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V Kann Rasmussen Foundation

Name: V Kann Rasmussen Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

91
grants reported: $30.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $217,996
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

climate membership nature polycrisis core ecological center decision

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “collapse” · $504,712

$217,996
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
In support of the facing the polycrisis head on: a multidisciplinary perspective on managing collapse and boosting resilience project
$215,331
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
In support of the facing the polycrisis head on: a multidisciplinary perspective on managing collapse and boostingresilience project
$71,385
The Schumacher Institute · 2021
In support of the "raising global dialogue on collapse anticipation" project

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

United Nations Foundation5 grants · $7.5M
University of Copenhagen4 grants · $2.7M
University of Cambridge5 grants · $2.0M
Tmp Public Cic3 grants · $1.6M
Global Ecovillage Network International4 grants · $1.2M
Transition Network2 grants · $1.1M
Players Philanthropy Fund1 grant · $1.0M
United Nations Development Programme1 grant · $1.0M
Rand Corporation2 grants · $994,405
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo5 grants · $837,199

Giving over time

$7.7M

2021

$7.6M

2022

$7.5M

2023

$8.1M

2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$2.3M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
In support of the accelerator for systemic risk assessment initiative
$2.3M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
In support of the accelerator for systemic risk assessment initiative
$1.4M
University of Cambridge · 2022
Educational institution of higher education organized as a commonlaw corporation
$1.3M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
In support of the systemic risk assessment accelerator symposium
$1.0M
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2021
In support of faculty for the future
$1.0M
United Nations Development Programme · New York, NY · 2024
In support of "advancing nature in undp development thinking and practice for human development" project
$1.0M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of asra's operations and core activities
$809,532
University of Copenhagen · 2024
In support of the center for applied ecology
$685,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
In support of a deep dive on biocentric approches
$673,000
Tmp Public Cic · 2021
In support of the climate risk and crisis in the very near future project
$662,273
University of Copenhagen · 2023
In support of the center for applied ecology
$649,486
University of Copenhagen · 2021
In support of the center for applied ecology
$620,268
The University of Sydney - Camperdown · 2024
In support of the "including the more-than-human in decision making" project
$594,562
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
In support of the towards a future with climate and ecologicalrestoration project
$575,709
University of Copenhagen · 2022
In support of the center for applied ecology thinking
$561,202
Tmp Public Cic · 2022
In support of the mission climate project"
$549,081
Transition Network · 2024
In support of the project "accelerating nature-centric decision-making and living systems through bioregional governance partnerships"
$531,809
Global Ecovillage Network International · 2021
In support of the ecovillages 2.5+ project
$530,845
Transition Network · 2024
In support of the project "field recordings from a thrutopian future"
$500,000
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2024
In support of carbon neutral cities alliance's project "designing urban climate governance for regenerative futures"
$496,883
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2024
In support of "aligning nature-centrism with organizational structure and purpose" project
$474,363
Het Nieuwe Instituut · 2024
In support of the "growing zoops" project
$441,967
Club of Rome · 2024
In support of the "embedding a nature-centric systems approach in eu policymaking & governance" project
$437,245
Corporacion Movilizatorio · 2024
Educational programming for development assistance and local organizations in nature-centric planning
$400,000
Tmp Public Cic · 2023
In support of the mission climate project - for core funding and development assistance
$399,950
Global Ecovillage Network International · 2023
In support of the "keystone communities - sustaining life through polycrisis"
$399,843
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
In support of the "looking back to look forward" project
$399,033
University of Exeter Global Systems Institute · 2023
In support of your "a resilience sensing system to help understand, mitigate, and govern the polycrisis" project
$370,810
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for a scientific conference on nature within the divinity school
$361,532
Lund University · 2021
In support of rfp 4 _ power map "mapping power structures"
$329,175
University of Cambridge · 2022
In support of a conference on "petrochemicals and climate"
$300,008
Anglia Ruskin University · 2024
In support of the project "shifting mindsets in the actuarial profession: from natural capital to nature-centrism"
$290,766
Focus On the Global South · 2022
In support of the social movements: creating a commons beyond the polycrisis project
$290,250
Climate Interactive · Washington, DC · 2023
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
$275,338
Carnegie Council Fund · New York, NY · 2021
To support a senior-level consultant working to secure government funding
$275,000
The Council On Strategic Risks · Washington, DC · 2022
In support of the collaborative plan of action for ecological security project
$275,000
The Council On Strategic Risks · Washington, DC · 2021
In support of the collaborative plan of action for ecological security project
$250,000
Lund University · 2023
In support of "exploring fungal decision making and agency in symbiotic interactions" project
$249,862
University of Reading · 2023
In support of the "electrical communication between plants and mycorrhizal fungi: exploring the cellular and molecular basis of expended cognition" project
$247,630
University of Reading · 2023
In suppport of "catalyst for biocentric awareness and governance" project
$246,772
