Org dossier

American Enterprise Institute

Think tank · Total expenses $73.5M · FY ending June 2025

Per the Form 990 on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

In its own words

“a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world”

Source: the organization's own site · last verified 2026-07-27

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Grants paid

2 grants of $5,000 or more, $160K in total, as reported on the organization's own Form 990 for the year ending June 2024.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGORESEARCH GRANT$150K
RENEW DEMOCRACY INITIATIVECONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP$10K

This shows money paid out. A public charity's own donors are redacted from the public copy of its return, so who funds this organization can't be read from this filing.

Source: Form 990, tax period June 2024

Where to read more

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorerhttps://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530218495
Official sitehttps://www.aei.org
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute

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