Aisc Holdings
ActivePublic CharityCommunity Improvement
About Aisc Holdings
AISC, a not-for-profit technical institute supported by the steel industry, partners with the architecture, engineering, and construction community to develop safe and efficient steel specifications and codes while driving innovation to make steel the most sustainable, economic, and resilient structural material.
Focus Areas
structural steel standards and codesengineering researcheducation and scholarshipsprofessional development and conferencessustainability and embodied carbon reductionstudent competitions and grants
Who They Fund
students/scholars (scholarship recipients)member organizations or association membersnonprofit organizations (general recipients of contributions)
Funding Style
scholarship funding
About Aisc Holdings
Aisc Holdings Inc’s recent giving is anchored by structural-steel research and education, with one of the largest disclosed grants going to Aisc Education Foundation Inc in Chicago for research at $1,165,900 in 2023. That scale sits alongside a steady stream of support for university research partners and education programming tied to steel specifications, codes, and design. The foundation’s grantmaking reflects its role in the steel industry: funding work that connects architects, engineers, researchers, and students to structural steel practice. Aisc Holdings Inc also backed Charles Pankow Foundation twice in the recent grants list, with research grants of $230,000 in 2023 and $223,875 in 2024. University recipients appear repeatedly as well, including Purdue University, the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, indicating a pattern of support for research institutions working on structural-steel-related projects. The foundation’s program list points to scholarships, fellowships, campus grants, faculty-led field trips, and innovation residencies, all centered on structural steel. Taken together, the recent grants show a funder supporting both technical research and the pipeline of students and educators who enter the field.
What Aisc Holdings Funds
Education and workforce development are central to the foundation’s giving. Aisc Education Foundation Inc received $173,222 in 2024 for scholarships, and the active program list includes AISC Scholarships for juniors, seniors, and master’s-level students, along with Fast Start Scholarships. Research is another major lane. In 2025, the foundation gave $127,500 to Charles Pankow Foundation for research, and it also made research grants to universities such as Purdue University, the University of Washington, and Johns Hopkins University. Its education programming extends beyond scholarships. The AISC Education Foundation offers Campus Connection Grants to bring NASCC speakers to university campuses, Faculty-led Field Trip Grants, and grants supporting the integration of structural steel into architecture programs. The Innovation Fellowship and Innovation Scholar programs further connect educators and researchers with paid residencies in Chicago focused on structural-steel innovation.
How Aisc Holdings Gives
Typical awards are moderate in size, with a p25 of $13,750, a median of $30,000, and a p75 of $52,500. The recent grants list shows both large research awards and smaller contributions or scholarship payments. The pattern also includes recurring relationships. Aisc Education Foundation Inc appears multiple times, as do Charles Pankow Foundation, Purdue University, the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. That repeat presence suggests ongoing programmatic support rather than isolated one-off grants. Aisc Holdings Inc is a Public Charity, and the active programs include call-for-proposals and unsolicited-entry opportunities such as the Milek Fellowship and the NSBA Prize Bridge Competition. Other programs are structured around scholarships and education support rather than open general applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.7M
Total Assets
$48M
Total Revenue
$33.5M
Total Expenses
$33.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $53K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$53K
Geographic Reach
National26 states funded
About 13% of grants go to recipients in IL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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