Aec Trust
The AEC Trust is a private foundation (EIN 36-6725987) with an official application/portal page hosted by FoundationSource. The portal states the Trust began winding down grantmaking in 2025 and the ProPublica profile and recent Form 990-PF filings confirm ongoing (now-limited) activity and CIBC National Trust Company as trustee.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations with an established relationship or regional alignment (especially in Georgia or long-standing beneficiaries in Colorado) pursuing general operating support or capital/project funding, or large partner foundations able to manage expenditure-responsibility grants.
Good Fit
- • Located in Georgia or serving Boulder/Colorado communities.
- • A track record of delivering housing, youth services, food security, mental health, arts, or civil-rights programming.
- • Experience with capital campaigns or large institutional projects.
- • Existing relationship or referral from an advisor, trustee, or prior grantee.
- • Capacity to receive restricted/expenditure-responsibility grants if required.
Geography
The foundation funded organizations across 12 states in the latest year, showing multi-state reach, though grant dollars were heavily concentrated in Georgia (about 74% of amount).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows roughly 138 distinct recipients (and similar counts in prior years), spanning nonprofits, foundations, arts groups, and service providers; this is a broad recipient set despite a few very large grants.
New Applicants
Direct application is by invitation only (portal language states additional invitations will not be extended); although ~54% of 2024 recipients were newly funded, evidence indicates new grantees are added via invitation/network rather than an open public submission path, so an unfamiliar applicant is unlikely to gain entry without a referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
