New Jersey · Private foundation
Unilever United States 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.
- $183k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Unilever United States Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $183k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $123k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $93k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Mae | $500,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $185,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whole Kids Foundation | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Green | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Arkansas Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harlem Grown Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas | $30,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Cityarts Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Mae | $500,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $185,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whole Kids Foundation | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Green | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Arkansas Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harlem Grown Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas | $30,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Cityarts Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Ron Finley Project | $25,000 | 1 | 22% |
| The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Association for Public Art | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lime Connect Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Albertsons Companies Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Therapy Project Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $7,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Brave Trails | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Just Roots Just Roots Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Cumacecho Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gardeneers | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mission Continues | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Unilever United States Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Unilever United States Foundation Inc
- How much does Unilever United States Foundation Inc give?
- Unilever United States Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $183,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Unilever United States Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (27%), Community Improvement (27%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Unilever United States Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Lava Mae ($500k), The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City ($500k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($185k).
- Does Unilever United States Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Unilever United States Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Unilever United States Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Unilever United States Foundation Inc based?
- Unilever United States Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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