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THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC
THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $808,751 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($803,751). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $809k
- Net assets
- $205M
What The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc does
Programs
Research grants research grants includes the dissertation fieldwork, post phd research grants and engaged research grants programs. These programs contribute to the foundation's overall mission to support research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The foundation employs a rigorous review process, where experts in the field review proposals and supply feedback to applicants. The review process informs the foundation's funding decisions as well as provides training to applicants to strengthen the design of their research projects. Grantees submit final reports at the completion of their research projects which are broadly disseminated to the anthropological community on the foundation's website, social media, and publication outlets. In 2024, the foundation approved 182 research grants.
$5,148,582 spentFellowshipsthe foundation sponsors a variety of fellowship programs to support scholars from underrepresented areas receive doctoral training in anthropology and early career scholars for writing and ethnographic film projects that help advance their careers. In 2024, the foundation approved 24 wadsworth fellowships (doctoral training), 18 hunt fellowships (writing),1 fellowship in anthropology and black experiences (writing), and 5 fejos fellowships (film).
$2,277,459 spentConferencethe foundation internally administers two international meetings each year. These meetings convene scholars for intensive discussions on groundbreaking topics that help shape the trajectory of anthropological discourse and research. An open access special supplement to the foundation's journal, current anthropology, is published for each symposium and is widely accessed by the anthropological community. The foundation also sponsors academic meetings administered outside the foundation through its conference and workshop grant program. This funding enables international scholars to convene and further the creation of anthropological knowledge and debate. The foundation approved 33 conference and workshop grants in 2024.
$1,177,133 spentPublicationsthe foundation sponsors two anthropological publications: current anthropology and sapiens. Current anthropology is a leading international scholarly journal in anthropology. The journal has six issues each year, which include articles, reports, interviews, and book reviews as well as discussion and commentary. Sapiens is an online publication to popularize and publicize anthropological research to an international audience. Sapiens also trains professional anthropologists to write in a public voice suitable for a broader public and thus advancing the impact of anthropological research outside of academia.
$1,265,131 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $228M to $198M (−13%).
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
Barbara Rockenbach
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $268k.
From the IRS filings of THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC’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 WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Government funding THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $325k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$325k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In New York
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC?
- THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $808,751 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($803,751). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $808,751 in grants to THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC?
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $803,751 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 2 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