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Foundation for Advancement in Conservation

To undertake and underwrite programs and initiatives to advance the conservation profession in all its facets, to support conservation education and career development, and to apply the expertise of the profession in addressing the nation's artistic, cultural, and historic preservation priorities.

$329k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$37k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$701kEnvironment$646kEducation$254k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $199,363, the rows itemized in this filing. The $328,777 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $129,414 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $185k
$37,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$37,000
NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART$37,000
DENVER ART MUSEUM$37,000
RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION$37,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$37,000
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER$8,000
CONSERVATION FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS$6,363
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 (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND: $32k → 8%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $83k → 16%GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $37k → 9%SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA: $37k → 11%CCAHA: $37k → 22%BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $37k → 11%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $37k → 14%MUSEUM AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $37k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $48k → 20%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY-WARREN LASCH CONSERVATION CENTER: $37k → 16%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $37k → 14%RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $37k → 10%DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $32k → 21%MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37k → 11%NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 15%DENVER ART MUSEUM: $37k → 12%INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 16%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 17%TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 18%ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $37k → 14%THE MARINER'S MUSEUM: $37k → 17%SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $32k → 10%PRESERVATION MARYLAND: $8k → 19%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $43k → 16%CONSERVATION FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS: $6k → 22%BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $8k → 11%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $32k → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $37k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $39k → 20%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN: $32k → 14%PRESERVATION MARYLAND: $8k → 19%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $31k → 16%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $37k → 22%REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $37k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $9k → 20%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $37k → 19%REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $32k → 19%UCLA FOUNDATION: $37k → 14%ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $37k → 14%LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 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

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
SC
DC
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $50k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 6 regions, $37k to organizations and $13k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$39k · 78% · 1 grant · 2 people

Stated purpose: KRESS CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIP GRANT · TRAVEL STIPEND-PHOTO WORKSHOP

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$4k · 8% · 4 people

Stated purpose: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & KRESS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

South America$2k · 4% · 2 people

Stated purpose: KRESS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

Middle East and North Africa$2k · 4% · 2 people

Stated purpose: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & KRESS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

East Asia and the Pacific$2k · 4% · 2 people

Stated purpose: KRESS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

South Asia$1k · 2% · 1 person

Stated purpose: KRESS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$591k · 7 repeat orgs$900k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$591k
$752k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+34%

Still filing today

86%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $190k · revenue +30%
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $158k · revenue +63%
  • PI
    PRATT INSTITUTE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $96k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MARINERS' MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $37k · revenue +234%
  • AM
    AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WESTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $37k · revenue +62%
  • NY
    New York Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $37k · revenue +45%
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
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
4
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
7
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
8
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
9
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
10
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
11
Baltimore Museum of Art

The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…

Arts & Culture
12
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Toledo Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka. 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

33 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. 33 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $190,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONBALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS: $43,363 · Arts & CultureTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $37,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART MUSEUM: $37,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $37,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $37,000 · Arts & CultureAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $37,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $37,000 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $37,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY FOUNDATION: $37,000 · Arts & CultureNewfields Inc: $37,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $37,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,000 · Arts & CultureGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $37,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA: $37,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $144,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $157,792 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYPRATT INSTITUTE: $96,407 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTETRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $37,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PEN…New York University: $37,000 · EducationNew York UniversityTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $37,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOYale University: $37,000 · EducationYale UniversityJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $37,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYUCLA FOUNDATION: $37,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $42,132 · OtherREGENTS UN…FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $37,000 · OtherFASHION IN…CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $37,000 · OtherCLEMSON UN…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $32,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY…
Arts & Culture$977,363Education$476,199Other$148,132

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 budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $190,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $157,792 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $96,407 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $45,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS: $43,363 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $37,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $37,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $37,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $37,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNew York University: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYale University: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewfields Inc: $37,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SOCIETY TO PRESERVE THE MILLVALE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA: $37,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALTERS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL: $32,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $32,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $32,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF MARYLAND ANTIQUITIES INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

Terra Foundation for …The Andrew W Mellon F…The J Paul Getty TrustLincoln Financial Fou…Ibm International Fou…T Rowe Price Program …National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…
Terra Foundation for American ArtIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Terra Foundation for American Art · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Foundation for Advancement in Conservation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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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Find your warmest path to Foundation for Advancement in Conservation 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 35 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 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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