Funding search · EIN 131982695 · New York, NY
The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 137
- grants reported
- $27.9M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $100,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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12 grants matching “salmon” · $700,000
- $50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2024
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
- $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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2024
General purposes
- $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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing in iceland
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2023
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
University of British Columbia · 2022
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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2022
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2022
General purposes
- $50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing in iceland
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Wildlife Conservation Society3 grants · $3.0M
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution3 grants · $2.8M
- Monell Chemical Senses Center3 grants · $2.6M
- Trustees of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory3 grants · $1.6M
- University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science3 grants · $1.5M
- Uc San Diego Foundation Scripps Institution of Oceanography3 grants · $1.5M
- University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography3 grants · $1.4M
- Marine Biological Laboratories3 grants · $1.3M
- Oregon State University College of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences3 grants · $1.3M
- University of Washington School of Oceanography2 grants · $1.1M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 137 grants.
- $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
- $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
- $1.0M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
For recruitment and/or research 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 · 2023
$300,000 for recruitment and/or research purposes; $200,000 for programs of the climate center; $200,000 toward the next vetlesen prize
- $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 · 2023
For application to the recruitment and/or research efforts within the global change program
- $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
- $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
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
- $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
- $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 · 2024
General 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
- $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 · 2022
For application to recruitment and/or research efforts
- $500,000
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science · Miami, FL · 2022
General purposes
- $500,000
University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography · Narragansett, RI · 2022
For recruitment and/or research 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
- $400,000
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics · Austin, TX · 2023
To be applied to the antarctic aerogeophysical research project
- $400,000
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics · Austin, TX · 2022
To be applied to the antarctic aerogeophysical research project
- $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
- $350,000
Marine Biological Laboratories · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
For discretion of dr. Sogin and dr. Welch to the josephine bay paul center
- $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
- $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
- $250,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
For recruitment and/or research purposes
- $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
- $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
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2022
For recruitment and/or research purposes
- $250,000
Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences · New Brinswick, NJ · 2022
Research purposes of the center for ocean observing leadership
- $200,000
University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences · St Augustine, FL · 2024
For general purposes of the whitney laboratory for marine bioscience
- $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 · 2023
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
- $150,000
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences · 2023
General purposes
- $150,000
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences · 2022
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
- $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
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
- $100,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $100,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purposes
- $100,000
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2022
General purposes
- $100,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
$50,000 for application to the foundation's oyster restoration program; $50,000 for general purposes
- $100,000
Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
For application to research on global temperature and atlantic hurricanes
- $100,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
For application to its recruitment and/or research efforts
- $100,000
Island Conservation · City of Industry, CA · 2022
General purposes
- $100,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purposes of the joint program on the science and policy of global change
- $100,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2022
General purposes
- $100,000
Univ System of Maryland Foundation Inst of Marine & Environmental Tech · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For research efforts
- $100,000
University of British Columbia · 2022
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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $100,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General purposes
- $75,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
Riverfront communities program & ecological restoration initiatives
- $75,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
Riverfront communities program & ecological restoration initiatives
- $75,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
Riverfront communities program & ecological restoration initiatives
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2024
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2024
General purposes
- $50,000
Black Rock Forest Consortium · Cornwall, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $50,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General purposes of the island school
- $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
Connecticut Fund for the Environment · New Haven, CT · 2024
Application to the save the sound program
- $50,000
Copenhagen Consensus Center · Tewksbury, MA · 2024
For general purposes
- $50,000
Game Conservancy USA · Westport, CT · 2024
General purposes
- $50,000
Nature Conservancy of Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2024
General purposes
- $50,000
North Atlantic Salmon Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Application to campaign against sea cage salmon fishing
- $50,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2024
For application to the climate economics and policy program
- $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
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… read allApplication 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: deciphering a microbial paradox in oceanic dead zones" less
- $50,000
Webb Institute · Glen Cove, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Calais, ME · 2023
$37,500 for general purposes and $12,500 for work in greenland
- $50,000
Atlantic Salmon Trust · 2023
General purposes
- $50,000
Black Rock Forest Consortium · Cornwall, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $50,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purposes of the island school
- $50,000
Catholic Charities USA · Alexandra, VA · 2023
For appication to disaster relief operations
- $50,000
Connecticut Fund for the Environment · New Haven, CT · 2023
Application to the save the sound program
- $50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Application to its international medical relief programs
- $50,000
Game Conservancy USA · Westport, CT · 2023
General purposes
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