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THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,364 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($82,938). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $149k
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology does
Mission
To advance the science of vertebrate paleontology and to serve the common interests and facilitate the cooporation of all persons concerned with the history, evolution, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy of vertebrate animals, as well as, field occurance, collection, and study of fossil vertebrates and the stratigraphy of the beds in which they are found. The society is also concerned with the conservation and preservation of fossil sites.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting: the annual scientific conference provides a forum for scientists and hobbyists interested in the science of paleontology to network, share information, and collaborate on projects.
$640,825 spent$593,642 earned by the program67% of program spendingJournal: the journal of vertebrate paleontology is the flagship publication of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
$95,124 spent$90,728 earned by the program10% of program spendingMembership: the society's most vital resource is the active participation of it's members. Approximately 2,000 professionals, amateurs and students world-wide are active members. The svp membership directory contains contact information for the entire svp member community and is available for searching members. The journal of vertebrate paleontology (jvp), the most widely read journal in the profession, is also available to members.
$217,433 spentof which $65,642 as grants$201,876 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $953,382.
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.
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 $5.8M to $5.0M (−14%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $48k → $10k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY’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 SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
63% of THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY'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 $55k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY: 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 THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY?
- THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,364 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($82,938). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $149,364 in grants to THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $82,938 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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