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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 FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
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02The needRead
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01What it funds
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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
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $30,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $662,149 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $632,149 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.
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$30,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAAID (US) GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $100k → 8%SUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: $15k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY: $50k → 14%University of Texas Austin: $14k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $30k → 16%TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI: $50k → 17%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 19%MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $45k → 14%FORT HAYES STATE UNIVERSITY: $47k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $30k → 11%Brigham Young University: $50k → 8%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $50k → 7%HEARTS IN MOTION (HIM): $40k → 15%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 19%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $50k → 19%RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE: $43k → 19%SUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: $15k → 10%Research Foundation For SUNY: $40k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $10k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM: $8k → 16%TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI: $50k → 17%MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $30k → 14%FORT HAYES STATE UNIVERSITY: $45k → 14%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $50k → 8%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $40k → 7%HEARTS IN MOTION (HIM): $40k → 15%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $45k → 19%Purdue University: $9k → 19%University of Illinois: $50k → 19%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE: $40k → 19%SUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: $10k → 10%RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN: $5k → 10%GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $50k → 8%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $16k → 7%GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON: $7k → 16%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $14k → 7%GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON: $6k → 16%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 7%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $6k → 7%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

IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
KS
OK
LA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $336k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 8 regions, $135k to organizations and $201k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South Asia$94k · 28% · 3 grants · 18 people

Stated purpose: HUMANITARIAN GRANT · FIELD CAMP GRANT · PROGRAM AWARDS

Sub-Saharan Africa$81k · 24% · 3 grants · 6 people

Stated purpose: HUMANITARIAN GRANT · SCHOLARSHIPS

East Asia and the Pacific$51k · 15% · 1 grant · 26 people

Stated purpose: HUMANITARIAN GRANT · PROGRAM AWARDS · SCHOLARSHIPS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$44k · 13% · 20 people

Stated purpose: SCHOLARSHIPS · PROGRAM AWARDS · TRAVEL GRANTS

Middle East and North Africa$30k · 9% · 17 people

Stated purpose: SCHOLARSHIPS · TRAVEL GRANTS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$22k · 6% · 9 people

Stated purpose: SCHOLARSHIPS · PROGRAM AWARDS · TRAVEL GRANTS

South America$15k · 4% · 12 people

Stated purpose: PROGRAM AWARDS · TRAVEL GRANTS

Russia and Neighboring States$1k · 0% · 1 person

Stated purpose: 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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$370k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$370k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+130%

Still filing today

44%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationScience & TechPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther
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 Kentucky Research Foundation
    4× · 2017–2022 · $128k · revenue +66%
  • CP
    CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $100k · revenue +118%
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    3× · 2017–2020 · $96k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • IU
    ISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +130%
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • SO
    STATE OF INDIANA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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.

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President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

See schedule othe harrisburg university of science and technology offers innovative academic and research programs in science and technology that respond to local and global needs. the institution fosters a diverse community of learners,…

Education
3
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
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
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Kentucky Research Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience. 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

10 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. 10 of the 25 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $112,264 · OtherCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $100,000 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISFORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY: $92,000 · OtherFORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITYLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $83,000 · OtherLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYMichigan Tech University: $75,000 · OtherMichigan Tech UniversityTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI: $50,000 · OtherSTATE OF INDIANA: $50,000 · OtherUniversity of Texas: $49,887 · OtherBall State University: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $38,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $37,500 · Other+2 more: $34,200 · OtherUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $128,415 · EducationUniversity of Kentucky Researc…CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION: $99,767 · EducationCAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PR…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $95,991 · EducationThe Research Foundation for Th…SUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: $39,659 · EducationSUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL …UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $26,752 · EducationCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUND…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHEARTS IN MOTION: $79,970 · HealthGeophysical Society of Houston: $22,391 · Science & Tech
Other$957,251Education$430,584Public Safety & Disaster$100,000Health$79,970Science & Tech$22,391

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 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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 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 Kentucky Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS IN MOTION ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Geophysical Society of Houston ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗

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 Soc…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…National Collegiate A…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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