Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy
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About Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy
Raise private funds to support the Margin of Excellence — additional programs, facilities, and opportunities identified by the West Point Superintendent and Academy leaders to prepare ethical, agile leaders of character — and to support the West Point Association of Graduates and services for the Long Gray Line.
Focus Areas
Higher educationLeadership developmentVeterans and military supportAthleticsScholarshipsAlumni services and membership
Who They Fund
cadets (youth involved in cadet or military-style training programs)cadet organizations and schools (institutions running cadet programs)communities/stakeholders involved in memorial projects
Funding Style
capital/facilities support
About Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy
The largest recent grant in the file went to the United States Military Academy for cadet facilities, at $155,357,445 in 2025. That scale matches a funder built around West Point itself: the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy raises private funds to support the Margin of Excellence, along with the West Point Association of Graduates and services for the Long Gray Line. Its giving is tied to programs, facilities, and opportunities identified by West Point leadership to prepare ethical, agile leaders of character. Recent grants also show sustained support for the Academy’s day-to-day mission. The foundation made another $17,356,314 grant to the United States Military Academy in 2023 for cadet activities, and it directed $8,500,549 to Army West Point Athletic Association Inc. in 2025 for cadet activities. Other awards support cadet education, memorial projects, and miscellaneous USMA needs, all within the West Point ecosystem. The result is a funder focused less on broad external philanthropy and more on strengthening the Academy’s student experience, physical campus, and affiliated community.
What Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy Funds
Cadet education is a recurring theme in the grant list. The Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy gave $8,387,814 to the United States Military Academy in 2025 for cadet education, after earlier grants of $7,377,865 in 2024 and $6,643,769 in 2023 for the same purpose. It also supported preparatory access through the West Point Preparatory Scholarship Program, which provides partial scholarships to candidates seeking admission via the West Point Preparatory School pathway. Athletics and extracurricular life also receive attention. The foundation awarded $8,500,549 to Army West Point Athletic Association Inc. in 2025 for cadet activities, and $1,000,000 to Hudson Valley Golf Foundation in 2023 for cadet activities. Memorial projects appear as another distinct line of support, including grants of $546,073 in 2024 and $143,402 in 2025 to the United States Military Academy for memorial projects.
How Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy Gives
Typical grant size ranges from a p25 of $10,511 to a median of $246,225 and a p75 of $6,423,544, showing a mix of small awards and very large institutional gifts. The recent record also shows repeated support across multiple years for the same West Point recipients, especially the United States Military Academy and Army West Point Athletic Association Inc. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its active programs are invitation-based or internally directed: both the West Point Preparatory Scholarship Program and Margin of Excellence accept no unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$275.4M
Total Assets
$784.4M
Total Revenue
$124.9M
Total Expenses
$209.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $6.4M, with a median of $246K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$246K
75th Percentile
$6.4M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARK D BIEGER
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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