Quick Summary
Name: The V Kann Rasmussen Foundation Inc Status: Active Grant Maker (Spending Down Endowment - Ending ~2035)
Key Facts
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Annual Giving | $7.5 million (2024) |
| Grant Range | $5,000 - $275,000 |
| Average Grant | $175,000 |
| Application Method | Invitation Only / Fixed Deadline (No Open Calls in 2026) |
Contact Details
Website: https://vkrf.org
Email: info@vkrf.org, grants@vkrf.org
Phone: 212-812-4271
Address: 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 900, New York, NY 10115
Office Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 9 am to 3 pm EST
Geographic Focus
- Primary focus on United States (national and international issues)
- For non-U.S. funding: must be multinational and not focus on any specific country, region, or continent
- Recent grant activity in District of Columbia, New York, and Massachusetts
Funding Priorities
- Petrochemicals and Climate: Analysis and audit of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from petrochemical production
- Infrastructure and Communications Support to Climate Movement: Young advocates, network-building across disciplines/movements, communication tools
- Cultural Resilience and Global Leadership: Systems-level responses to ecological/economic/social stresses, psychological and social capacities for dealing with climate change
- Nature-Centric Worldviews: Ethical frameworks addressing anthropocentrism, models of cooperation and co-existence
- Climate change, unsustainable consumption, and loss of biodiversity
- Environmental research and mitigation/planning for rapidly changing earth
What They Don't Fund
- Organizations without U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) charitable certification or international equivalency (fiscal sponsors with certification can be used)
- Non-U.S. projects that focus on a single specific country, region, or continent (must be multinational)
- Unsolicited proposals outside formal Call for Proposals process
Application Method
The foundation operates through invitation-only and fixed deadline cycles:
- Typically offers two grant cycles per year through "By Invitation-Only" or Open Call processes
- No open calls for proposals in 2026
- Does NOT accept unsolicited letters of inquiry outside Call for Proposal process
- Staff actively engages with actors within their thematic field
- Awarded 20-30 grants annually
Special Note: In 2020, the foundation announced it would double its annual grantmaking while spending down its endowment, expecting to end grantmaking around 2035.
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