Maryland · Nonprofit
The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster
The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,551 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $13k
What The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster does
Mission
The organization's mission is to deliver robust support to graduate students in the hazards and disaster field to build a future cohort of professionals, mentors, academics, and researchers who can address inequities and make fair and swift response possible for our communities. Our aim is to prioritize the lived experiences and expertise of marginalized communities in solidarity with their pursuit of disaster risk reduction and environmental justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research: The Bill Anderson Fund engaged in collaborative projects with partners to provide applied research insights, experiential learning, and technical support for community-based organizations. These projects delivered mission-relevant information and resources to entities responding to extreme events, covering topics such as humanitarian assistance, public and environmental health, emergency management, climate resilience, and disaster philanthropy. Additionally, the program provided hands-on training in research application and program evaluation, enhancing skills in evidence-based practice and policy advocacy while promoting thought leadership in disaster science.
$85,134 spent56% of program spendingEducation and Outreach: The Bill Anderson Fund engaged in educational activities benefiting doctoral students, external early-career researchers, and established professionals.In partnership with the University of Washington, it implemented a yearlong public health and disaster research training initiative. Additionally, the organization collaborated with the Natural Hazards Center to produce a public-facing article series, translating research findings for practitioners in underserved communities. The organization also participated in national convenings with private sector partners, philanthropies, and government agencies to identify challenges in disaster-affected communities and highlight research-driven recommendations for humanitarian assistance.
$55,387 spent36% of program spendingProfessional Development: The Bill Anderson Fund provided doctoral student fellows with tailored professional development training, platforms for showcasing research, and networking opportunities within the broader hazards and disaster field. Internal programs cultivated a support network of peer and near-peer connections that aided educational matriculation and advanced research agendas. These programs also facilitated skill development in science communication, project management, leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Furthermore, the organization established individual mentoring relationships to target needs such as career planning, degree navigation, and funding strategies. Finally, the organization maintained a weekly publication connecting fellows and alumni to job opportunities, research funding, and professional training.
$11,735 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,256.
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 2020 to 2021, from $43k to $88k (+107%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster’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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
95% 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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster has grown faster than half of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% 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 The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster: 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 William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster?
- The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,551 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,551 in grants to The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster?
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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