· Private foundation
The Almus Foundation 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $92k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AUSABLE FRESHWATER ASSOCIATION | $35,000 |
| ELKHORN MARINE CONSERVANTCY | $25,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL | $17,000 |
| JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| THIRD HOUSE NATURE CENTER | $2,000 |
| GREENWICH AUDUBON CENTER | $2,000 |
| ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST | $2,000 |
| CAPE ELEUTHEREA FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EMElkhorn Marine Conservancy Inc3× · 2022–2024 · $72k · revenue +2%
- AFAUSABLE FRESHWATER CENTER INCORPORATED2× · 2022–2023 · $37k · revenue +99%
CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC3× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +225%
Funded once
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -40%
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +20%- ETEYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCEgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +142%
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.
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.
Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…
The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…
The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…
Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.
The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
Aipc works to preserve and improve the environment, economy and quality of life on aquidneck island to ensure that the island remains a great place to live, work, play and thrive.
The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…
Educational experiences focused on the marine environment and conservation. our programs and events utilize our local ocean waters as a natural learning platform.
Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions
The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…
Greenwater Foundation provides leadership of marine conservation and humanitarian efforts undertaken by diverse organizations (governments, universities, NGOs, and private companies) by providing coordination of affordable vessels and…
How this is measured
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 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Elkhorn Marine Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds AUSABLE FRESHWATER CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKWATER SAILING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds MILL REEF FUND ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Almus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Almus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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