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Wallace Genetic Foundation Inc

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11M
Granted FY2017
97
Grants FY2017
23
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01FY2017 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 97 grants below total $8,275,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $10,500,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,225,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $925k
  • $50k–250k52 grants · $4.1M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.2M
$50,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Earthjustice$500,000
Environmental Defense Fund$500,000
Iowa State University Foundation$400,000
New Venture Fund$400,000
New Venture Fund$350,000
New Venture Fund$300,000
Duke School of Medicine$250,000
Grand Canyon Trust$250,000
Nicholas School of the Environment/Duke University$250,000
Heart to Heart International$200,000
Earthjustice$200,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation$150,000
Conservation Fund$150,000
The Environmental Film Festival$140,000
U.S. Water Partnership$125,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
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
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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7
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
8
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
9
Rainforest Trust

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

International
10
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
11
Water Environment Federation

WEF's mission is inspiring the water community in pursuit of human and environmental well-being. WEF is a global environmental leader committed to water quality education and technical best practices. WEF connects water professionals;…

Environment
12
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated and the most unlike its peers is World Food Prize Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyGovernment Accountability &…Environmental Advocacy and …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Hospital SystemsCommunity FoundationsUrban Agriculture EducationFood Pantries and AssistanceChristian Outreach Ministri…Local History Museums
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%34%35–55yr16%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%31%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/64
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,501

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

02the grantee network

63 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 63 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
55/63
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEW VENTURE FUND — $1,150,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDEARTHJUSTICE — $700,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $500,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $250,000 · EnvironmentTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INCTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $150,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $140,000 · Environment+18 more — $1,065,000 · Environment+18 moreIowa State University Foundation — $400,000 · OtherIowa State University FoundationNicholas School of the Environment/Duke University — $250,000 · OtherNicholas School of the Environme…Duke School of Medicine — $250,000 · OtherDuke School of MedicineUS WATER PARTNERSHIP — $160,000 · OtherUS WATER PARTNERSHIPThe Environmental Film Festival — $145,000 · OtherThe Environmental Film FestivalSaint Vincent Hospital Foundation — $100,000 · OtherWATERLINES — $95,000 · OtherInstitute for EthnoMedicine — $80,000 · OtherSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Other+22 more — $820,000 · Other+22 moreHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $200,000 · InternationalHEART TO HE…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $100,000 · InternationalTHE UNION O…WATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS — $100,000 · InternationalWATER ENGIN…H2O FOR LIFE — $95,000 · InternationalH2O FOR LIF…Global Health Council — $85,000 · InternationalGlobal Heal…The End Fund Inc — $75,000 · InternationalThe End Fun…Bread for the World Institute — $50,000 · InternationalBread for t…CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $50,000 · InternationalCHURCH WORL…WATERAID AMERICA INC — $45,000 · InternationalWATERAID AM…PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY — $30,000 · InternationalSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $255,000 · PhilanthropyMeridian Institute — $75,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $50,000 · PhilanthropyWorld Food Prize Foundation — $20,000 · PhilanthropyThe George Washington University — $75,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — $50,000 · EducationEmory University — $50,000 · EducationICIVICS INC — $25,000 · EducationRESULTS EDUCATIONAL FUND INC — $20,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE — $20,000 · EducationVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — $235,000 · Community ImprovementMILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE — $60,000 · Arts & CulturePERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Environment$3,955,000Other$2,400,000International$830,000Philanthropy$400,000Education$290,000Community Improvement$235,000Arts & Culture$165,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $1,150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $700,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $255,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $250,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — $235,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $140,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCERES INC — $125,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS — $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE — $95,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNature Forward — $90,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGlobal Health Council — $85,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT — $80,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSKYTRUTH — $80,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMeridian Institute — $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND — $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIGHTHAWK — $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe End Fund Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST — $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe George Washington University — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE — $70,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetMILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE — $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthworks — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBread for the World Institute — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC — $45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthwings Inc — $45,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetPULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING — $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY — $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOME INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Wallace Genetic Found…Gates FoundationCornell Douglas Found…The Rockefeller Found…Farvue Foundation IncResources Legacy FundThe Keith Campbell Fo…Walton Family Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…PatagoniaorgJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Wallace Genetic Foundation II IncDC45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc · Gates Foundation · Cornell Douglas Foundation Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation · Farvue Foundation Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

03Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Wallace Genetic Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Wallace Genetic 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2018) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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