Nonprofit
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,500 to it, the largest being LTM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($175,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $514k
- Net assets
- $13M
What The American University of Rome does
Mission
The American University of Rome is a degree-granting american university. It conducts an american university level academic program in its facilities in rome (italy), and collaborates with colleges and universities in the us and italy to organize special programs, conferences, seminars and other higher education programs in rome.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
General: to establish, operate, maintain and make known an american college and university in the city of rome, italy.
$12,917,696 spentof which $2,160,746 as grants$23,005,432 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,917,696.
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 $16M to $22M (+44%).
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.
4% of THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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.
Board chair
Thomas Mccarthy
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $29k → $56k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME’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
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 67%; 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 88% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 41% · 2022 57% · 2023 45% — 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
29% of THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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.
Against its field
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME
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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME?
- THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,500 to it, the largest being LTM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($175,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $513,500 in grants to THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME?
- LTM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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