American Institutes for Research in the
Arlington, VA · EIN 25-0965219. Reported 98 grants totalling $12.7M to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Institutes for Research in the, the IRS classifies it under social science rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE V230) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 72 distinct organizations, with 29% 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. 36% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $40,442. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $101,312; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $1,753,352. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policing Equity | W Hollywood, CA | $3,660,858 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for American Policing Reform Inc | Lebanon, TN | $2,499,068 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campbell Collaboration | Philadelphia, PA | $860,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $555,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Youth Policy Forum | Washington, DC | $285,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness | Rockville, MD | $197,173 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | $187,712 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poverty and Race Research Action Council | Washington, DC | $176,426 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Century Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $174,902 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thinklive Inc | Atlanta, GA | $172,360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $161,172 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $158,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform | Oakland, CA | $155,829 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Funders Together to End Homelessnes S Inc | Boston, MA | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $135,718 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New America Foundation | Washington, DC | $127,384 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education | Washington, DC | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norwegian Refugee Council USA | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $100,428 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B U I L D Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $99,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Development in Gardening | Atlanta, GA | $96,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Liv Recovery Sober Living | Lake St Louis, MO | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Educational Research Association | Washington, DC | $91,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc | Boston, MA | $87,187 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ayuda | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benchmark Analytics | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Univ of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ayuda Inc | Washington, DC | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice Systems Partners | South Easton, MA | $41,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Education Writers Association | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $39,968 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $38,476 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,110 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $32,176 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Education Northwest | Portland, OR | $27,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California Davis Chapter | Davis, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $21,995 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intersection Collective | West Chester, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evaluation Studio | Oakland, CA | $15,728 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Hunger Project | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enrichment Fund for Guilford County Schools Inc | Greensboro, NC | $13,112 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autism Research Institute | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition for Juvenile Justice | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eduseed | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girlforward | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heartland Alliance International Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels America | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muslim Community Center Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Black Womens Health Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shes the First Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women for Women International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Society on Aging | San Francisco, CA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church World Service Inc | Elkhart, IN | $7,613 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Affairs Council Inc | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lafayette Tool Library | Lafayette, LA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Word Inc | Nashville, TN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 72 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 Center for Policing Equity
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FURTHERANCE OF THEIR MISSION - Institute for American Police Reform Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FUTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S MISSION TO FOSTER SUSTAINED COLLABORATION AND SHARED OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC SAFETY - Center for Policing Equity
SUPPORT FOR POLICING EQUITY PROJECT - The Aspen Institute Inc
SUPPORT GRANTEE'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - The Campbell Collaboration
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FURTHERENCE OF GRANTEE'S MISSION OF PROMOTING A POSTIVE SOCIAL AND ECONCOMIC CHANGE THRU THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND OTHER EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS OR EVIDENCE BASED POLICY AND PRACTICE - Georgetown University
SEE SCHEDULE I, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONPROVIDE RESEARCH GRANT TO THE CENTER FOR INNOVATIONS IN COMMUNITY SAFETY OF THE GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 of 72 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $442,879 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $3,276,196 | $49,518 |
| 2023 | 28 | $4,767,410 | $42,238 |
| 2024 | 34 | $4,203,677 | $69,570 |
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
31% of its giving went to organizations in California. 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 the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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 $40,442 -- 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 California.
- 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 Institutes for Research in the's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 33 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 1400 Crystal Drive 10TH Floor, Arlington, VA, 22202.
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