American Property Casualty Insurance Association
Chicago, IL · EIN 20-0487810. Reported 130 grants totalling $10.3M to 76 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 Property Casualty Insurance Association, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S41) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 43% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 50% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $2,606 and the largest $1,194,977. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apcia Political Account | Chicago, IL | $4,425,908 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Apcia California Pac | Sacramento, CA | $855,659 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Apcia Political Account I | Chicago, IL | $691,131 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Tort Reform Association | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Nation | Haymarket, VA | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jobs and Security | Alexandria, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee on Capital Markets Regulation Inc | Cambridge, MA | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Florida Justice Reform Institute Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohioans for a Healthy Economy Inc | Columbus, OH | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texans for Lawsuit Reform | Houston, TX | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ca for Fair Pay and Emp Accountability | Sacramento, CA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Finer Carolina Fund | Alexandria, VA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Right Vote Inc | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Action Network Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Defeat the Costly Tax on Sales | Salem, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gopac Education Fund | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America Inc | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Insurance Legislators Foundation Inc | Belmar, NJ | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Action Forum Inc | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Apcia Colorado Pac | Chicago, IL | $59,866 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Personal Insurance Federation of California | Sacramento, CA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Leadership Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for American Ideas | Mclean, VA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Republican Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Majority Forward | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| No Labels | Washington | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tcjl Foundation | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The George W Bush Foundation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan State Chamber of Commerce | Lansing, MI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Legal Foundation | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Inc | Albany, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Urban League Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Third Way Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Associated Industries of Florida | Tallahassee, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Chamber of Commerce | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civil Justice Association of California | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civil Justice Reform Pac | Harrisburg, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House Majority Forward | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Accountability for Government Fund | Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wmc Issues Mobilization Council | Madison, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA Project Inc | Worcester, MA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lacasa | Howell, MI | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Western Caucus Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Governors Association | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Namic Administrative Fund | Indianapolis, IN | $16,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Insurance Alliance of Michigan | Lansing, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jobs First Coalition Inc | Brookfield, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medal of Honor Museum Foundation | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation | Columbia, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteers in Service to Others | Gainesville, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apcia Political Account II | Chicago, IL | $9,623 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Business and Industry Coalition Inc and the S Carolina Civil Just Coal | Columbia, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Reagan Fund | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Ach Clear Pathways | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | Akron, OH | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut Inc | Windsor, CT | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement USA | Baltimore, MD | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Ohio Inc | Westerville, OH | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | Norristown, PA | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| T a S K | Trenton, NJ | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Kindersmile Foundation | Bloomfield, NJ | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whatsmyname | Surf City, NJ | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Democratic Club | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Foundation for Judicial Excellence | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
29 of 76 (38%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 of 76 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 | 28 | $2,254,850 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $2,508,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $2,438,546 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $3,115,895 | $25,000 |
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
51% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. 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
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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 $25,000 -- 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 Illinois.
- 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 Property Casualty Insurance Association'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 16 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 22 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: 8700 West Bryn Mawr Suite 1200S, Chicago, IL, 60631.
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