* Wright State University ($35,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")
=2010 Contributions=In 2010, API contributed Ties to the following organizations <ref> American Petroleum Institute: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/43/2010_API_990.pdf 2010-990] </ref> * [[American Council for Capital Formation]] ($50,000 for "General Support")* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Americans For Prosperity]] ($25,500 for "Energy Education")* [[Americans for Tax Reform]] ($50,000 for "Energy Education")* [[America's Wetland Foundation]] ($50,000 for "General Support")* Association For Environmental Health and Sciences ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Building Construction and Trades Department ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Business Industry Political Action Committee]] ($250,000 for "Energy Education")* Carbon Sequestration Council ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[Coalition for American Jobs]] ($1,000,000 )* Common Ground Alliance ($10,000)* Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ($50,000 for "General Support")* Congressional Hispanic Caucus ($125,000)* Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation ($10,000)* [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]] ($125,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Consumer Energy Alliance]] ($35,000 for "Event Sponsorship") * [[Institute for Energy Research]] ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research") * Environmental Council of the States ($25,000 for "General Support")* Ground Water Research and Education Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[Independent Petroleum Association of America]] ($100,000 for "Energy Education")* [[Institute for Energy Research]] ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")* [[International Conservation Caucus Foundation]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($33,000 for "Energy Education")* Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($66,64 for "Petrochemical Research") * Montana Economic Developer's Association ($10,00 for "Petrochemical Research") * National Black Chamber of Commerce ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[National Fish and Wildlife Foundation]] ($50,00 for "General Support")* [[National Foreign Trade Council]] ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[National Foundation for Women Legislators]] ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* National Petrochemical & Refiners Association ($45,000 for "Energy Education")* NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* Nicholls State University Foundation ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Northwestern University School of Law ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")* Offshore Energy Center ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Oil and Natural Gas Labor Management Committee ($220,000 for "General Support")* Republican Governors Public Policy Committee ($10,000 for "General Support")* Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")* [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Stanford University]] ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* STRONGER ($200,000 for General Support")* Texas Oil and Gas Association ($10,000 for "Legal Issues")* The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[60 Plus Association]] ($25,000 for "Energy Education")* United States Association For Energy Economics ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* University of California-Davis ($180,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effect Research")* University of Connecticut (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) ($256,839 for "Petrochemical Research")* Virginia Sustainable Building Network ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Volta Live ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Kasich-Taylor New Day Inaugural Committee ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Pennsylvania Independent Saudi Oil and Natural Gas Association ($37,500 for "Advocacy Efforts-Proposed Tax")* The Corbett Cawley Inaugural Committee ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital ($30,000 for "event sponsorship")* Naleo Education Fund ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship") =2009 Contributions= In 2009, API contributed to the following organizations <ref> American Petroleum Institute: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/1/10/2009_API_990.pdf 990-2009] </ref>* Alliance to Save Energy ($100,000 for "Energy Education")* [[American Chemistry Council]] ($24,000 for "General Support")* [[American Council for Capital Formation]] ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[American Enterprise Institute]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* American GI Forum of the United States ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* American Institute of Chemical Engineers ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] ($40,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[American Tort Reform Association]] ($10,100 for "Energy Education")* [[Americans for Prosperity]] ($43,000 for "Energy Education")* [[Americans for Tax Reform]] ($50,000 for "Energy Education")* America's Wetlands Foundation ($50,000 for "General Support")* Arizona State University ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Building and Construction Trades Department ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Business Industry Political Action Committee]] ($250,000 for "Energy Education")* California Climate Action Registry ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[Citizens Against Government