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Society of Exploration Geophysicists

To promote the science of applied geophysics and related fields, including applications and research, to foster the common scientific interests of geophysicists, and to maintain a high professional standing among its members.

$662k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$30k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 11
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$25M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Society of Exploration Geophysicists funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPublic Safety & DisasterHealthScience & TechOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$30k0%
FY20232$46k0%
FY20227$244k57%
FY20216$239k33%
FY20208$177k13%
FY201911$310k45%
FY201811$332k55%
FY20176$203kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$882kEducation$443kRecreation & Sports$102kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kScience & Tech$62k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brigham Young University$150,0003n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$128,41540%
Colorado School of Mines$112,2644n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$100,0002n/a
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$100,00012%
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$99,76730%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$95,99130%
Fort Hays State University$92,0002n/a
Louisiana State University$83,0002n/a
Hearts in Motion$79,97023%
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of Society of Exploration Geophysicists by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brigham Young University$150,0003n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$128,41540%
Colorado School of Mines$112,2644n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$100,0002n/a
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$100,00012%
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$99,76730%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$95,99130%
Fort Hays State University$92,0002n/a
Louisiana State University$83,0002n/a
Hearts in Motion$79,97023%
Michigan Tech University$75,0002n/a
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi$50,0001n/a
State of Indiana$50,0001n/a
University of Texas$49,8871n/a
Ball State University$45,0001n/a
University of Oklahoma$40,0001n/a
Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience$39,659323%
University of Houston$38,4002n/a
University of Texas$37,5004n/a
University of Hartford$30,00010%
Trustees of Purdue University$29,2002n/a
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$26,75230%
Geophysical Society of Houston$22,39133%
Rutgers the State University$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Society of Exploration Geophysicists supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $128,415 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsraaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation: $99,767 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $95,991 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHearts in Motion: $79,970 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSummer of Applied Geophysical Experience: $39,659 over 3y, 23% of budgetUniversity of Hartford: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado School of Mines Foundation: $26,752 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGeophysical Society of Houston: $22,391 over 3y, 2.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 9.

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.

American Chemical SocietyDC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association

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.

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About Society of Exploration Geophysicists

How much does Society of Exploration Geophysicists give?
Society of Exploration Geophysicists reported 1 itemized grants totaling $30,000, out of $662,149 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Society of Exploration Geophysicists fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (55%), Education (28%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
Who are Society of Exploration Geophysicists's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Brigham Young University ($150k), University of Kentucky Research Foundation ($128k), Colorado School of Mines ($112k).
Does Society of Exploration Geophysicists fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Society of Exploration Geophysicists?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
Where is Society of Exploration Geophysicists based?
Society of Exploration Geophysicists is based in OK.

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 25 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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