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The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation at a glance

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The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation

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.

$8.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Science & Tech$21MEnvironment$11MAnimals$6.2MHealth$2.6MEducation$700kRecreation & Sports$620kInternational$600kReligion$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+12 grants · $6.7M
$100,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER$1,750,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$1,000,000
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT GIFT SERVICES$400,000
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY$375,000
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES$350,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY$300,000
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES$250,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES$250,000
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES$250,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WHITNEY LABORATORY FOR MARINE BIOSCIENCES$200,000
BONEFISH AND TARPON TRUST$175,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $1.0M → 8%MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER: $1.8M → 22%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $600k → 11%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: $700k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1.0M → 28%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS: $400k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WHITNEY LABORATORY FOR MARINE BIOSCIENCES: $350k → 6%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: $500k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $500k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $525k → 9%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $1.0M → 8%MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER: $600k → 22%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $600k → 11%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: $700k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1.0M → 28%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS: $400k → 10%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: $500k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $500k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $525k → 9%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $750k → 8%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $600k → 11%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: $700k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1.0M → 28%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS: $300k → 10%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: $375k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $375k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $400k → 9%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $750k → 8%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $600k → 11%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: $700k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $750k → 28%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: $375k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $375k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT GIFT SERVICES: $400k → 9%WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $750k → 8%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $750k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $500k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $375k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $400k → 9%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES: $600k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $500k → 15%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES: $600k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $500k → 15%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES: $350k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $375k → 15%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES: $350k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $375k → 15%MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES: $350k → 8%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

ME
WA
ID
MT
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 47 repeat orgs$915k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
5

Total granted

$42M
$415k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+154%

Still filing today

53%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalScience & TechArts & 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

  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +57%
  • WH
    WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +35%
  • MB
    MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • RU
    RUTGERS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCES
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • CE
    CAPE ELEUTHERA SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • SF
    SCHOOLYARD FILMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +154% · 30% of their budget
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Marine Science Institute

The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.

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4
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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5
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
11
California Institute of Environmental Studies

The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.

Animals
12
NatureServe

NatureServe's mission is to leverage the power of science, data, and technology to guide biodiversity conservation and stewardship. We activate our mission by working with a network of 60+ partners located in states and provinces across…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Island Conservation; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

29 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. 29 of the 57 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: $3,050,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVA…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $2,700,000 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHYUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: $2,250,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHE…UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $2,125,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHYOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: $2,000,000 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EARTH OCEAN & ATMOSPHERIC…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY: $1,850,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHYUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS: $1,600,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICSUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WHITNEY LABORATORY FOR MARINE BIOSCIENCES: $1,100,000 · OtherRUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: $900,000 · Other+25 more: $5,785,000 · Other+25 moreWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $4,250,000 · Science & TechWOODS HOLE OCEANOGR…MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $2,250,000 · Science & TechMARINE BIOLOGICAL L…Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $1,050,000 · Science & TechBigelow Laboratory …Wildlife Conservation Society: $4,500,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conser…GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500,000 · AnimalsGULF OF MAINE R…BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $475,000 · AnimalsBONEFISH & TARP…Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $275,000 · AnimalsNORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FUND: $200,000 · AnimalsMONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER: $2,600,000 · HealthCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentISLAND CONSERVATION: $425,000 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson Inc: $375,000 · EnvironmentResources for the Future Inc: $300,000 · EnvironmentBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $250,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUND: $250,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 · InternationalORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES INC: $250,000 · InternationalCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · InternationalThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $150,000 · InternationalMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $400,000 · EducationWEBB INSTITUTE: $300,000 · Education
Other$23,360,000Science & Tech$7,550,000Animals$5,950,000Health$2,600,000Environment$2,425,000International$850,000Education$700,000

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 budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $4,500,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $4,250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER: $2,600,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $2,250,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $1,050,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $625,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $475,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetISLAND CONSERVATION: $425,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $375,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetResources for the Future Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWEBB INSTITUTE: $300,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $275,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $250,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $250,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES INC: $250,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $225,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGAME CONSERVANCY USA INC: $220,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetSUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetNORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FUND: $200,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $150,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOLYARD FILMS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ↗
  • Who funds THE PEREGRINE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
  • Who funds Resources for the Future Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEBB INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds GAME CONSERVANCY USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

The Pew Charitable Tr…Vanguard Charitable E…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pew Charitable TrustsDC13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pew Charitable Trusts · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The G Unger Vetlesen 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 57 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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