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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
100
Grants FY2017
23
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 100 grants below total $8,350,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,500,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,150,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $1.0M
  • $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
Grand Canyon Trust$250,000
Duke School of Medicine$250,000
Nicholas School of the Environment/Duke University$250,000
Earthjustice$200,000
Heart to Heart International$200,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation$150,000
Conservation Fund$150,000
The Environmental Film Festival$140,000
U.S. Water Partnership$125,000
02Its 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; 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.
02the grantee network

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

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 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 Environmen…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 · OtherSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Other+23 more: $975,000 · Other+23 moreHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $200,000 · InternationalHEART TO HE…WATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS: $100,000 · InternationalWATER ENGIN…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $100,000 · InternationalTHE UNION O…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 · EducationEmory University: $50,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $50,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationICIVICS INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $20,000 · EducationRESULTS EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $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$2,475,000International$830,000Philanthropy$400,000Education$290,000Community Improvement$235,000Arts & Culture$165,000

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 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 budgetWATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS: $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 budgetSKYTRUTH: $80,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT: $80,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMeridian Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe George Washington University: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHAWK: $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetMILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEarthworks: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetEmory University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBread for the World Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSOME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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

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.
03Through Plinth

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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 81 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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