About American Dialect Society
The American Dialect Society, a not-for-profit organization, is to encourage the study of any aspect of all languages and dialects used or found in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare.
Focus Areas
LinguisticsSociolinguisticsLexicographyAcademic publishingStudent support and trainingConferences and professional meetings
Who They Fund
linguists / linguistic researchersacademic institutions / university research projectsspeech communities / regional language speakers
Funding Style
project-based funding
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$20K
Total Assets
$547K
Total Revenue
$70K
Total Expenses
$34K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $17K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$17K
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in KY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Betsy Evans
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