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V Kann Rasmussen Foundation: 18 grants to organizations, $8.1 million (tax year ended June 2025)
V Kann Rasmussen Foundation, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 18 grants to organizations totaling $8,105,392 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on March 24, 2026. The largest was $1,000,000 to United Nations Development Programme in New York, NY for in support of "advancing nature in undp development thinking and practice for human development" project.
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- EIN
- 462283123
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $85,269,622
- Grants paid
- $8,105,392
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed March 24, 2026, IRS object ID 202630839349100623. It reported $8,105,392 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Development Programme | New York, NY | In support of "advancing nature in undp development thinking and practice for human development" project | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | In support of asra's operations and core activities | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Copenhagen | DA | In support of the center for applied ecology | $809,532 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The University of Sydney - Camperdown | Sydney, AS | In support of the "including the more-than-human in decision making" project | $620,268 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Transition Network | Oldbury, UK | In support of the project "accelerating nature-centric decision-making and living systems through bioregional governance partnerships" | $549,081 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Transition Network | Oldbury, UK | In support of the project "field recordings from a thrutopian future" | $530,845 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Urban Sustainability Directors Network | Sanford, NC | In support of carbon neutral cities alliance's project "designing urban climate governance for regenerative futures" | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | In support of "aligning nature-centrism with organizational structure and purpose" project | $496,883 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Het Nieuwe Instituut | NL | In support of the "growing zoops" project | $474,363 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Club of Rome | SZ | In support of the "embedding a nature-centric systems approach in eu policymaking & governance" project | $441,967 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Corporacion Movilizatorio | CO | Educational programming for development assistance and local organizations in nature-centric planning | $437,245 | apps.irs.gov | |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Support for a scientific conference on nature within the divinity school | Education | $370,810 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Chelmsford, UK | In support of the project "shifting mindsets in the actuarial profession: from natural capital to nature-centrism" | $300,008 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Reading | UK | In support of the "cognitive foundations of multispecies organisations" project | $244,540 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ben-Gurion University | IS | In support of the "collective behavior and decision making in plants" research project | $242,650 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Confluence Philanthropy | New York, NY | Nature-based keynote conference speaker | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Confluence Philanthropy | New York, NY | Membership renewal 3/1/25-2/28/26 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | Membership renewal 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2027 | $1,700 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202511319349100316. It reported $7,461,013 in grants paid; 30 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | In support of the systemic risk assessment accelerator symposium | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | In support of a deep dive on biocentric approches | International, foreign affairs and national security | $685,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Copenhagen | DA | In support of the center for applied ecology | $662,273 | apps.irs.gov | |
| TMP Public Cic | UK | In support of the mission climate project - for core funding and development assistance | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Ecovillage Network International | UK | In support of the "keystone communities - sustaining life through polycrisis" | $399,950 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | In support of the "looking back to look forward" project | Public and societal benefit | $399,843 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Exeter Global Systems Institute | UK | In support of your "a resilience sensing system to help understand, mitigate, and govern the polycrisis" project | $399,033 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Interactive | Washington, DC | In support of the "modeling climate-related impacts on natural systems and non-human species to engage decision makers and inform worldwide climate policy" project | $290,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lund University | SW | In support of "exploring fungal decision making and agency in symbiotic interactions" project | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Reading | UK | In support of the "electrical communication between plants and mycorrhizal fungi: exploring the cellular and molecular basis of expended cognition" project | $249,862 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Reading | UK | In suppport of "catalyst for biocentric awareness and governance" project | $247,630 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unversidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo | SP | In support of the project "bean sync: mitigating plant jet jag in common beans with phytomelatonin" | $246,772 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Alberta | CA | In support of the project "what would plant cognition look like: an experimental approach to understanding" | $246,400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unversidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo | SP | In support of the project "behavioral evidence for plant consciousness" | $243,679 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | In support of the facing the polycrisis head on: a multidisciplinary perspective on managing collapse and boosting resilience project | Education | $217,996 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Humans and Nature | Libertyville, IL | In support of david abram's research | $212,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unversidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo | SP | In support of the project "investigating collective intilligence in forest ecosystems" | $178,374 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Cambridge | UK | In support of the "research working group on petrochemicals and climate change" | $170,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unversidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo | SP | In support of the project "ecological insights for plant acoutics" | $158,374 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Ecovillage Network International | UK | In support of the "weaving humanity back into the web of life: kinecentric leadership throughout the polycrisis" project | $147,686 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meridian Institute | Dillion, CO | In support of a "petrochemicals event and during climate week nyc - september 25, 2024" | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Royal Roads University | CA | In support of the hosting of the www.polycrisis.org website | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles University | EZ | In support of "perception and developmental behavior in boquila: the world according to a mimic wine" project | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Royal Roads University | CA | In support of the "speeding up the development of a community of polycris research and practice" project | $38,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Collage | Cambridge, MA | In support of the "thinking with plants and fungi" project | $23,210 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Consultative Group On Biological Diversity | San Francisco, CA | Membership for 2024-2025 | Science and technology | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unversidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo | SP | In support of two-day workshop on plant signaling and behavior | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Us Science Po Foundation | New York, NY | In support of "geo-social classes: theorizing class in a time of global climate change" project | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Cambridge | UK | In support of a conference on "petrochemicals and climate" | $9,181 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Confluence Philanthropy | New York, NY | Practitioner membership for 2024-2025 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,935,000 |
| Education | $588,806 |
| Public and societal benefit | $399,843 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $91,000 |
| Science and technology | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $3,226,950 |
| New York | $1,101,000 |
| Massachusetts | $612,016 |
| North Carolina | $500,000 |
| Oregon | $496,883 |
| California | $409,843 |
| Illinois | $212,000 |
| Colorado | $120,000 |
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Updated March 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.