North Carolina · Private foundation
Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $14k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $258k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 2 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $21k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $21k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $18k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $87k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $23k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $20k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc | $139,725 | 8 | 3% |
| Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc | $20,650 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Paw Warriors Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Tropical Audubon Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Spca International Inc | $1,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Cashiers Highlands Humane Society | $1,720 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc | $139,725 | 8 | 3% |
| Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc | $20,650 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Paw Warriors Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Tropical Audubon Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Spca International Inc | $1,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Cashiers Highlands Humane Society | $1,720 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Runaways Animal Rescue | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Duval Audubon Society Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund supplied at peak.
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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 Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund
- How much does Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund give?
- Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund reported 2 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (97%), Environment (2%), Science & Tech (0%).
- Who are Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc ($140k), Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc ($21k), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($8k).
- Does Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund based?
- Vera Kunsak Charitable Trust Fund is based in NC.
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