Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,161,139 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($16,784,035). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities does
Mission
Aplu is a membership organization that fosters a community of university leaders collectively working to advance the mission of public research universities. The association's membership consists of more than 250 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems, and affiliated organizations spanning across all 50 states, the district of columbia, six u.s. Territories, canada, and mexico.the association and its members collectively focus on increasing student success and workforce readiness; promoting pathbreaking scientific research; and bolstering economic and community engagement. Drawing on the powerful collective action of its members, aplu's advocacy arm helps shape federal policy that maximizes the positive impact of public and land-grant universities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food, agriculture, and natural resources: the commission on food, environment, and renewable resources (cferr) focuses on cross-cutting issues related to agriculture, forestry, human sciences, natural resources, ecological sciences, oceans and atmosphere, and veterinary medicine in the functional areas of research, extension, and academic programs. The commission seeks to formulate and implement an integrated federal relations program and formulate congressional budget recommendations in high-priority areas of national concern.
$4,094,472 spentof which $251,593 as grants$3,840,406 earned by the program30% of program spendingResearch, innovation, and stem policy: the office of research, innovation, and stem policy's major focus is supporting institutional transformation towards stem faculty hiring, retention, advancement, and compensation, public impact research, and strengthening pathways to research administration leadership.
$2,153,828 spentof which $593,093 as grants$131,703 earned by the program16% of program spendingAcademic affairs conducts studies with member institutions, and issues reports intended to improve the academic undertakings of our members. Recently, it has devoted special attention to undergraduate education, including cost, financial aid, quality, time to degree, and accountability. The data policy and analysis group has carried out a number of projects and activities related to improving institutional data on student success, and better describing aplu institutions. Other projects in academic affairs have worked to improve and expand the use of digital learning technologies, improve mentoring for students, helping students improve success in introductory mathematics and further integrating career readiness into undergraduate education.
$1,970,074 spentof which $46,043 as grants$410,208 earned by the program15% of program spendingOffice of urban initiatives - the office of urban initiatives' major focus is public research universities located in urban centers which play a crucial role in anchoring the community, fostering neighborhood and economic development of their cities, and advancing the health, education, and well-being of city resident.
$1,244,248 spentof which $237,632 as grants$30,660 earned by the program9% of program spendingAll other programs including: congressional affairs, public affairs, economic development, information technology, international programs, and data & analytics.
$3,982,783 spentof which $80,691 as grants$10,900,803 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,445,405.
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 2020 to 2021, from $29M to $44M (+52%).
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 10% · 2018 16% · 2019 13% · 2020 9% · 2021 16% · 2022 9% · 2023 6% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $4.0M → $822k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $68k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National 4-H Council). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES raised.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES’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 PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 87% · 2019 89% · 2020 47% · 2021 37% · 2022 57% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.2M on record.
- National Science Foundation$10.5M
- Agency for International Development$1.9M
- Department of Commerce$523k
- Department of Agriculture$100k
- Department of Defense$95k
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 ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES?
- ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,161,139 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($16,784,035). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $26,161,139 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,784,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 14 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