Waste]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* Coastal America Foundation ($20,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Colorado State University ($10,000 for "Petrochemical Research")* Common Ground Alliance ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ($10,000 for "General Support")* Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ($55,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Consumer Energy Alliance]] ($67,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* Energy Policy Research ($30,000 for "Energy Policy Research")* Everybody Wins (7,200 for "General Support")* [[Foundation for American Communications]] ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[Freedom Works]] ($55,000 for "General Support")* Ground Water Protection Council ($47,500 for "Energy Policy Research")* Health Effects Institute ($380,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effect Research")* [[Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Independent Petroleum Association of America ($60,000 for "Energy Education")* Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States ($61,000 for "Environmental Research")* [[Institute for Energy Research]] ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")* [[International Conservation Caucus Foundation]] ($50,000 for "General Support")* Environmental Council of the States ($15,000 for "Support for the ITRC Biobased Fuels Team")* [[The Keystone Center]] ($80,000 for "Energy Education")* Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($33,000 for "Energy Education")* Michigan State University ($50,000 for "Environmental Research")* Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($34,974)* National Black Chamber of Commerce ($45,000 for "General Support")* National Board of Professional Teaching Standards ($15,000 for "General Support")* [[National Foreign Trade Council]] ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* National Marine Sanctuary ($10,000 for "Energy Education")* Nebraska Ethanol Board ($26,000 for Petrochemical Research")* NM Association Conservative Districts ($50,000 for "General Support")* North American Metals Council ($7,000 For "Petrochemical Research")* North Carolina Agricultural Foundation ($28,000 for "Environmental Research")* Northwestern University School of Law ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")* Nicholls State University ($10,000 for "General Support") * Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor Management Committee ($292,500 for "General Support")* PA Chamber of Business&Industry ($5,333 for "Event Sponsorship")* Rebuilding Together National Office ($100,000 for "Energy Efficient Homes")* Regents of University of California ($30,000 for "Energy Education")* San Antonio Hispanic Chamber ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")* [[Stanford University]] (Terman Engineering Center) ($15,000)* STRONGER ($100,000 for "General Support")* [[American Conservative Union]] ($25,000 for "General Support") * The Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy ($40,000 for "Energy Education")* The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* The Fund for Peace ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* The James Madison Institute ($30,000 for "General Support")* [[60 Plus Association]] ($35,000 for "Energy Education")* University of Houston-Clear Lake ($19,000 for "Petrochemical Research")* University of California-Davis ($45,000 for "Petrochemical Research")* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ($30,000)* University of Oklahoma Parrington ($27,620 for "Petrochemical Research")* University of Rochester ($23,695 for "Support-Educational")* [[US Chamber of Commerce]] ($136,000 for "Event Sponsorship") =2008 Contributions=In 2008, API contributed to the following organizations <ref> American Petroleum Institute: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/0/0d/2008_API_990.pdf] </ref> * American Highway Users Alliance ($25,000 for "Energy Education")* [[American Chemistry Council]] ($17,500 for "Public Health Forum")* [[American Council for Capital Formation]] ($100,000 for "Energy Research Policy")* [[American Enterprise Institute]] ($35,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* American GI Forum ($25,000 for "Energy Education")* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] ($ 38,000 for "Energy Education")* American Oil and Gas Historical Society ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[American Tort Reform Association]] ($15,000 for "Law Review Article Support")* [[Americans for Prosperity]] ($30,000 for "Energy Education")* [[Americans for Tax Reform]] ($375,000 for "Energy Education")* America's Wetland Foundation ($50,000 for "Energy Education")* Asian Pacific American Institute ($5,000 for "Energy Education")* The Bryce Harlow Foundation ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Center for Excellence in Education ($10,000 for "Energy Education")* The Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research ($5,000 for "Energy Education")* [[Citizens Against Government Waste]] ($25,000 for "General Support")* Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs ($20,000 for "Energy Education")* Coloradans for a Stable Economy ($200,000 for "Energy Legislation Support") * Common Ground Alliance ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* The Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Consensus Building Institute]] ($40,000 for "US-Muslim Engagement Project")* [[Consumer Energy Alliance]] ($30,000 for "Energy Education")* Democratic Governors Association ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Energy Policy Research Foundation ($60,000 for "Energy Policy Research" for "Energy Policy Research")* Environmental