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Fondation Dune Inc at a glance

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Fondation Dune 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$1.1MAnimals$475kCivil Rights$425kPhilanthropy$400kArts & Culture$200kEducation$102kInternational$100kHealth$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONLY ONE$200,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC$100,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS MUSES DORSAY ET DE LORANGERIE$100,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$75,000
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$75,000
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES$75,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$75,000
DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT$75,000
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$75,000
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS$50,000
LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE$50,000
FOOD FORWARD$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LATET HUMANITARIAN AID INC$50,000
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 (FY20–21, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $12k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $10k → 20%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 13 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$2.7M
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+3%

Still filing today

85%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsCivil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • OO
    ONLY ONE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +4%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $250k · revenue +39%
  • DO
    Defenders of Wildlife
    3× · 2022–2024 · $225k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UNPLANNED PREGNANCY DBA POWER TO DECIDE
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION (ANSIRH)
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +3%
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
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
8
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
9
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
12
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Only One Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

16 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. 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ONLY ONE INC: $600,000 · EnvironmentONLY ONE INCCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCLOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE: $150,000 · EnvironmentLOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADETHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $125,000 · EnvironmentTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECTBLUE SPHERE FOUNDATION (AKA ONLY ONE): $400,000 · OtherBLUE SPHERE FOUNDATION (AKA ONLY …AMERICAN FRIENDS MUSES DORSAY ET DE LORANGERIE: $200,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS MUSES DORSAY ET …NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $150,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AN…THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UNPLANNED PREGNANCY DBA POWER TO DECIDE: $75,000 · OtherTHE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT …UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION (ANSIRH): $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRAN…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $250,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE…Defenders of Wildlife: $225,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wild…THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER…THIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $125,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LATET HUMANITARIAN AID INC: $50,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $50,000 · InternationalBARD COLLEGE: $22,000 · EducationNEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $20,000 · EducationGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationFOOD FORWARD INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $22,000 · Human Services
Environment$1,150,000Other$875,000Animals$475,000Civil Rights$275,000International$100,000Education$52,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Human Services$22,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetONLY ONE INC: $600,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $275,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $150,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE: $150,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $125,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LATET HUMANITARIAN AID INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Fondation Dune Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fondation Dune Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fondation Dune Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Fondation Dune 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.

    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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