Skip to content

Indiana · Private foundation

Aceso Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
83%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$277,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 30
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
22
Total assets, FY2024
$73M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Aceso Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving46$4.5M61%
FY202330$2.9M83%
FY20227$317kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$3.4MAnimals$1.6MEnvironment$854kYouth Development$460kPhilanthropy$400kHuman Services$310kArts & Culture$255kCommunity Improvement$210kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
DE
NM
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Aceso Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Roots Institute$377,000210%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$350,00022%
The Humane League$325,00012%
Compassion in World Farming Inc$310,00029%
Animal Charity Evaluators$300,00023%
Neighborhood Land Power Project$290,000315%
City Blossoms Inc$260,00029%
Victory Garden Initiative Inc$243,000334%
Reunity Resources$209,45026%
Providence Farm Collective Corp$180,00027%
Common Good City Farm$177,300210%
Plant It Forward$175,000212%
Seedleaf Inc$157,940319%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$155,00011%
All Farmers Inc$148,000113%
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc$126,01215%
Animal Outlook Inc$125,00017%
Greener by Default$110,00017%
Sentient Media$108,00027%
Philadelphia Orchard Project Inc$104,987115%
Global Growers Network Inc$103,30029%
Southern Plains Land Trust Inc$100,00012%
The Wilderness Land Trust$100,00014%
La Semilla Food Center$100,00012%
Reducetarian Foundation Inc$100,000110%
Planting Justice$100,00012%
Norris Square Neighborhood Project$100,000112%
A Well-Fed World$100,00014%
The Walls Project$100,00016%
Balanced Inc$100,000111%
Animal Defense Partnership Inc$100,000112%
Dreaming Out Loud Inc$100,00012%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$100,00011%
Animal Equality$92,00012%
Urban Roots Garden Classrooms$85,600110%
Legal Impact for Chickens$85,00014%
Better Food Foundation Inc$80,00015%
Cultivating Community$78,70016%
Soul Food Project Inc$75,548217%
Keep Growing Detroit$75,00022%
Urban Tilth$75,00011%
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc$75,00011%
Advancing Law For Animals$70,754145%
Farm Alliance of Baltimore Inc$60,00013%
Karuna Foundation$60,000153%
Rio Grande Community Farms$55,000226%
Farm2People$50,000124%
Faunalytics$50,00013%
Leaders for Ethics Animals & the Planet$47,400116%
Compassionate Action for Animals$40,00019%
Filbert Street Garden$20,00023%
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc$17,7201n/a
Humane America Animal Foundation$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($978k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Aceso Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Roots Institute: $377,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetNortheast Wilderness Trust Corporation: $350,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Humane League: $325,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCompassion in World Farming Inc: $310,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetAnimal Charity Evaluators: $300,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNeighborhood Land Power Project: $290,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetCity Blossoms Inc: $260,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetVictory Garden Initiative Inc: $243,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetReunity Resources: $209,450 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetProvidence Farm Collective Corp: $180,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCommon Good City Farm: $177,300 over 2y, 10% of budgetPlant It Forward: $175,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetSeedleaf Inc: $157,940 over 3y, 19% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $155,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAll Farmers Inc: $148,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSocially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc: $126,012 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetAnimal Outlook Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetGreener by Default: $110,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSentient Media: $108,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchard Project Inc: $104,987 over 1y, 15% of budgetGlobal Growers Network Inc: $103,300 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetSouthern Plains Land Trust Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Land Trust: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLa Semilla Food Center: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetReducetarian Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetPlanting Justice: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNorris Square Neighborhood Project: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetA Well-Fed World: $100,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Walls Project: $100,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBalanced Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAnimal Defense Partnership Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetDreaming Out Loud Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAnimal Equality: $92,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUrban Roots Garden Classrooms: $85,600 over 1y, 10% of budgetLegal Impact for Chickens: $85,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBetter Food Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCultivating Community: $78,700 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSoul Food Project Inc: $75,548 over 2y, 17% of budgetKeep Growing Detroit: $75,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUrban Tilth: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAdvancing Law For Animals: $70,754 over 1y, 45% of budgetFarm Alliance of Baltimore Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKaruna Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetRio Grande Community Farms: $55,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetFarm2People: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetFaunalytics: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Quinn FoundationKS42.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Quinn Foundation · The Greenbaum Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Clif Family Foundation · Animal Charity Evaluators · Builders Vision Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Impactassetsinc · Humane America Animal Foundation · Tipping Point Private Foundation · Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · Vegfund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Aceso Foundation Inc with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Aceso Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Aceso Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Aceso Foundation Inc

How much does Aceso Foundation Inc give?
Aceso Foundation Inc reported 47 grants totaling $4,571,389 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 30 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Aceso Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (42%), Animals (19%), Environment (10%).
Who are Aceso Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: New Roots Institute ($377k), Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation ($350k), The Humane League ($325k).
Does Aceso Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Aceso Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Aceso Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Quinn Foundation, The Greenbaum Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
Where is Aceso Foundation Inc based?
Aceso Foundation Inc is based in IN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Aceso’s filings →

More from the funding graph