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo · 2023
In support of the project "bean sync: mitigating plant jet jag in common beans with phytomelatonin"
$246,400
University of Alberta · 2023
In support of the project "what would plant cognition look like: an experimental approach to understanding"
$244,540
University of Reading · 2024
In support of the "cognitive foundations of multispecies organisations" project
$243,679
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo · 2023
In support of the project "behavioral evidence for plant consciousness"
$242,650
Ben-Gurion University · 2024
In support of the "collective behavior and decision making in plants" research project
$217,996
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
In support of the facing the polycrisis head on: a multidisciplinary perspective on managing collapse and boosting resilience project
$215,331
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
In support of the facing the polycrisis head on: a multidisciplinary perspective on managing collapse and boostingresilience project
$212,000
Center for Humans and Nature · Libertyville, IL · 2023
In support of david abram's research
$210,000
Institute for Public Policy Research · 2021
In support of continued funding for the cohort 2040 project as described in the proposal submitted by laurie-laybourn-langton as of november 2020
$200,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Core funding
$200,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021
In support of the work of climate nexus
$178,374
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo · 2023
In support of the project "investigating collective intilligence in forest ecosystems"
$170,000
University of Cambridge · 2023
In support of the "research working group on petrochemicals and climate change"
$158,374
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo · 2023
In support of the project "ecological insights for plant acoutics"
$150,000
Carnegie Council Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Core funding for c2g initiative
$150,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2021
Core funding
$150,000
Carnegie Council Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Core funding for carnegie climate governance initiative (c2g)
$150,000
Institute for Public Policy Research · 2021
In support of the cohort 2040 project
$150,000
Presencing Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2021
In support of the u.school for transformation
$147,686
Global Ecovillage Network International · 2023
In support of the "weaving humanity back into the web of life: kinecentric leadership throughout the polycrisis" project
$147,685
Global Ecovillage Network International · 2022
In support of the kincentric leadership program
$144,386
University of Colorado Future Earth US Global Hub · Denver, CO · 2021
In support of anthropocene magazine's climate parables project
$140,000
Royal Roads University · 2022
In support of the leveraging the polycrisis project
$135,253
Evolution Institute · San Antonio, FL · 2021
In support of the consequences of crisis project; seshat global history databank
$120,000
Meridian Institute · Dillion, CO · 2023
In support of a "petrochemicals event and during climate week nyc - september 25, 2024"
$117,597
Stockholm Resilience Centre Stockholm University · 2022
In support of "mapping the impacts of ecological tipping points" project
$106,780
Resilience Alliance · Tempe, AZ · 2022
In support of the strengthening the theoretical basis of resilience in practice project
$100,000
Royal Roads University · 2023
In support of the hosting of the www.polycrisis.org website
$100,000
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Core funding
$95,322
Resilience Alliance · Tempe, AZ · 2021
In support of the strengthening the theoretical basis of resilience in practice project
$88,787
Stockholm Resilience Centre Stockholm University · 2021
In support of the stockholm resilience center, mapping the impacts of ecological tipping points project
$80,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Nature-based keynote conference speaker
$80,000
Charles University · 2023
In support of "perception and developmental behavior in boquila: the world according to a mimic wine" project
$72,367
University of Cambridge · 2021
In support of the larger "narrating the ecological meta-crisis" project
$71,385
The Schumacher Institute · 2021
In support of the "raising global dialogue on collapse anticipation" project
$45,020
Lund University · 2022
In support of rfp 4 power map "mapping power structures"
$40,000
Meridian Institute · Dillion, CO · 2022
In support of the global alliance for the future of food's membership dues
$38,000
Royal Roads University · 2023
In support of the "speeding up the development of a community of polycris research and practice" project
$23,210
Harvard Collage · Cambridge, MA · 2023
In support of the "thinking with plants and fungi" project
$10,000
Consultative Group On Biological Diversity · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Membership for 2024-2025
$10,000
Unversidad De Murcia Campus De Espinardo · 2023
In support of two-day workshop on plant signaling and behavior
$10,000
US Science Po Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
In support of "geo-social classes: theorizing class in a time of global climate change" project
$10,000
Biodiversity Funders Group (Bfg) · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Membership dues 2021-2022
$9,181
University of Cambridge · 2023
In support of a conference on "petrochemicals and climate"
$5,500
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Membership renewal 3/1/25-2/28/26
$5,500
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Practitioner membership for 2024-2025
$5,500
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Practitioner membership for 2023-2024
$5,060
Imperial College London · 2021
In support of ajay gambhir's october 2021 contribution to summarizing the results of the study with the purpose of allowing for easy dissemination to a philanthropic and other lay person audience
$5,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2021
Practitioner membership for 2020-2021
$1,700
Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024
Membership renewal 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2027
$1,630
Exponent Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
Two-year membership renewal

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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.