American Federation for Aging
New York, NY · EIN 13-3045282. Reported 189 grants totalling $40.7M to 109 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 Federation for Aging, the IRS classifies it under social science rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE V360) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 109 distinct organizations, with 5% 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.
- How much its list changes. 35% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $120,000. Half of what it reported fell between $45,629 and $375,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $1,155,485. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | State College, PA | $1,975,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $1,726,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $1,702,734 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $1,289,593 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $1,250,977 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,079,901 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,069,324 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $1,047,887 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $1,035,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,034,104 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $1,025,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $1,004,514 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $986,118 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $935,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $885,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $862,930 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Health Science Ctr Houston | Dallas, TX | $824,990 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $794,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $757,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | Novato, CA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $740,751 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $734,184 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $675,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $673,331 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $624,997 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN | $554,624 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rutgers the State University | Piscataway, NJ | $549,999 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $544,991 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | Farmington, CT | $544,909 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $489,996 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $480,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $470,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $438,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $428,978 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winstonsalem, NC | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana State Univ and A&m College | Baton Rouge, LA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Institute on Aging Nih | Gathersburg, MD | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science Inc | New York, NY | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesvle, VA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | Irvine, CA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $374,828 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $304,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University of Providence | Providence, RI | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $174,842 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | Lebanon, NH | $163,789 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $154,973 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts | Worcester, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $149,962 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Academy for Health & Lifespan Research Inc | Newton Center, MA | $139,205 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $128,747 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $124,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $124,854 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $108,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weill Medical College Cornell Univ | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $74,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hackensack Meridian Health Inc | Edison, NJ | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Gamma Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity | Athens, OH | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Washington | Chicago, IL | $56,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $52,882 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center Tcom Foundation Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $49,994 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Geriatrics Society | New York, NY | $47,893 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The American Geriatrics Society Inc | New York, NY | $47,175 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dog Aging Institute | Jamaica Plain, MA | $42,387 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | La Jolla, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Rockville, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Coalition on Aging | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Biological Laboratory | Woods Hole, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joslin Diabetes Center Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Academy of Sciences | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives | Prt Washingtn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Massachusetts | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Aging Association Inc | Bandera, TX | $18,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gerontological Society of America | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gordon Research Conferences | E Greenwich, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology | Silverthorne, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phaedon Institute | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Methuselah Foundation | Springfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Nc Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society for Muscle Biology Inc | Rockville, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Academics for the Future of Science Incorporated | Medford, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
49 of 109 (45%) 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.
- Boston University
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH/CONFERENCE
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 of 109 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 | 48 | $5,000,213 | $60,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $9,886,050 | $242,500 |
| 2023 | 50 | $13.0M | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 57 | $12.8M | $150,000 |
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
18% of its giving went to organizations in California. 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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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 $120,000 -- 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 California.
- 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 Federation for Aging'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 57 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 55 West 39TH Street 16TH Floor, New York, NY, 10018.
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