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American Foundation for University

New York, New York · EIN 13-1947453 · tax-exempt since 1961

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 67.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 117,084 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.3.5 months100
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.70% of practices70
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.64
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.112% from one source1
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.74.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.25.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$500K$460K$39K$133K3.52C
Jul 2024Form 990$453K$457K−$4,210$93K2.42B
Jul 2023Form 990$742K$721K$22K$96K1.62C
Jul 2022Form 990$840K$835K$5,765$78K1.11C
Jul 2021Form 990$622K$615K$7,332$77K1.51D
Jul 2020Form 990$459K$364K$95K$69K2.31C
Jul 2019Form 990$316K$346K−$30K−$26K-0.91F
Jul 2018Form 990$539K$539K−$19$2,5680.11F
Jul 2017Form 990$231K$291K−$60K$4,6320.21F
Jul 2016Form 990$341K$294K$47K$65K2.61C
Jul 2015Form 990$352K$441K−$89K$16K0.41F

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation: