American Academy of Sciences
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) promotes scholarship and honors outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences, and learned professions. It encourages the fruitful exchange of ideas within academia and society at large by sponsoring occasions for scholarly interaction and providing platforms for the presentation and dissemination of scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.In addition to awarding cash prizes to renowned scholars,the organization is dedicated to revitalizing intellectual life and restoring the intellectual rigor and diversity of American colleges, universities, and public intellectual discourse. AASL supports the fundamental and constitutive mission of colleges and universities as truth-seeking, knowledge advancing institutions in numerous ways. It produces white papers examining such topics as academic freedom and integrity, the crisis of the humanities, and the responsibilities of educators, and
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF
Total Assets
$185K
-59.9% YoY
Annual Giving
$650K
Grant Count
2
Avg Grant Size
$325K
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $185,382 | $461,761 |
| Revenue | $1,479,461 | $1,500,111 |
| Expenses | $1,755,840 | $1,038,350 |
| Qualifying Distributions | — | — |
| Net Investment Income | — | $11 |
| Distributable Amount | — | — |
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
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Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
From 2024 filing
| Name | Title | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Forster | Exec. Director | 40 | $150,000 |
| Donald Landry | President | 1 | — |
| William Allen | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Brandice Canes-Wrone | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Margaret Chisolm | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Carlos Eire | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Mary Ann Glendon | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Barry Honig | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Sergiu Klainerman | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Sanjeev Kulkarni | Trustee | 1 | — |
| Santiago Schnell | Trustee | 1 | — |
Geographic Focus
Where this funder has awarded grants
Grant Distribution by State
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Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
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