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American Association of Colleges of
Washington, DC · EIN 52-0971333. Reported 111 grants totalling $2,500,333 to 76 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For American Association of Colleges of, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B030) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 4% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 46% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $6,667 and $35,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
4 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $66,667 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $112,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Creighton University | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Russell Sage College | Troy, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samuel Merritt University | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Walla Walla University | College Place, WA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wright State University | Dayton, OH | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fayetteville St University | Fayetteville, NC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loma Linda University | Loma Linda, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mckendree University | Lebanon, IL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville, TN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oakland University | Rochester, MI | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unc Charlotte School of Nursing | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | Kansas City, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington State University | Renton, WA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $12,667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fiu Foundation | Miami, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prairie View A&m University | Prairie View, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennessee Foundat Ion Inc | Knoxville, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Hsc at Houston | Houston, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morgan State University Foundation Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Carolina Central University | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern State University Office of Business Affairs | Natchitoches, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | $7,666 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | Saint Louis, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | Teaneck, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hunter College | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Molloy University | Rockville Ctr, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pace University | Pleasantville, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | Macon, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Galveston, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cleveland, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Virginia Univ Foundation Inc | Morgantown, WV | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
22 of 76 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The Curators of the University of Missouri
CDC BUILDING COVID-19 VACCINE CONFIDENCE SUBAWARD - Fairfield University School of Nursing
AMERICAN NURSES FOUNDATION COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION AWARD - The Ohio State University
FOUNDATION - FACULTY SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM - The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
FOUNDATION -FACULTY SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM - The University of Arizona
JONAS SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM - University of South Florida
NIDA MENTORED TRAINING AWARD
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $66,667 | $17,500 |
| 2021 | 17 | $797,666 | $70,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $430,000 | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $622,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 57 | $584,000 | $12,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
13% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from American Association of Colleges of's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 57 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 655 K Street Nw 750, Washington, DC, 20001.
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