Council of the States ($20,000 for "Energy Regulation Research")* Foundation to Eradicate Duchennepo ($10,000 for "General Support") * Foreign Policy Association ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Freedomworks ($75,000 for "General Support")* Friends of New Orleans ($35,000 for "Event Support")* The Fund for Peace ($15,000 for "Event Support")* Ground Water Protection Council ($57,500 for "Energy Policy Research")* Hispanic Alliance for Progress ($25,000 for "General Support")* Health Effects Institute ($25,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects")* Hispanic College Fund ($5,000 for "Event Support")* Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States ($20,000 for "Environmental Research")* [[Institute for Policy Innovation]] ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Jobs for America's Graduates ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Jefferson Island Club ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute ($75,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research") * March of Dimes Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")* Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($15,000)* [[Meridian International Center]] ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Montana Department of Environmental Quality ($15,658 for "Petrochemical Research")* [[National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners]] ($50,000 for "Energy Policy Research")* [[National Association of Manufacturers]] ($1,163,650 for "NAAQS Coalition")* National Association of Neighborhoods ($5,000 for "General Support")* National Conference of Black Mayors ($30,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* National Chamber Foundation ($10,000 for "General Support")* [[National Foreign Trade Council]] ($15,000 for "USA Engage Unilateral Sanctions Project")* National Marine Sanctuary Foundation ($30,000 for "Energy Education")* [[National Taxpayers Union]] ($100,000 for "Energy Policy Education")* [[National Conference of State Legislatures]] ($9,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Nebraska Ethanol Board ($25,000 for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")* North American Metals Council ($10,000 for "Petrochemical Environmental Research")* Northwestern University ($40,000 for "Civil Justice Issues")* Offshore Energy Center ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Petroleum Association of Wyoming ($80,000 for "Energy Development Research")* Pipeline Research Council ($17,500 for "Pipeline Safety Research")* Rebuilding Together ($551,312 for "Energy Efficient Homes")** Rebuilding Together Oakland ($5,500 for "Energy Efficient Homes")** Rebuilding Together Hartford ($50,000 for "Energy Efficient Homes")* Climate Action Reserve ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Republican Governors Association]] ($5,000 for "General Support")* William Marsh Rice University ($25,000 for "Graduate Fellowship")* Rutgers State University ($80,000 for "Benzine Symposium")* Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ($25,000 for "General Support")* Stanford University ($15,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* State Review of Oil and Gas Environmental Regulations ($75,000 for "General Support")* [[The American Conservative Union]] ($33,500 for "General Support")* [[The Aspen Institute]] ($5,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* The Fund for American Studies ($10,000 for "Scholarship")* [[The Heartland Institute]] ($25,000 for "Energy Education")* James Madison Institute ($30,000 for "General Support")* National Conference of State Societies ($5,000 for "event sponsorship")* [[The Keystone Center]] ($45,500 for "energy education")* The Mercatus Center ($25,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[Sixty Plus Association]] ($143,000 for "Energy Education")* The University of Texas at Austin ($6,500 for "Energy Education")* The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ($5,000 for "Energy Issues")* [[Third Way]] ($40,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Tread Lightly ($25,000 for "General Support")* Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research ($7,500 for "Event Sponsorship")* [[US Chamber of Commerce]] ($50,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ($10,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* University of California-Davis ($56,425 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")* University of Houston-Clear Lake ($15,000 for "Energy Education")* University of Colorado Foundation ($455,133 for "Benzine Research")* University of Connecticut ($196,840 for "Petrochemical Health effects Research")* University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign ($63,900 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research")* University of New Hampshire ($36,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research") * University of Oklahoma ($24,574 for "Petrochemical Research")* University of Tulsa ($52,353 for "Petrochemical Research")* Waterfall Foundation ($6,000 for "Event Sponsorship")* Western Business Roundtable ($25,000 for "General Support")* Wright State University ($35,000 for "Petrochemical Health Effects Research") ==BOD ties to Saudi oil==
According to Americans United for Change (AUFC), API has filed documents with the Internal Revenue Service showing that executives of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company and its subsidiaries have served on API's board of directors.<ref>[http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/204860-progressive-group-ties-oil-lobby-to-saudi-arabia#ixzz30U3iOstS "Progressive group ties oil lobby to Saudi Arabia,"] The Hill, Apr 30, 2014.</ref>