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Unilever United States Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$500kCommunity Improvement$500kFood & Nutrition$218kPublic Safety & Disaster$195kPhilanthropy$160kYouth Development$153kArts & Culture$65kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK$50,000
FEEDING AMERICA$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
FEEDING AMERICA$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA$5,000
LIME CONNECT$4,500
DIRECT RELIEF$3,600
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%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

VT
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
AR
DC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Unilever United States Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Unilever United States Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$796k · 6 repeat orgs$915k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
19

Total granted

$796k
$865k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEmploymentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue +23%
  • Feeding America
    2× · 2023–2024 · $80k · revenue +2%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • LM
    Lava Mae
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue -99% · 39% of their budget
  • WK
    Whole Kids Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $79k · revenue +8%
  • BG
    Big Green
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -27%
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
Chicago's Green City Market Program

Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.

Food & Nutrition
2
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
3
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
4
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
5
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
7
Capital Roots Inc

Capital roots, inc. is a not for profit organization that nourishes healthy communities by providing access to fresh food and green spaces for all. it is our beleif that organic gardening and urban revitilization activites promote self…

Environment
8
Food Connect Co

At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. we build scalable technologies that support last-mile…

Food & Nutrition
9
Harvesters - the Community Food Network

Harvesters mobilizes the power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots

Urban roots works with youth leaders to grow fresh food and build a community dedicated to food equity

Youth Development
11
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
12
Los Angeles Community Garden Council

To strengthen communities by building and supporting community gardens where people can grow healthy food in their neighborhood.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Art Therapy Project Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Whole Kids Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 28 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)
26/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lava Mae: $500,000 · OtherLava MaeWhole Kids Foundation: $79,000 · OtherWhole Kids FoundationNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $50,000 · OtherNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANKHARLEM GROWN INC: $50,000 · OtherHARLEM GROWN INC+7 more: $48,100 · Other+7 moreTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY: $500,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $185,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAIN…THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMO…THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ALBER…Feeding America: $80,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding A…Big Green: $50,000 · Food & NutritionBig GreenTHE RON FINLEY PROJECT: $25,000 · Food & NutritionTHE RON F…+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $30,600 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCITYARTS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC ART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ART THERAPY PROJECT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$727,100Community Improvement$500,000Human Services$187,500Philanthropy$160,000Food & Nutrition$160,000Youth Development$71,100Arts & Culture$55,000

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 budgetLava Mae: $500,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $185,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Green: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM GROWN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $30,600 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCITYARTS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE RON FINLEY PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC ART: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIME CONNECT INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART THERAPY PROJECT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $7,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrave Trails: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUST ROOTS JUST ROOTS CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCUMACECHO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARDENEERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $2,500 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Chicago Community…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA12.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Unilever United States Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Unilever United States Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Cumacecho Inc: 25% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Unilever United States Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Unilever United States Foundation Inc 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 28 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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