In 2008, API contributed to the following organizations <ref> American Petroleum Institute: [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/0/0d/2008_API_990.pdf] </ref>
* [[American Highway Users Alliance]] ($25,000for "Energy Education")* [[American Chemistry Council]] ($17,500for "Public Health Forum")* [[American Council for Capital Formation]] ($100,000for "Energy Research Policy")* [[American Enterprise Institute]] ($35,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[American GI Forum]] ($25,000for "Energy Education")* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] ($ 38,000for "Energy Education")* [[American American Oil and Gas Historical Society]] ($5,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[American Tort Reform Association]] ($15,000for "Law Review Article Support")* [[Americans for Prosperity]] ($30,000for "Energy Education")* [[Americans for Tax Reform]] ($375,000for "Energy Education")* [[America's Wetland Foundation]] ($50,000for "Energy Education")* [[Asian Pacific American Institute]] ($5,000for "Energy Education")* [[The Bryce Harlow Foundation]] ($5,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Center for Excellence in Education]] ($10,000for "Energy Education")* [[The Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research]] ($5,000for "Energy Education")* [[Citizens Against Government Waste]] ($25,000for "General Support")* [[Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs]] ($20,000for "Energy Education")* [[Coloradans for a Stable Economy]] ($200,000for "Energy Legislation Support")* [[Common Ground Alliance]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[The Congressional Sportsmens Sportsmen's Caucus]] ($6,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Consensus Building Institute]] ($40,000for "US-Muslim Engagement Project")* [[Consumer Energy Alliance]] ($30,000)for "Energy Education")* [[Democratic Governors Association]] ($50,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Energy Policy Research Foundation]] ($60,000for "Energy Policy Research" for "Energy Policy Research")* [[Environmental Council of the States]] ($20,000)for "Energy Regulation Research")* [[Foundation to Eradicate Duchennepo]] ($10,000for "General Support") * [[Foreign Policy Association]] ($15,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Freedomworks]] ($75,000for "General Support")* [[Friends of New Orleans]] ($35,000for "Event Support")* [[The Fund for Peace]] (($15,000for "Event Support")* [[Ground Water Protection Council]] ($57,500for "Energy Policy Research")* [[Hispanic Alliance for Progress]] ($25,000for "General Support")* [[Health Effects Institute]] ($25,000for "Petrochemical Health Effects")* [[Hispanic College Fund]] ($5,000for "Event Support")* [[Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States]] ($20,000for "Environmental Research")* [[Institute for Policy Innovation]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Jobs for America's Graduates]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Jefferson Island Club]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute]] ($75,000for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research") * [[March of Dimes Foundation]] ($10,000for "General Support")* [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ($15,000)* [[Meridian International Center]] ($5,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Montana Department of Environmental Quality]] ($15,658for "Petrochemical Research")* [[National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners]] ($50,000for "Energy Policy Research")* [[National Association of Manufacturers]] ($1,163,650for "NAAQS Coalition") * [[National Association of Neighborhoods]] ($5,000for "General Support")* [[National Conference of Black Mayors]] ($30,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[National Chamber Foundation]] ($10,000for "General Support")* [[National Foreign Trade Council]] ($15,000for "USA Engage Unilateral Sanctions Project")* [[National Marine Sanctuary Foundation]] ($30,000for "Energy Education")* [[National Taxpayers Union]] ($100,000for "Energy Policy Education")* [[National Conference of State Legislatures]] ($9,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Nebraska Ethanol Board]] ($25,000for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")* [[North American Metals Council]] ($10,000for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")* [[Northwestern University]] ($40,000for "Civil Justice Issues")* [[Offshore Energy Center]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Petroleum Association of Wyoming]] ($80,000for "Energy Development Research")* [[Pipeline Research Council]] ($17,500for "Pipeline Safety Research")* [[Rebuilding Together]] ($551,312for "Energy Efficient Homes")** [[Rebuilding Together Oakland]] ($5,500for "Energy Efficient Homes")** [[Rebuilding Together Hartford]] ($50,000for "Energy Efficient Homes")* [[Climate Action Reserve]] ($7,500for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Republican Governors Association]] ($5,000for "General Support")* [[William Marsh Rice University]] ($25,000for "Graduate Fellowship")* [[Rutgers State University]] ($80,000for "Benzine Symposium")* [[Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council]] ($25,000for "General Support")* [[Stanford Stanford University]] ($15,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[State Review of Oil and Gas Environmental Regulations]] ($75,000for "General Support")* [[The American Conservative Union]] ($33,500for "General Support")* [[The Aspen Institute]] ($5,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[The Fund for American Studies]] ($10,000for "Scholarship")* [[The Heartland Institute]] ($25,000for "Energy Education")* [[James Madison Institute]] ($30,000for "General Support")* [[National Conference of State Societies]] ($5,000for "event sponsorship")* [[The Keystone Center]] ($45,500for "energy education")* [[The Mercatus Center]] ($25,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Sixty Plus Association]] ($143,000for "Energy Education")* [[The University of Texas at Austin]] ($6,500for "Energy Education")* [[The WOodrow Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] ($5,000for "Energy Issues")* [[Third Way]] ($40,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Tread Lightly]] ($25,000for "General Support")* [[ Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research]] ($7,500for "Event Sponsorship")* [[US Chamber of Commerce]] ($50,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce]] ($10,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[University of California-Davis]] ($56,425for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")* [[University of Houston-Clear Lake]] ($15,000for "Energy Education")* [[University of Colorado Foundation]] ($455,133for "Benzine Research")* [[University of Connecticut]] ($196,840for "Petrochemical Health effects Research")* [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign]] ($63,900)for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")* [[University of New Hampshire]] ($36,000for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research") * [[University of Oklahoma]] ($24,574for "Petrochemical Research")* [[University of Tulsa]] ($52,353for "Petrochemical Research")* [[Waterfall Foundation]] ($6,000for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Western Business Roundtable]] ($25,000for "General Support")* [[Wright State University]] ($35,000for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")