 spentof which $58,704 as grants
    15% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $549,960.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($404k) Expenses 100 ($348k) Net assets 100 ($271k)2018 Revenue 102 ($414k) Expenses 85 ($297k) Net assets 143 ($388k)2019 Revenue 101 ($407k) Expenses 106 ($370k) Net assets 157 ($425k)2020 Revenue 100 ($403k) Expenses 64 ($223k) Net assets 220 ($595k)2021 Revenue 100 ($404k) Expenses 54 ($188k) Net assets 300 ($811k)2022 Revenue 140 ($568k) Expenses 135 ($469k) Net assets 336 ($910k)2023 Revenue 163 ($658k) Expenses 149 ($520k) Net assets 387 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 127 ($515k) Expenses 182 ($633k) Net assets 344 ($930k)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (182)Net assets (344)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $626k to $815k (+30%).

$393k
$458k
$498k
$626k
$815k
$916k
$1.1M
$947k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$56k
’17
$117k
’18
$37k
’19
$180k
’20
$216k
’21
$99k
’22
$138k
’23
−$118k
’24
17
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed2322232423232222
Joined·+12+9+7+7+7+7+5
No longer listed·13868785
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $10k → $256k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY’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

ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48%
largest funder
91%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 49% · 2023 34% — 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.

Where its funders are

ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 5 states in all.

WA
NY
AR
NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Nevada out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY

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 Nevada

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 12%Fundraising 1%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY?
ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY (Nevada) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $539,552 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($258,515). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $539,552 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY?
Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $258,515 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 7 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