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American Public Transportation

Name: American Public Transportation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

53
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

advocacy grassroots sponsorship

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Business Members Board of Governors1 grant · $206,753
National Academy of Sciences2 grants · $156,590
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials4 grants · $89,100
American Public Transportation Foundation3 grants · $85,000
Transportation Research Board National Academy of Sciences1 grant · $61,660
Connect Maricopa1 grant · $50,000
Introducing Youth To American Infrastructure2 grants · $40,000
Mineta Transportation Institutesjsu Research Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Mineta Transportation Institute Sjsu Research Foundation1 grant · $20,000
St Paul Transportation Management Organization2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$120,320

2021

$154,265

2022

$266,925

2023

$582,993

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$206,753
Business Members Board of Governors · Washington, DC · 2024
Sponsorship
$79,325
National Academy of Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Sponsorship
$77,265
National Academy of Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Sponsorship
$61,660
Transportation Research Board National Academy of Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Sponsorship
$50,000
Connect Maricopa · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Sponsorship
$45,000
American Public Transportation Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Annual contribution/sponsorship
$30,000
American Public Transportation Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Annual contribution/sponsorship
$27,100
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials · Arlington, VA · 2023
Sponsorship
$25,000
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials · Arlington, VA · 2024
Sponsorship
$25,000
Mineta Transportation Institutesjsu Research Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Sponsorship
$25,000
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials · Washington, DC · 2021
Sponsorship
$20,000
Greater Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$20,000
Mineta Transportation Institute Sjsu Research Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Sponsorship
$20,000
Introducing Youth To American Infrastructure · Mobile, AL · 2023
Sponsorship
$20,000
Introducing Youth To American Infrastructure · Albany, CA · 2022
Sponsorship
$15,000
Nashville Moves Action Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024
Sponsorship
$15,000
Mpact · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Sponsorship
$15,000
Rail-Volution (Rail-V) · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Sponsorship
$15,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2021
Sponsorship
$15,000
Mineta Transportation Institutesan Jose State University Research Foundati · San Jose, CA · 2021
Sponsorship
$12,000
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials · Washington, DC · 2022
Sponsorship
$10,000
Atx Kids Club · Austin, TX · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Baltimore Transit Campaign · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop · Lexington, KY · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Coalition To Advance Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Downtown On the Go · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Keep Seattle Moving 2024 · Seattle, WA · 2024
Sponsorship
$10,000
Moving Central Ohio Forward · Columbus, OH · 2024
Sponsorship
$10,000
Partners in Transit · Uvalde, TX · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Pittsburghers for Public Transit Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Providence Streets Coalition · Providence, RI · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Rva Rapid Transit · Richmond, VA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
San Francisco Transit Riders · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Seamless Bay Area Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
St Paul Transportation Management Organization · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
The Street Trust Community Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Transport for Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Transportation Choices Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
American Public Transportation Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Annual contribution
$10,000
Grow Smart Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Southest Area Regional Transit District · Uvalde, TX · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
St Paul Transportation Management Organization · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$10,000
Valley Vision · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$9,830
Movability · Austin, TX · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$9,750
Grow Smart Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$8,820
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$8,000
Full Access & Coordinated Transportation · Oceanside, CA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$7,000
Town of Great Barrington · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Grassroots advocacy
$6,500
Citizens for Modern Transit · St Louis, MO · 2021
Grassroots advocacy
$5,500
Council of University Transportation Centers · Missoula, MT · 2023
Sponsorship

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