North Carolina · Nonprofit
3Gs for Gaia
3Gs for Gaia (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,111 to it, the largest being ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $604k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $118k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What 3Gs for Gaia does
Mission
Supporting, incubating and funding water purification and protection, land restoration, regeneration and sustainable agriculture and womens empowerment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We made relationships, conducted research and focused on a few issues embedded in our Mission Statement to further establish our Friends of Program. We expanded beyond our first region of focus and mainly worked in the Southeast United States. We had meetings with NGOs, community programs and Indigenous People of the area to discuss water protection, regenerative agriculture, suporting womens entrepreneurial efforts and education.
$72,596 spent31% of program spendingWe focused on Right Relationship and built partnerships with organizations and individuals wanting to work with Tribal Communities. We successfylly conducted more than a dozen trainings and provided resources to these organizations and individuals. We also provided onsite services, remote support and technical assistance to several Tribal Communities in the United States. Education, capacity building and resource development were our areas of focus.
$42,537 spentof which $5,000 as grants18% of program spendingWe grew our fiscal sponsorship program for several Indigenous programs that focus on food sovereignty, water protection, cultural and language restoration and regenerative land practices. We provided technical assistance, compliance and administration for these programs as well as assisted in fundraising efforts.
$115,983 spent$116,855 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $231,116.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $5.2M to $5.4M (+4%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of 3Gs for Gaia’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mccayne Miller
Executive Director/President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of 3Gs for Gaia’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
3Gs for Gaia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 3Gs for Gaia.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
3Gs for Gaia draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 5 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
3Gs for Gaia runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like 3Gs for Gaia
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 3Gs for Gaia: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 3Gs for Gaia?
- 3Gs for Gaia (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,111 to it, the largest being ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 3Gs for Gaia have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $118,111 in grants to 3Gs for Gaia.
- Who is the largest funder of 3Gs for Gaia?
- ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 3Gs for Gaia find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing