Maryland · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC
ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,564,128 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Association on American Indian Affairs Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1922, the association assists american indian and alaska native nations in their efforts to achieve full economic, social and civic equality, and to defend their rights. The association is governed by a board of directors consisting of prominent native american people from such fields of law, education, health and public services, and is funded by its members and contributors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural sovereignty: cultural sovereignty means simply returning control over the things that make us who we are as native peoples. Over the course of history, colonial powers have forcibly removed us from our homelands, looted our graves and sacred places, outlawed our languages and religions, and kidnapped our children. The association's cultural sovereignty program works to develop infrastructure - such as federal, state and native nation laws and policies that will support the return of our stolen lands, ancestors, religious practices, languages, identity, and bringing home our children who died at boarding schools. In addition, the association develops training, strategies and technical support to build capacity within native nations, and work to change perspectives of those who wish to hold onto our culture without free, prior and informed consent.
$537,190 spentof which $2,292 as grants50% of program spendingNext generations: the association has been providing grants and other assistance to strengthen and build our next generation of advocates and wisdom keepers. The association is the oldest scholarship provider to native students since 1947; and have been providing funding for summer youth programming since 1963. Maintaining and healing our families is also paramount to our next generations program. The association began its advocacy in indian child welfare issues in the 1960s and its research and advocacy directly led to the enactment of the indian child welfare act of 1978 - which is currently under attack by deep pockets. Through litigation, technical assistance, research and education, the association is fighting to protect the integrity of native families. The association also is working to build community and culturally appropriate resources in our youth justice programs to keep youth in school and out of detention and incarceration.
$312,375 spentof which $12,292 as grants29% of program spendingBecome an ally: the association on american indian affairs has over 100 years of providing meaningful public education on issues that affect native country and does so through its become an ally program. The association believes that a society that understands native peoples, their sovereign nations and diverse cultures will make better decisions about the environment, the economy, education, healthcare, and how we can all exist together on one planet. The become an ally program is about building relationships that will support allyship, education and accountability for our world and each other. This program utilizes our various social media platforms to deliver public education, create productive dialogue, and encourage action from our supporters about native nation issues. Become an ally is our public affairs and communication arm that works to lift up native country by sharing information about our program successes and how you can help support our vision, mission and goals. Become an ally includes all of our programs and initiatives, as well as the association's 100 years of history, our indian affairs journal that has been published since the 1930s, our internships,…
$230,214 spentof which $2,291 as grants21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,079,779.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.1M to $4.7M (+55%).
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 15% · 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $17k → $513k.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC’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 ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 53% · 2021 47% · 2022 48% · 2023 29% — 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
13% of ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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 ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC?
- ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,564,128 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $2,564,128 in grants to ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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