Advertising Educational Foundation

An operating foundation that stands between the advertising industry and the academy, translating professional practice into scholarship and opening the field to new and underrepresented talent.

  • www.aef.com
  • Guild
  • New York, NY
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Jul 2026
108named by peers

Financial profile

Advertising Educational Foundation · EIN 13-3228986 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$2,199,171$2,496,775$5,675,523Dec 2023
FY2022$791,151$2,621,890$5,779,968Dec 2022
FY2021$3,433,670$1,963,233$8,239,338Dec 2021
FY2020$250,901$1,388,350$7,599,828Dec 2020
FY2019$684,897$1,965,872$8,161,615Dec 2019
FY2015$2,056,506$2,066,742$10,936,719Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Advertising Educational Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs AEF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Advertising Educational Foundation's peers, but not Advertising Educational Foundation

Companies named publicly by at least one of Advertising Educational Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Advertising Educational Foundation's reviewed public records.

CompanyARFAFAFSFAFEPeers
1800FlowersPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
American Floral Services, Inc.Named1 of 5
Arizona Family Flowers, LLCCopper Sponsors1 of 5
AvanosCOLLABORATION: Bronze Investor1 of 5
bachmansSilver Sponsors1 of 5
BaischGold Sponsors1 of 5
BallPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
Bank of AmericaIMAGINATION: Silver Investor1 of 5
Bill Doran CompanyFriends of Floral1 of 5
Billy Heroman'sSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Blackmore Co., Inc.Platinum Club1 of 5
burgeflowershopSilver Sponsors1 of 5
BurtonBurtonSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Carrasquillo Associates, LtdInnovator1 of 5
Central Floral SupplyCopper Sponsors1 of 5
CGICHAMPION: Friend Investor1 of 5
comcast nbc logoINNOVATION: Diamond Investor1 of 5
Concretos NarroAdvocate1 of 5
Connor Park Florist, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 5
CoxCOLLABORATION: Bronze Investor1 of 5
Delaware Valley Wholesale FloristPlatinum Club1 of 5
dvfloraPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
DWF Wholesale FloristsNamed1 of 5
Eastern FloralBronze Sponsors1 of 5
Family_FlowersSilver Sponsors1 of 5
FloraCraftPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
floriexpoGold Sponsors1 of 5
Flower CliqueBronze Sponsors1 of 5
FlowerShopNetworkSilver Sponsors1 of 5
FreshPathSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Freytag’s FloristCopper Sponsors1 of 5
FTDPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
Giatec Scientific IncBenefactor1 of 5
google-160x80-1Platinum Sponsors1 of 5
GreenPointSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Griffin’s Floral DesignFriends of Floral1 of 5
Grower-TalksGold Sponsors1 of 5
Hackney NurseryCopper Sponsors1 of 5
Hall’s Flower Shop and Garden CenterCopper Sponsors1 of 5
HallmarkPlatinum Club1 of 5
Highland Supply CorporationNamed1 of 5
horticaGold Sponsors1 of 5
In Bloom Flowers & GiftsCopper Sponsors1 of 5
Inglis FloristsCopper Sponsors1 of 5
IntuitiveNamed1 of 5
Jack’s Basket Import Inc.Bronze Sponsors1 of 5
KennicottDiamond Sponsors1 of 5
Kitayama Brothers/Greenleaf Wholesale Florist, Inc.Platinum Club1 of 5
Lafayette Florist & Greenhouses, Inc.Bronze Sponsors1 of 5
logo_wday_CMYKINSPIRATION: Gold Investor1 of 5
Los Angeles Flower Market of the American Florists’ Exchange, LTDNamed1 of 5
Manatee Fruit CompanyNamed1 of 5
mayeshPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
McNamara FloristSilver Sponsors1 of 5
MellanoGold Sponsors1 of 5
MetrolinaGreenhousesSilver Sponsors1 of 5
mischlersfloristPlatinum Sponsors1 of 5
mt-eden-floralSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Nanz & Kraft Florists, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 5
Neubauer’s Flowers, Inc.Friends of Floral1 of 5
nielsen-logo-300x50Platinum Sponsors1 of 5
North Creek NurseriesCopper Sponsors1 of 5
NorthernTrustSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Olive Hill GreenhousesPlatinum Club1 of 5
originallaflowermarketGold Sponsors1 of 5
paramount-logo-160x80-1Gold Sponsors1 of 5
Passion Growers LLCPlatinum Club1 of 5
Patterson’s Flowers Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 5
Pennock CompanyNamed1 of 5
people-inc-150Host1 of 5
Pete Garcia Company/Garcia GroupDiamond Sponsors1 of 5
Phillip’s FlowersCopper Sponsors1 of 5
Pivot EngineersBenefactor1 of 5
purebeautyfarmsSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Reliant RibbonFriends of Floral1 of 5
rockwellDiamond Sponsors1 of 5
Rose Bud FlowersBronze Sponsors1 of 5
sc_johnson_logo_black-300x43Host1 of 5
SeramountCOLLABORATION: Bronze Investor1 of 5
Smithers-Oasis FloralifeDiamond Sponsors1 of 5
Soderbergs Floral and GiftFriends of Floral1 of 5
stadiumflowersSilver Sponsors1 of 5
STERISSpotlight Partner1 of 5
StructurePointAdvocate1 of 5
StrykerPlatinum Partner1 of 5
Suntory FlowersBronze Sponsors1 of 5
Swayable-Logo-Grey_300X300-002Gold Sponsors1 of 5
Syndicate SalesDiamond Sponsors1 of 5
Syngenta FlowersCopper Sponsors1 of 5
Tagawa GreenhousesNamed1 of 5
telefloraSilver Sponsors1 of 5
Texas A&M Concrete, LLCBenefactor1 of 5
The Elite Flower CompanyNamed1 of 5
The Giant CompanyGold Sponsors1 of 5
The John Henry CompanyPlatinum Club1 of 5
Tradewinds Intl, LLCCopper Sponsors1 of 5
Twixwood NurseryCopper Sponsors1 of 5
usaa logoINNOVATION: Diamond Investor1 of 5
Vans, Inc. – Van Namen FamilyNamed1 of 5
Viviano Flower Shop, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 5
vizio-160x80Gold Sponsors1 of 5
walmart logoINNOVATION: Diamond Investor1 of 5
Walter P Moore and Associates, Inc.Advocate1 of 5
Walter R. Knoll FloristCopper Sponsors1 of 5
WestRockNamed1 of 5
WilloryCHAMPION: Friend Investor1 of 5
Yoder BrothersNamed1 of 5
Zeidler Floral Company Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 5

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The outside view

An operating foundation that stands between the advertising industry and the academy, translating professional practice into scholarship and opening the field to new and underrepresented talent.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Guild

Where mastery is the price of belonging.

The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.

Also reads toward The Frontier and The Movement.

Strengths

→Deep loyalty and a strong sense of belonging.
→Standards and credentials carry real weight.
→Expertise and trusted credential in the field.

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