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American Ornithological Society

Name: American Ornithological Society grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

9
grants reported: $119,450
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 9 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Louisiana State University Office of Sponsored Programs · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Kessel fellowship for early career scientists providing two years of support for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application.
$15,000
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Kessel fellowship for early career scientists providing two years of support for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application
$15,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Kessel fellowship for early career scientists providing two years of supporting for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application
$15,000
Humboldt State University · Arcata, CA · 2023
Kessel fellowship for early career scientists providing two years of supporting for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application.
$15,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Kessel fellowship for early career scientists provide up to two years of support for the full range of ornithological research as described in their application.
$9,850
Univeristy of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2023
Research awards supporting students aos members based on the quality of the research as described in their application
$7,500
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Priority project research award supporting emerging science.
$7,100
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
Research grants supporting student aos members based on the quality of the research as described in their application
$5,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Research grants supporting student aos members based on the quality of the research as described in their application

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.