AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

V050

Classification

2000

Street

1789 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• DOMESTIC POLICY STUDIES: AEI'S DOMESTIC POLICY STUDIES SCHOLARS EXPLORE A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM, CITIZENSHIP, ETHICS, JUDICIARY ISSUES, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POLITICS, POLLS AND ELECTIONS, FEDERALISM, POVERTY, CIVIL RIGHTS, CRIME, AND OTHER PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES. AEI'S SCHOLARS ARE THOUGHT LEADERS IN THEIR FIELDS AND CONVENE CONFERENCES, IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENTS, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEMINARS. IN ADDITION TO ITS MANY EVENTS AND SEMINARS, AEI PROMOTES ITS RESEARCH AND IDEAS THROUGH PRINT AND DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS, BLOG POSTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, CONFERENCES, AND WORKING GROUPS.

  Expenses $14,008,784 · Grants $757,190 · Revenue $1,764,377

• FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY STUDIES: AEI'S FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY STUDIES SCHOLARS SEEK TO UNDERSTAND HOW AMERICAN INTERESTS AND POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM CAN BE PROTECTED AND ADVANCED AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM'S RESEARCH AREAS INCLUDE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE, TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, RUSSIA, AND NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS. AEI'S SCHOLARS FOCUS ON CURRENT POLICY ISSUES AS WELL AS THOSE FURTHER OVER THE HORIZON. IN THE PROCESS, THEY EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ACADEMICS, JOURNALISTS, STUDENTS, AND ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ON OUR NATION'S MOST CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES.

  Expenses $12,823,421 · Revenue $38,665

• SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES: AEI'S SOCIAL CULTURAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARS EXPLORE ISSUES RELATED TO THREE RESEARCH AREAS: 1.) LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL TOPICS 2. POLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINION, AND 3. SOCIETY AND CULTURE. TOPICS STUDIED BY LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS INCLUDE CONGRESS, THE US PRESIDENCY, THE COURTS (INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES), THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, AND THE US CONSTITUTION. POLITICS AND PUBLIC OPINION SCHOLARS FOCUS ON POLLING, ELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL THEORY. SOCIETY AND CULTURE SCHOLARS STUDY AND COMMENT ON LIBERAL EDUCATION (SPECIFICALLY, THE HUMANITIES, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND CLASSICAL EDUCATION), CIVIL INSTITUTIONS, THE MEDIA, AMERICAN HISTORY, AND RELIGION.

  Expenses $11,286,374 · Revenue $134,139

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

  Expenses $19,584,944 · Revenue $125,112

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $75,372,309

  Expenses

  $73,523,238

  Contributions

  $61,092,201

  Grants paid

  $757,190

• 2023

  Revenue

  $67,952,475

  Expenses

  $71,020,416

  Contributions

  $59,215,174

  Grants paid

  $843,900

• 2022

  Revenue

  $53,808,205

  Expenses

  $66,819,074

  Contributions

  $48,096,841

  Grants paid

  $815,014

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $69,385,964

  Expenses

  $60,624,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $346,443,499

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $80,742,317

  Expenses

  $51,057,669

  Assets (EOY)

  $389,314,676

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,035,784

  Expenses

  $51,698,842

  Assets (EOY)

  $309,675,769

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $51,439,296

  Expenses

  $57,228,170

  Assets (EOY)

  $325,952,959

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $61,713,630

  Expenses

  $50,853,733

  Assets (EOY)

  $327,486,198

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $75,066,910

  Expenses

  $55,822,303

  Assets (EOY)

  $309,728,804

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $60,020,287

  Expenses

  $46,953,435

  Assets (EOY)

  $279,414,192

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $84,616,388

  Expenses

  $38,611,315

  Assets (EOY)

  $272,670,682

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

  $150,000

  2023 · RESEARCH GRANT

• STATE POLICY NETWORK

  $20,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• RENEW DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE

  $10,000

  2023 · CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  2023 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $2,700,000

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $2,433,250

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,992,800

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,877,500

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,875,718

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,844,500

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,827,250

  2024 · RELIGION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,550,450

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $1,162,250

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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