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Association of American Educators Founda

Association of American Educators Founda (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,538,500 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,462,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$575k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$473k
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 81%
01What it does

What Association of American Educators Founda does

Mission

The Association of American Educators Foundation promotes and assists teachers and administrators in pursuing excellence in primary and secondary education.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sponsoring and/or funding meetings, conferences and conventions, open to the general public and educators, covering issues concerning primary and secondary education that are of interest to parents and the general public.

    $181,989 spent
    88% of program spending
  2. Provide written proposals for changes to public education as well as scholarships and fellowship programs focusing on improving methods and functions of primary and secondary education.

    $25,316 spentof which $25,316 as grants
    12% of program spending
  3. Produce and distribute publications for educators covering issues concerning primary and secondary education.

    $278 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $207,583.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($672k) Expenses 100 ($537k) Net assets 100 ($259k)2018 Revenue 107 ($716k) Expenses 129 ($691k) Net assets 110 ($284k)2019 Revenue 157 ($1.1M) Expenses 136 ($730k) Net assets 235 ($609k)2020 Revenue 151 ($1.0M) Expenses 187 ($1.0M) Net assets 68 ($177k)2021 Revenue 125 ($839k) Expenses 155 ($835k) Net assets 70 ($181k)2022 Revenue 96 ($643k) Expenses 117 ($630k) Net assets 75 ($194k)2023 Revenue 73 ($491k) Expenses 90 ($482k) Net assets 79 ($203k)2024 Revenue 86 ($575k) Expenses 57 ($306k) Net assets 183 ($473k)
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Revenue (86)Expenses (57)Net assets (183)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $609k to $204k (−67%).

$192k
$284k
$609k
$204k
$292k
$196k
$216k
$473k
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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

100% of Association of American Educators Founda’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,446 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$135k
’17
$25k
’18
$325k
’19
$8k
’20
$3k
’21
$13k
’22
$9k
’23
$269k
’24
15
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.

Board chair

Dr DeLaina Tonks

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+3+1+2+1+4+1
No longer listed·0211302
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $76k → $287k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 of American Educators Founda’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 of American Educators Founda leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

58%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 65% · 2021 73% · 2022 71% · 2023 55% — 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

20% of Association of American Educators Founda's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

Association of American Educators Founda draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.

OR
PA
CA
VA
AR
TX

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

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’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k 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

Against its field

Association of American Educators Founda runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Association of American Educators Founda

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In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 9%Fundraising 23%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Association of American Educators · exempt
  • Association of American Educators Affiliates · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Association of American Educators Founda?
Association of American Educators Founda (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,538,500 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,462,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Association of American Educators Founda have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,538,500 in grants to Association of American Educators Founda, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Association of American Educators Founda?
Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,462,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Association of American Educators Founda find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 9 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