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American Electric Power Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 20-3886453 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$45.6M
Grants reported
1,505
Typical grant
$10K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: American Electric Power Foundation

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025753$23M
2024752$22.6M

Where American Electric Power Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Ohio$24.8MTexas$5.2MIndiana$3.1MVirginia$2.6MOklahoma$1.9M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

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WACO, TX

$1.4MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

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The Columbus Partnership

COLUMBUS, OH

$500KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Smart Columbus Sustainability

The Columbus Partnership

COLUMBUS, OH

$500KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Smart Columbus Sustainability fund

Ohio State University Foundation

COLUMBUS, OH

$500KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

2020 AEP Foundation grant for Pelotonia Operational Support

Ohio State University Foundation

CHICAGO, IL

$500KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

for Pelotonia Operational support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,505 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from American Electric Power Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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