Public Charity

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $929.6M in revenue, $943.0M in expenses, $2.6B in total assets. 560 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $77.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 530196549 WASHINGTON, DC Universities NTEE: B43 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$929.6M
Total Expenses$943.0M
Total Assets$2.6B
Grant Records560
Funding Total$77.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE, FOSTER INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, BUILD COMMUNITY, AND EMPOWER LIVES OF PURPOSE, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Alan L Meltzer
TRUSTEE Amy V Kothari
TRUSTEE THRU 5/25 Betsy A Mangone
CFO, VP & TREASURER Bronte Burleigh-Jones
CHAIR AS OF 5/25 V. CHAIR THRU 5/25 Charles H Lydecker
PROFESSOR Claudio Grossman

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Top Grant Purposes

RCSG
$12,017,268 8 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$11,600,158 8 grants
EDUCATION
$9,646,534 29 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$4,206,663 44 grants
FUND LAW SCHOOL CHAIR AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS ATTENDING THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW.
$3,127,980 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $929.6M $943.0M $2.6B
2024 $937.1M $918.4M $2.5B
2023 $933.9M $912.5M $2.4B
2022 $997.8M $864.2M $2.3B
2021 $778.0M $729.1M $2.4B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $778.0M to $929.6M (+19%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.6B.

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