Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,255,034 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,587,257). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $118M
What National Academy of Engineering Fund does
Mission
Naef supports the activities of the national academy of engineering (nae). Nae operates within the charter and framework of the national academy of sciences (nas) and advises the federal government on matters of science and technology. Nae also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes engineers' superior achievements.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Nae programs that address relevant issues in engineering field including, but not limited to, education, engineering practice, and the engineering workforce, engineering and the environment, engineering, the economy, and society, information technology and society, engineering ethics, frontiers of engineering, manufacturing, diversity, and public policy and program reviews.
$3,997,411 spentof which $3,997,411 as grants64% of program spendingNae member programs: organization and administration of the annual meeting and publication of nae memorial tributes.
$1,151,717 spentof which $1,151,717 as grants$227,100 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe national academy of engineering (nae) presents seven awards: the charles stark draper prize for engineering, fritz j. And dolores h. Russ prize, bernard m. Gordon prize for innovation in engineering and technology education, arthur m. Bueche award, simon ramo founders award, gibbs brothers medal, and j.c. Hunsaker award in aeronautical engineering. Activities include soliciting nominations, selecting recipients, announcing awardees, and presenting the prizes. In 2024, only one awardthe charles stark draper prize for engineeringwas presented.
$726,632 spentof which $726,632 as grants12% of program spendingSupport for nrc and nas
$357,598 spentof which $357,598 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,233,358.
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 $97M to $121M (+25%).
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.
83% of NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 12 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $2.4M → $2.5M.
32 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 32% · 2019 26% · 2020 46% · 2021 26% · 2022 23% · 2023 20% — 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
57% of NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
74% of NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.4M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 149 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Academy of Sciences · exempt
- The National Academies Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND?
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,255,034 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,587,257). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $17,255,034 in grants to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,587,257 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND 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 61 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