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AIM HIGHER FOUNDATION

EIN 46-3935682 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$3,445,656
Expenses 2024
$3,825,869

Program services were 81.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X12
Classification
1700
Street
2610 UNIVERSITY AVE W STE 525

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

Mission

THE AIM HIGHER FOUNDATION (AHF) PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM FAMILIES WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO SEEK A CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN

  • THE AIM HIGHER FOUNDATION PROVIDES TUITION-ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM FAMILIES WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO SEEK A CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $3,116,836 · Grants $2,892,360

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Mary Schaffner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joe Donnelly

    VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sarah Schumacher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brent Frederick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Father Chris Collins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Mulligan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Neintimp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Schumacher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Daylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane McDonald Black

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Cachat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Hurley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Requet

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Herro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Lucke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard R Austin III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $178,248
    From this org
    $174,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,495
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,753
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,495
    Filer's total
    $178,248

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,445,656
    Expenses
    $3,825,869
    Contributions
    $3,386,268
    Grants paid
    $2,892,360
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,308,093
    Expenses
    $3,338,691
    Contributions
    $2,262,784
    Grants paid
    $2,522,360
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,095,192
    Expenses
    $2,991,736
    Contributions
    $2,081,976
    Grants paid
    $2,318,360

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,912,547
    Expenses
    $2,745,766
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,907,513

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,438,620
    Expenses
    $2,538,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,897,588

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,293,141
    Expenses
    $2,875,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,773,685

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.

Grants made

  • SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE

    $2,892,360

    2024 TUITION SCHOLARSHIP FOR PRIVATE CATHOLIC EDUCATION

  • SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE

    $2,522,360

    2023 TUITION SCHOLARSHIP FOR PRIVATE CATHOLIC EDUCATION

  • SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE

    $2,318,360

    2022 TUITION SCHOLARSHIP FOR PRIVATE CATHOLIC EDUCATION

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.