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Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst Foundation at a glance

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Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$135kArts & Culture$89kEnvironment$60kYouth Development$55kEducation$37kCivil Rights$30kHealth$29kCrime & Legal$27k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$8,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$944k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCATHENS$10,000
JAH WORKS INC$9,000
MESA PRIETA PETROGLYPH PROJECT$8,000
THE TESFA FOUNDATION$8,000
MATLACHA HOOKERS$6,000
BEAR-PAW REGIONAL GREENWAYS$6,000
JACOB'S LADDER INC$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RAIN FOR THE SAHEL AND SAHARA INC: $6k → 5%RAIN FOR THE SAHEL AND SAHARA INC: $4k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
VA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$439k · 16 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
2

Total granted

$439k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
-20%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentCivil RightsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AA
    ARC ATHENS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue ×13 · 37% of their budget
  • TF
    TESFA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +193%
  • JL
    Jacob's Ladder Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CT
    COMING TOGETHER VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -20%
  • BA
    BELMONT ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Groundwork Rva Inc

Mission: to cultivate the next generation of urban conservationists in richmond, virginia. vision: groundwork rva works with richmond youth to increase environmental, economic, and social well-being in neighborhoods by transforming…

Community Improvement
2
Friends Peace Teams Inc

Friends Peace Teams is a Spirit-led organization working around the world to develop long-term relationships with communities in conflict to create programs for peace building, healing & reconciliation based on extensive Quaker experience.

International
3
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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4
World Learning Inc

Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. as both an accredited academic institution and an international ngo, world learning, inc. offers the best of theory and practice…

International
5
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
6
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
7
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
8
Health Poverty Action Usa

Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…

International
9
Connectocean Conservation and Outreach Inc

Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…

Human Services
10
Geoversity Foundation

Since 1990, Geoversity formerly known as Earth Train, has enabled youth to develop the skills, practical experience, global network necessary to become effective leaders for environmental stewardship and positive social change.

—
11
The Global Village Project Inc

The global village project, inc. is an innovative special purpose school for refugee girls and young women with interrupted schooling. the organization's mission is to develop a strong educational foundation for each student within a…

Education
12
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc; the most unlike its peers is Henrico County Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TESFA FOUNDATION: $63,000 · EducationTESFA FOUNDATIONBLUEFIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION: $24,000 · EducationBLUEFIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL P…HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $16,000 · EducationHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGEMATLACHA HOOKERS INC: $6,000 · EducationMATLACHA HOOKERS INCARC ATHENS INC: $81,000 · Arts & CultureARC ATHENS INCHENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $27,000 · Civil RightsHENRICO COUNT…LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP: $24,000 · Civil RightsLATIN AMERICA…COMING TOGETHER VIRGINIA: $6,000 · Civil RightsCOMING TOGETH…Jacob's Ladder Inc: $55,400 · Youth DevelopmentJacob's Ladde…BEAR-PAW REGIONAL GREENWAYS: $15,000 · EnvironmentBEAR-PAW R…LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,500 · EnvironmentLEWIS GINT…Infact DBA Corporate Accountability: $10,000 · EnvironmentInfact DBA…Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project: $8,000 · EnvironmentMesa Priet…RAIN FOR THE SAHEL AND SAHARA INC: $36,000 · Human ServicesJAH WORKS FOR BLUEFIELD BASIC SCHOOL: $12,000 · OtherJAH WORKS FOR BLUEF…THE BREATHING PROJECT - YOGA FOR MENTAL WELLNESS: $11,000 · OtherTHE BREATHING PROJE…BELMONT ACADEMY: $3,000 · OtherJah Works Inc: $24,000 · OtherJah Works IncDEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $18,000 · OtherDEVELOPMENTAL MOVEM…Generation to Generation Network Inc: $12,000 · OtherGeneration to Gener…
Education$109,000Arts & Culture$81,000Civil Rights$57,000Youth Development$55,400Environment$43,500Human Services$36,000Other$80,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARC ATHENS INC: $81,000 over 8y, 37% of budgetTESFA FOUNDATION: $63,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetJacob's Ladder Inc: $55,400 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetRAIN FOR THE SAHEL AND SAHARA INC: $36,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetHENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $27,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP: $24,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetJah Works Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetBLUEFIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION: $24,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $18,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEAR-PAW REGIONAL GREENWAYS: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGeneration to Generation Network Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMING TOGETHER VIRGINIA: $6,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Community Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation IncVA13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Evelyn E & Richard J Gunst 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.

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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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