Illinois · Nonprofit
THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE
THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,360,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($4,000,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What The Henry M Paulson Jr Institute does
Programs
Conservationthe institute's conservation program addresses some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing china and the world. It focuses on three priority areas: wetlands, national parks, and responsible trade and investment. These work streams support the protection of natural coastlines, shape the new architecture for protected areas, including national parks, and works to reduce the global environmental impact arising from overseas investment and international commodity trade from countries like china and brazil. Activities range from site-based pilots and demonstrations, capacity building, to national-level policy advocacy and collaboration at a global level.
$1,200,469 spentThink tankmacropolo is a think tank that creates distinctive and impactful work to decipher the macro trends and defining questions that will shape the global economy and politics for decades to come. Deglobalization, decarbonization, debt, and demographics are four of the macro themes that are explored. Subsequent to year end, this program was terminated.
$1,324,995 spentGreen financethe green finance center, established in 2018, supports the greening of the financial system by moving green finance from a philanthropic niche to the mainstream of markets. The center houses the institute's efforts on green finance including carbon markets development, fintech and sustainability and green taxonomies. Building on these efforts and by focusing on three core areascarbon, finance, and fintechthe center aims to promote market-driven solutions to foster a vibrant international green finance market through convening, advocacy, thought leadership, and our expertise.
$508,224 spentGovernment affairsthis program oversees the mayors exchange program which enables local policymakers to implement sustainable practices in urban centers.
$422,711 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $16M (−24%).
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.
Board chair
Henry M Paulson Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1.3M → $500k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE’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
THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
89% 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 THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 53% · 2019 66% · 2020 56% · 2021 87% · 2022 91% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
13% of THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.3M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE
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In Illinois
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE?
- THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,360,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($4,000,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $18,360,000 in grants to THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HENRY M PAULSON JR INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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