Grants for business and industry associations

Name: Top 25 grants made to business and industry associations
Creator: Cause IQ
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4,880 business and industry associations received at least $1.1 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 3,242 grants made from 2,304 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 2,304 foundations, 83% made just a single grant to industry groups, and 2% made grants to four or more industry groups. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$1,116,791,796

Total grant dollars given to business and industry associations

3,242

Number of grants made annually to business and industry associations

2,304

Number of grantmakers funding business and industry associations

$1,500

Median grant size to business and industry associations

Foundations that support business and industry associations

Out of all grants made to business and industry associations, 71% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 61% of the dollar-value of grants to industry groups. Foundations funding industry groups also made grants to trade / professional associations, youth development programs, multiservice human service organizations, food banks, and homeless shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,652
Medium	328
Large	321

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	60
Private	1,811
Corporate	102
Other	331

Grants made

Grants made to industry groups	Number of grantmakers
1	1,914
2-3	322
4-10	52
11+	16

Top 10 foundations supporting business and industry associations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to industry groups	Number of grants made to industry groups	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	1.5%	58	$245
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.4%	47	$15
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	47	$80
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	26	$2,129
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	25	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	19	$100
The Columbus Foundation	OH	State	0.1%	17	$5,000
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	15	$125
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	14	$1,022
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	13	$20

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Business and industry associations grantees

Business and industry associations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 82% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 34% of all industry groups.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,146
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	96

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,200

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	359
District of Columbia	324
California	288
Texas	154
Other	2,117

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	496
New York City	329
Chicago	131
Philadelphia	116
Other	1,979

Top 25 grants made to business and industry associations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Hospital Properties	$132,563,673	Actual Amount Paid	OhioHealth
Renown Health	$129,382,883	General Ledger	Renown Health
CareSource Georgia Co	$55,000,000	Actual	CareSource
Harvard Real Estate - Allston	$47,455,675	Cash	Harvard University
SVH Real Estate	$47,281,732	Fair Market Value	St Vincent
SVH Real Estate	$47,281,732	Fair Market Value	St Vincent
Forrestal Agricultural Corporation	$40,456,019	Cash	Princeton University
Internet Society	$35,000,000	FMV	Public Interest Registry (PIR)
Internet Society	$35,000,000	General Support	Public Interest Registry (PIR)
American Association for Cancer Research	$29,782,164	General Program Support	Entertainment Industry Foundation
SVH Real Estate	$29,634,803	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
California Hospital Association (CHA)	$27,155,274	Actual	California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Academy 1740	$17,008,790	FMV	American Academy of Family Physicians
Big Twelve Conference	$14,755,604	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Hospital Properties	$14,591,174	Actual Amount Paid	OhioHealth
New Life Holding Corporation	$14,109,195	Cost	Andrew Wommack Ministries
New Life Holding Corporation	$14,109,195	Transfer of Fixed Assets	Andrew Wommack Ministries
New Life Holding Corporation	$14,109,195	Real Estate Transfer	Andrew Wommack Ministries
Dairy Max	$12,704,394	Advertising Program	Dairy Promotion
United States PHARMACOPEIAL Convention (USP)	$11,780,000	Cash	United States PHARMACOPEIAL Convention (USP)
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	$10,000,000	To Sustain the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Which Will Preserve Broad First Amendment Rights in the Digital Age As A Champion of Domestic Free Expression Though Litigation, Research and Scholarship, With the Goals of Producing Significant Legal Victories and Informing Discourse and Debate on These Issues.	John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
156 West 106th Street Holding Corporation	$10,000,000	Unrestricted Grant To Support the Organizations Mission	Aging in New York Fund (ANYF)
NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)	$10,000,000	Improve Public Education	Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
International Executive Service Corps (IESC)	$9,104,422	Promoting Stability and Prosperity Around the World Through Private Enterprise Development.	Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Internet Society	$8,701,090	FMV	Internet Society Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Business and industry associations" category for this page is determined by the "S40: Business and Industry" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.