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Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation at a glance

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Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$852k
Granted FY2022
82
Grants FY2022
16
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2022 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k46 grants · $174k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $351k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $328k
$5,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK$100,000
GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$77,500
JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC$50,000
KASHMIR EDUCATION INITIATIVE KEI$50,000
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT$50,000
BRAZIL FOUNDATION$20,000
MAG AMERICA INC$20,000
THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA$19,500
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH$15,000
350ORG$13,000
CODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE$13,000
SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC INTEGRATED LIVELIHOODS$10,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$10,000
KISS THE GROUND$10,000
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI INC$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–22, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 26%THE ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND PROFESSI: $5k → 10%RE-ENTRY ROCKS: $5k → 13%MAG AMERICA INC: $20k → 14%GLOBALFEST INC: $5k → 17%APOPO US INC: $10k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10k → 17%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

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 23% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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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
2
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
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
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
5
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
6
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
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Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
8
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
9
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
10
Global Policy Forum Inc

Research and education of United Nations activities

International
11
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
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Justice and Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Re-Entry Rocks 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

65 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. 65 of the 70 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
37/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rainforest Action Network: $100,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Netwo…FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $15,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH350ORG: $13,000 · Environment350ORGRARE: $10,000 · EnvironmentRAREAmazon Watch Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentAmazon Watch IncTHE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE STORY OF STUFF PROJ…+6 more: $21,000 · Environment+6 moreGEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 · InternationalGEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDAT…BRAZIL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalBRAZIL FOUNDATIONFriends of the Congo: $18,000 · InternationalFriends of the CongoSISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · InternationalSISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL IN…SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL (USA): $10,000 · InternationalSURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL …INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI INC: $10,000 · InternationalINSTITUTE JUSTICE AND D…Equality Now Inc: $10,000 · InternationalEquality Now Inc+5 more: $23,000 · International+5 moreKASHMIR EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $50,000 · EducationKASHMIR EDUCA…CODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE: $33,500 · EducationCODEPINK WOME…PTA ASSOCIATION OF BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE INC: $10,000 · EducationPTA ASSOCIATI…The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationMAG AMERICA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMAG AMERICA…THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $19,500 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZEN…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCEN…HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPI TUTSKW…APOPO US INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAPOPO US IN…GLOBALFEST INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGLOBALFEST …THE ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ACADEMY…RE-ENTRY ROCKS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesRE-ENTRY RO…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $50,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA …TPMG CORP: $13,000 · OtherTPMG CORPSLOW FOOD USA INC: $13,000 · OtherSLOW FOOD USA INCSUSTAINABLE ORGANIC INTEGRATED LIVELIHOODS C/O MELANIE STEVENSON: $10,000 · OtherKISS THE GROUND: $10,000 · OtherANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $20,000 · OtherANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INCFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,718 · OtherFlowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc: $10,000 · OtherFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $10,000 · OtherWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $10,000 · OtherCENTRO PARA LA RECONSTRUCCION DEL HABITAT: $11,500 · Other+17 more: $53,200 · Other+17 moreTHE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Environment$179,000International$178,500Education$100,500Human Services$84,500Other$219,418Civil Rights$50,000Crime & Legal$40,000

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 budgetRainforest Action Network: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetTHE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKASHMIR EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE: $33,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAG AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $19,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Congo: $18,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTPMG CORP: $13,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC: $13,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRO PARA LA RECONSTRUCCION DEL HABITAT: $11,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPTA ASSOCIATION OF BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUSTAINABLE ORGANIC INTEGRATED LIVELIHOODS C/O MELANIE STEVENSON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL (USA): $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetTHE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAPOPO US INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,718 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBALFEST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF PROSPECT BURMA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRE-ENTRY ROCKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rivers Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Cultures of Resistanc…Tides FoundationNew Venture FundImpactassetsincFilantropia Puerto Ri…Tides CenterAmalgamated Charitabl…The Ford FoundationBoston Foundation IncRsf Social Finance IncSilicon Valley Commun…Possibility Labs
Cultures of Resistance Network FoundationDE53.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Impactassetsinc · Filantropia Puerto Rico Inc · Tides Center · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Possibility Labs

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 Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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 Iara Lee and George Gund III 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 70 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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