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Evolving Earth Foundation at a glance

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Evolving Earth Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$109kScience & Tech$51kEnvironment$3kArts & Culture$3kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$6,000
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,900
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE$2,899
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $3k → 16%GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $3k → 9%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE: $3k → 11%LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $3k → 14%ADELPHI UNIVERSITY: $2k → 6%UNIVERISTY OF ROCHESTER: $3k → 14%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%CUNY BROOKLYN COLLEGE: $2k → 20%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON: $3k → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $3k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $3k → 15%PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $3k → 15%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $3k → 8%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $3k → 12%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%WESTERN WASHINGTON: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS: $3k → 8%CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN: $3k → 14%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE: $3k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3k → 14%CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%WESTERN WASHINGTON: $3k → 12%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE: $3k → 11%LA BREA TAR PITSLA COUNTY MUSEUM: $3k → 14%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

AK
WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KS
NC
TX
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$63k · 7 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
25

Total granted

$63k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+24%

Still filing today

14%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    4× · 2018–2021 · $17k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
    4× · 2017–2021 · $11k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
    3× · 2017–2022 · $9k

Funded once

  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • PS
    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • MU
    MIAMI UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
6
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
7
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
8
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
9
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
10
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Princeton University; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

11 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. 11 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $16,583 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $11,374 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE: $9,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $9,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,900 · OtherCENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $5,124 · Other+24 more: $69,854 · Other+24 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $8,976 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN …The Trustees of Princeton University: $6,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princet…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBI…BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITYLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITYTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,950 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES O…Bucknell University: $2,930 · EducationBucknell UniversityGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $2,899 · EducationGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLE…ADELPHI UNIVERSITY: $2,325 · EducationADELPHI UNIVERSITYCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $2,945 · Environment
Other$132,835Education$35,080Environment$2,945

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $8,976 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $2,945 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $2,930 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $2,899 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $2,650 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetADELPHI UNIVERSITY: $2,325 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds ADELPHI UNIVERSITY ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Evolving Earth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evolving Earth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 41 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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