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The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation

$27.9M
in grants paid: 137
grants: 52
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.8M
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Installment with reference to $5,500,000 pledge made with letter on february 7, 2022 by ambrose monell foundation
$1.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024
$250,000 for general purposes; $250,000 for its marine program: $250,000 for the wildlife health program; and $250,000 for the new york aquarium
$1.0M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$500,000
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science · Miami, FL · 2024
General purposes
$400,000
University of Washington College of the Environment Gift Services · Seattle, WA · 2024
$375,000 to be applied for recruitment and research purposes at the school of oceanography; $25,000 to be applied to dr. Kristin laidre's work in greenland
$375,000
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography · Narragansett, RI · 2024
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$350,000
Marine Biological Laboratories · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
For discretion of dr. Sogin and dr. Welch to the josephine bay paul center
$300,000
Uc San Diego Foundation Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2024
For application to the recruitment and/or research efforts within the global change program
$250,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2024
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$250,000
Oregon State University College of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences · Corvallis, OR · 2024
For application to recruitment and/or research efforts
$250,000
Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
Research purposes of the center for ocean observing leadership
$250,000
Trustees of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · Palisades, NY · 2024
For recruitment and/or research purposes and the programs of the climate center
$200,000
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics · Austin, TX · 2024
To be applied to the antarctic aerogeophysical research project
$200,000
University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences · St Augustine, FL · 2024
For general purposes of the whitney laboratory for marine bioscience
$175,000
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2024
$75,000 for funding research on the effects of toxins produced by harmful algae and the related impact on local fisheries and the communities that depend on them; $100,000 for general purposes
$150,000
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences · 2024
General purposes
$125,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
$50,000 for general purposes; $75,000 second and final installment for recruitment and hire of a coastal resource scientist
$125,000
Island Conservation · City of Industry, CA · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
For application to its recruitment and/or research efforts
$100,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024
General purposes
$75,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
Riverfront communities program & ecological restoration initiatives
$50,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2024
For application to the climate economics and policy program
$50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing
$50,000
Webb Institute · Glen Cove, NY · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2024
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
$50,000
Nature Conservancy of Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Sustainable Ocean Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Texas a&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group · College Station, TX · 2024
For research efforts
$50,000
Game Conservancy USA · Westport, CT · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Univ of Maryland Foundation Inst of Marine & Environmental Tech Columbu · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For research efforts
$50,000
University of British Columbia · 2024
Application to research programs "project salmon resilience: the impact of climate change and fisheries on sockeye salmon's genetic diversity and population resilience and "gasping for breath, grasping at life: decipher…
$50,000
Copenhagen Consensus Center · Tewksbury, MA · 2024
For general purposes
$50,000
Connecticut Fund for the Environment · New Haven, CT · 2024
Application to the save the sound program
$50,000
Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
For application to research on global temperature and atlantic hurricanes
$50,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purposes of the island school
$50,000
Black Rock Forest Consortium · Cornwall, NY · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
American-Scandinavian Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Tall Timbers · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
International Yacht Restoration School · Newport, RI · 2024
General purposes
$1.0M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$1.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
$250,000 for general purposes; $250,000 for its marine program: $250,000 for the wildlife health program; and $250,000 for the new york aquarium
$700,000
Trustees of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · Palisades, NY · 2023
$300,000 for recruitment and/or research purposes; $200,000 for programs of the climate center; $200,000 toward the next vetlesen prize
$600,000
Uc San Diego Foundation Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2023
For application to the recruitment and/or research efforts within the global change program
$525,000
University of Washington School of Oceanography · Seattle, WA · 2023
$500,000 to be applied at the discretion of dr. Keil for recruitment and research purposes; $25,000 to be applied to dr. Kristin laidre's work in greenland
$500,000
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography · Narragansett, RI · 2023
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$500,000
Oregon State University College of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences · Corvallis, OR · 2023
For application to recruitment and/or research efforts
$500,000
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science · Miami, FL · 2023
General purposes
$400,000
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics · Austin, TX · 2023
To be applied to the antarctic aerogeophysical research project
$350,000
Marine Biological Laboratories · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
For discretion of dr. Sogin and dr. Welch to the josephine bay paul center
$250,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$250,000
Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
Research purposes of the center for ocean observing leadership
$250,000
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Installment with reference to $5,500,000 pledge made with letter on february 7, 2022 by ambrose monell foundation
$200,000
University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences · St Augustine, FL · 2023
For general purposes of the whitney laboratory for marine bioscience
$150,000
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences · 2023
General purposes
$125,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
$50,000 for general purposes; $75,000 first installment for recruitment and hire of a coastal resource scientist
$100,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
For application to research on global temperature and atlantic hurricanes
$100,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2023
For application to its recruitment and/or research efforts
$100,000
Island Conservation · City of Industry, CA · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purposes of the joint program on the science and policy of global change
$100,000
Organization for Tropical Studies · Durham, NC · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2023
For application to the climate economics and policy program
$100,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Univ System of Maryland Foundation Inst of Marine & Environmental Tech · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For research efforts
$100,000
University of British Columbia · 2023
Application to research programs "project salmon resilience: the impact of climate change and fisheries on sockeye salmon's genetic diversity and population resilience and "gasping for breath, grasping at life: decipher…
$75,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
Riverfront communities program & ecological restoration initiatives
$50,000
Black Rock Forest Consortium · Cornwall, NY · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Webb Institute · Glen Cove, NY · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Salvation Army · New York, NY · 2023
Application to nationwide disaster relief operations
$50,000
Texas a&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group · College Station, TX · 2023
For research efforts
$50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Sustainable Ocean Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Game Conservancy USA · Westport, CT · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2023
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Application to its international medical relief programs
$50,000
Connecticut Fund for the Environment · New Haven, CT · 2023
Application to the save the sound program
$50,000
Catholic Charities USA · Alexandra, VA · 2023
For appication to disaster relief operations
$50,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purposes of the island school
$50,000
Nature Conservancy of Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing in iceland
$25,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Tall Timbers · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
International Yacht Restoration School · Newport, RI · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
American-Scandinavian Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$1.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
$500,000 for the bridge fund; $150,000 for general purposes; $50,000 for its marine program; $50,000 for the wildlife health program; and $250,000 for the new york aquarium
$750,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$700,000
Trustees of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · Palisades, NY · 2022
$300,000 for recruitment and/or research purposes; $200,000 for programs of the climate center; $200,000 toward the next vetlesen prize
$600,000
Uc San Diego Foundation Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2022
For application to the recruitment and/or research efforts within the global change program
$600,000
Monell Chemical Senses Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Installment with reference to $5,500,000 pledge made with letter on february 7, 2022 by ambrose monell foundation
$600,000
Marine Biological Laboratories · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
$250,000 for application to recruitment efforts at the josephine bay paul center; $350,000 for discretion of dr. Sogin and dr. Welch to the josephine bay paul center
$525,000
University of Washington School of Oceanography · Seattle, WA · 2022
$500,000 to be applied at the discretion of dr. Keil, and $25,000 to be applied to dr. Kristin laidre's work in greenland
$500,000
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science · Miami, FL · 2022
General purposes
$500,000
Oregon State University College of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences · Corvallis, OR · 2022
For application to recruitment and/or research efforts
$500,000
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography · Narragansett, RI · 2022
For recruitment and/or research purposes
$400,000
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics · Austin, TX · 2022
To be applied to the antarctic aerogeophysical research project
$350,000
University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences · St Augustine, FL · 2022
$250,000 for application to the laboratory's center for biological imaging and discovery; $100,000 for general purposes of the whitney laboratory for marine bioscience

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.