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American University

Name: American University grants, 2021–2022
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.

82
grants reported: $6.3M
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $48,611
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. 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

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Top recipients

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Johns Hopkins University2 grants · $512,017
Rochester Institute of Technology2 grants · $511,222
Ohio State University the1 grant · $400,995
Iearn2 grants · $324,800
Maryland Institute College of Art2 grants · $260,091
Texas Tech University2 grants · $214,973
Georgetown University1 grant · $213,071
Louisiana State University and a&M College1 grant · $201,456
University of California at Davis2 grants · $193,047
Insight Crime Incorporated2 grants · $181,989

Giving over time

$2.0M

2021

$4.2M

2022

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$491,122
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2022
Subaward
$400,995
Ohio State University the · Columbus, OH · 2022
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$358,395
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
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$213,071
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
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$201,456
Louisiana State University and a&M College · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
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$165,542
Iearn · New York, NY · 2021
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$159,514
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL · 2022
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$159,258
Iearn · New York, NY · 2022
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$157,490
Nova Southern Universiy · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
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$154,769
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
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$153,622
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$151,333
Insight Crime Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2021
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$148,339
University of California at Davis · Oakland, CA · 2022
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$138,350
Pytho Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
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$137,164
Maryland Institute College of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$122,927
Maryland Institute College of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2022
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$121,129
University of Arkansas · Little Rock, AK · 2022
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$111,124
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
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$109,577
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2022
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$105,396
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2021
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$88,608
Massachusetts General Hospital the · Boston, MA · 2022
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$87,025
University of the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2022
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$85,060
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
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$82,624
University at Albany · Albany, NY · 2022
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$80,943
University of Arizona · Tempe, AZ · 2022
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$73,391
Partnership for a Secure America · Washington, DC · 2021
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$71,836
Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
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$70,035
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
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$68,042
Trinity College · Washington, DC · 2021
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$67,207
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
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$66,623
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
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$63,918
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
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$63,670
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$62,481
University of the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2021
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$61,362
Bard College · Annadaleonhudson, NY · 2021
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$58,071
Gallaudet University · Washington, DC · 2022
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$53,820
Partnership for a Secure America · Washington, DC · 2022
Subaward
$52,822
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021
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$49,785
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
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$49,428
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
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$48,861
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
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$48,361
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
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$48,000
National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
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$46,390
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
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$46,147
University of Arizona · Tempe, AZ · 2021
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$46,000
Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
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$46,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2021
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$44,708
University of California at Davis · Oakland, CA · 2021
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$43,022
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
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$41,374
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
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$41,000
Catholic University · Washington, DC · 2021
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$39,174
Knowledge Ecology International · Washington, DC · 2022
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$36,589
University of Alabama · Huntsville, AL · 2022
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$35,208
Boise State University · Boise, ID · 2021
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$32,635
The Inspire Project · Alexandria, VA · 2021
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$31,181
The Research Foundation for State University of New York University at Alb · Albany, NY · 2022
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$30,751
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
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$30,656
Insight Crime Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
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$30,575
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
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$30,000
Environmental Protection Network · Washington, DC · 2022
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$27,771
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
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$23,754
University of Connecticut · New Haven, CT · 2022
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$23,426
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
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$22,183
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2021
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$22,024
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
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$21,930
Inspire Project · Alexandria, VA · 2022
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$21,156
Wesley Theological Seminary · Washington, DC · 2021
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$20,100
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2021
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$19,211
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
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$16,840
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
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$16,421
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2022
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$14,528
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
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$13,650
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
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$13,600
Knowledge Ecology International · Washington, DC · 2021
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$12,500
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
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$12,047
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
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$12,000
Wesley Theological Seminary · Washington, DC · 2022
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$10,336
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL · 2021
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$10,105
University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
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$10,000
The University of Alabama in Huntsville · Huntsville, AL · 2021
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$9,370
Children'S Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
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$7,503
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
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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.