GrantmakersDistrict of Columbia

Association of American Medical Colleges

Washington, DC · EIN 36-2169124. Reported 180 grants totalling $4,525,596 to 108 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

108organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$4,525,596granted, 2020-2023
50%of grantees funded again the next year
18%of dollars to its largest recipient

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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Association of American Medical Colleges, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B030) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 108 distinct organizations, with 18% 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.
  3. 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $13,333 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $287,083. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
16 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
131 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
6 grants
$250,000 Or More
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC$809,999542023
National Medical Fellowships IncAlexandria, VA$275,750332023
Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, OR$232,500222023
Coalition to Strengthen Americas HealthcareWashington, DC$225,000442023
University of California Davis SomSacramento, CA$97,000522023
Columbia Land TrustVancouver, WA$81,200112023
Latin American Youth Center IncWashington, DC$80,000442023
House of RuthWashington DC, DC$77,132442023
Calvary Womens Services IncWashington, DC$75,000442023
Foundation for Biomedical ResearchWashington, DC$65,000332023
National Minority Quality Forum IncWashington, DC$65,000222023
Community of Hope IncWashington, DC$60,000332022
District Alliance for Safe Housing IncWashington, DC$60,000332022
Homeless Childrens Playtime Project IncWashington, DC$60,000332023
La Clinica Del Pueblo IncWashington, DC$60,000332023
Pathways to Housing DCWashington, DC$60,000332022
Marys Center for Maternal and Child Care IncWashington, DC$59,993332022
Josephs House Inc Financial OfficeWashington, DC$55,117332023
New York UniversityNew York, NY$54,564222023
340B HealthWashington, DC$50,000112022
Miriams KitchenWashington, DC$46,106332023
Food & Friends IncWashington, DC$45,000332022
The Johns Hopkins Health System CorporationBaltimore, MD$42,000222023
Bread for the City IncWashington, DC$40,000222023
Bright Beginnings IncWashington, DC$40,000222021
College Success Foundation-District of ColumbiaBellevue, WA$40,000222022
District of Columbia GovernmentWashington, DC$40,000222023
HipsWashington, DC$40,000222022
Hortons Kids IncWashington, DC$40,000222023
Mamatoto Village IncWashington, DC$40,000222023
Mentors of Minorities in Education IncWashington, DC$40,000222023
Sasha Bruce Youthwork IncWashington, DC$40,000222023
Spark the JourneyWashington, DC$40,000222023
Christ HouseWashington, DC$37,551222023
Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkAlbany, NY$35,998222023
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA$35,000112022
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$35,000222023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA$34,860222023
Henry Ford Health SystemDetroit, MI$33,000222023
Rector & Visitors of the University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA$32,442222023
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, CA$30,000222023
National Association of Advisors for Health Professions IncChampaign, IL$30,000332023
Augusta University Research Institute IncAugusta, GA$29,651222023
Augusta UniversityAugusta, GA$27,000112023
Lahey Clinic IncBurlington, MA$27,000112023
Rutgers the State UniversityPiscataway, NJ$27,000112023
Regents of the University of California at RiversideRiverside, CA$26,666222023
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC$26,666222023
Boston University Psychiatry Associates IncBoston, MA$25,000112023
Childrens Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH$25,000112022
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$25,000112022
National Association for College Admission Counseling IncArlington, VA$25,000112022
Nationwide Childrens Hospital IncColumbus, OH$25,000112023
Texas A&m Health Science CenterCollege Station, TX$25,000112022
University of DenverDenver, CO$25,000112023
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY$24,878222023
American Board of Internal MedicinePhiladelphia, PA$20,000112022
Capital Area Food BankWashington, DC$20,000112021
Covenant House Washington DCWashington, DC$20,000112020
Genesys WorksKeller, TX$20,000112023
Healthy Babies Project IncWashington, DC$20,000112023
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY$20,000112021
Marthas TableWashington, DC$20,000112021
Smyal IncWashington, DC$20,000112021
Some IncWashington, DC$20,000112022
Street Sense IncWashington, DC$20,000112023
The Consortium of Universities for Global HealthWashington, DC$20,000112022
Whitman-Walker Clinic IncWashington, DC$20,000112023
Woodley House IncWashington, DC$20,000112023
Friends of the Health & Human Services AcademyWashington, DC$18,901112021
University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA$16,488222023
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceWashington, DC$15,000112022
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$15,000112020
David a Winston Health Policy FellowshipWashington, DC$15,000112023
Latino Medical Student Association MidwestSpringfield, IL$15,000112022
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity IncCharleston, SC$15,000222023
Pre-Health Shadowing IncAlameda, CA$15,000112021
Regents of the University of ColoradoDenver, CO$15,000112022
Regents of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI$15,000222023
Research AmericaArlington, VA$15,000112022
Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science IncSan Jose, CA$15,000112022
The Arnold Gold FoundationFort Lee, NJ$15,000112022
University of WashingtonSeattle, WA$15,000112022
Albert Einstein College of MedicineBrooklyn, TX$13,333112022
Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY$13,333112023
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M D School of MedicineKalamazoo, MI$13,333112023
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$13,333112023
A Mainehealth HcsrPortland, ME$10,000112022
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$10,000112021
Childrens National Rehabilitation and Specialized CareWashington, DC$10,000112022
Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE$10,000112022
Curators of the University of MissouriKansas City, MO$10,000112023
Health Occupations Students of AmericaPlain City, OH$10,000112023
Health Occupations Students of AmericaSouthlake, TX$10,000112021
LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Faculty Group PracticeShreveport, LA$10,000112022
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH$10,000112022
Regents of the University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN$10,000112022
Southern Illinois University- CarbondaleCarbondale, IL$10,000112023
Student National Medical Association IncWashington, DC$10,000112021
The National Association of Medical Minority Educators IncCarrollton, GA$10,000112023
United States Fund for UnicefNew York, NY$10,000112021
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineSan Juan, PR$10,000112022
University of RochesterRochester, NY$10,000112023
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville, MA$7,500112022
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA$7,500112022
University of North DakotaGrand Forks, ND$7,000112022
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$5,602112022
Coolidge High School DC Public SchoolWashington, DC$5,200112020

46 of 108 (43%) 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 79 of 108 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.

Education
28 orgs
Health Care
17 orgs
Human Services
10 orgs
Housing & Shelter
4 orgs
Diseases & Disorders
4 orgs
Science & Technology
3 orgs
Food & Nutrition
3 orgs
Youth Development
2 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202022$575,000$20,000
202127$843,250$20,000
202271$1,401,892$20,000
202360$1,705,454$20,000

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

59% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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.

District of Columbia
$2.7M
Virginia
$348K
California
$243K
Oregon
$232K
New York
$169K
Washington
$136K
Massachusetts
$94K
Illinois
$90K

Down to the city

Washington, DC
$2.6M
Alexandria, VA
$276K
Portland, OR
$232K
Sacramento, CA
$97K
New York, NY
$85K
Vancouver, WA
$81K

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc44 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund43 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc40 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program37 shared recipientsGreater Washington Community Foundation33 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust30 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
  4. 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 Association of American Medical Colleges's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 55 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 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 100, Washington, DC, 20001.

EIN 36-2169124 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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