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Earthsense Foundation

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.

$388k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 17
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Earthsense Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsScience & TechPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving17$388k41%
FY202315$305k53%
FY202212$413k50%
FY202117$782k47%
FY202016$861k50%
FY20199$395k67%
FY201811$299kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$2.1MArts & Culture$912kPhilanthropy$520kInternational$273kAnimals$95kCommunity Improvement$50kScience & Tech$30kEducation$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
NY
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Flying Elephants Foundation$600,0002100%
Climate Emergency Fund$510,00068%
Utah Film Center$265,00041%
The Film Collaborative Inc$185,00032%
Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue$175,00035%
Denver Film Society$175,00022%
Redford Center Inc$135,00051%
One Ocean Media Foundation$132,500325%
Yellow Dot Studios Inc$125,00025%
Oo Project$110,00029%
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All grantees of Earthsense Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Flying Elephants Foundation$600,0002100%
Climate Emergency Fund$510,00068%
Utah Film Center$265,00041%
The Film Collaborative Inc$185,00032%
Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue$175,00035%
Denver Film Society$175,00022%
Redford Center Inc$135,00051%
One Ocean Media Foundation$132,500325%
Yellow Dot Studios Inc$125,00025%
Oo Project$110,00029%
Cambodian Childrens Fund$105,00050%
Women Make Movies Inc$100,00011%
Only One Inc$82,00032%
Wildaid Inc$75,00021%
Music Heals International$56,00057%
Ted Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Sundance Institute$39,50030%
Independent Feature Project Inc$35,00011%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$30,00020%
Cambodia Childrens Fund Inc$25,0001n/a
Oceanelders Inc$25,00026%
Oceanic Preservation Society$25,00014%
Sweetwater Music Hall Inc$25,00023%
Hoffman Institute Foundation$20,00010%
International FIRST Committee Associatio co Toohey Law Group$20,00012%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Spero Worldwide$15,0001n/a
Future Brilliance US Inc$10,00015%
Campaign for Accountability Inc$10,00010%
Turtle Conservancy$10,00011%
Moonjelly Foundation$10,0001n/a
Stand$10,00010%
Rainforest Action Network$10,00010%
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)$10,00010%
Southern Vision Alliance$10,00010%
New York Women's Foundation Inc$7,50020%
Rex Foundation$5,25531%
Last Animals Foundation$5,00014%
California Film Institute$5,00010%
Mercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs$5,00010%
The Pachamama Alliance$2,00010%
Musicares Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Samaritans of New York Inc$5001n/a
Seva Foundation$25010%
Earth Island Institute Inc$18010%
Tricycle Foundation$5910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Earthsense Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFlying Elephants Foundation: $600,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetClimate Emergency Fund: $510,000 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetUtah Film Center: $265,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $185,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $175,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetDenver Film Society: $175,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetRedford Center Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOne Ocean Media Foundation: $132,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetYellow Dot Studios Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetOo Project: $110,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCambodian Childrens Fund: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOnly One Inc: $82,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetWildaid Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMusic Heals International: $56,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetTed Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSundance Institute: $39,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Feature Project Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOceanelders Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSweetwater Music Hall Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHoffman Institute Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational FIRST Committee Associatio co Toohey Law Group: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFuture Brilliance US Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCampaign for Accountability Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTurtle Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStand: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Vision Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Women's Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRex Foundation: $5,255 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLast Animals Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCalifornia Film Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusicares Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeva Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTricycle Foundation: $59 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 42.

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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.

Code Blue Charitable Foundation IncNY22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Code Blue Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Seattle Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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How do I get to Earthsense Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Earthsense Foundation 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 Earthsense Foundation

How much does Earthsense Foundation give?
Earthsense Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $387,949 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Earthsense Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Arts & Culture (23%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are Earthsense Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Flying Elephants Foundation ($600k), Climate Emergency Fund ($510k), Utah Film Center ($265k).
Does Earthsense Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Earthsense Foundation 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 Earthsense Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Code Blue Charitable Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Earthsense Foundation based?
Earthsense Foundation is based in NY.

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 57 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.

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