Avatar Alliance Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 27-4287118 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid: $3.1M
Grants reported: 8
Typical grant: $80K
Future commitments: Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Contact: Kimberly Jo Butts
Address: 888 7Th Ave FL 4 C/O Ml Mgmt New York, NY, 10106
Phone: (212) 333-5500
Deadlines: Letters May be submitted at any time during the year.
Application materials: Submit letter of inquiry, organization will notify applicant if the request has been approved. Letter of inquiry should include the following: a brief statement of the issues to be addressed, the history and goals of your organization, and your organization's involvement with these issues. A brief summary of the activities of the organization for which you are requesting support, including an outline of your objectives, and anticipated outcomes and implications. The approximate starting date and duration that the funding will cover. The total amount of funding needed, the amount requested from the foundation, and the information about other sources of support, both assured and requested. Contact information for the organization and EIN for the organization.
Restrictions: All letters are first reviewed to determine if they fall within the foundation's program guidlines. Those that do not are immediately declined. Letters that are within the guidelines are then reviewed to determine the priority of the proposed activity within the foundation's goals and the impact of the likely results of the activities.

Original filing text

Contact: KIMBERLY JO BUTTS
Address: 888 7TH AVE FL 4 C/O ML MGMT NEW YORK, NY, 10106
Phone: 2123335500
Deadlines: LETTERS MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.
Application materials: SUBMIT LETTER OF INQUIRY, ORGANIZATION WILL NOTIFY APPLICANT IF THE REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED. LETTER OF INQUIRY SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED, THE HISTORY AND GOALS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THESE ISSUES. A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH YOU ARE REQUESTING SUPPORT, INCLUDING AN OUTLINE OF YOUR OBJECTIVES, AND ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS. THE APPROXIMATE STARTING DATE AND DURATION THAT THE FUNDING WILL COVER. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING NEEDED, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM THE FOUNDATION, AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPORT, BOTH ASSURED AND REQUESTED. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND EIN FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
Restrictions: ALL LETTERS ARE FIRST REVIEWED TO DETERMINE IF THEY FALL WITHIN THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM GUIDLINES. THOSE THAT DO NOT ARE IMMEDIATELY DECLINED. LETTERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES ARE THEN REVIEWED TO DETERMINE THE PRIORITY OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY WITHIN THE FOUNDATION'S GOALS AND THE IMPACT OF THE LIKELY RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES.

Reported organization name: AVATAR ALLIANCE FOUNDATION

Where Avatar Alliance Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

California$2.5M Massachusetts$410.5K Washington$60K New Mexico$50K New York$15K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

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The Game Changers Foundation

Sacramento, CA

$2.4MTax year 2024

Providing supportive services to individuals impacted by poverty. Our primary mission is to combat hunger, unemployment and the housing crisis for displaced women, children, men and retired veterans.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MA

$410.5KTax year 2024

To tackle critical questions about our ocean planet, with practical applications for human lives and livelihoods. Our innovations in science and engineering fuel sustainable economic growth, safeguard coastal communities and marine resources, and strengthen american leadership in ocean science.

Support and Feed Inc

Los Angeles, CA

$100KTax year 2024

Support+feed combats the climate crisis and food insecurity by working toward a global shift to an equitable plant-based food system.

Virgin Unite USA Inc

London

$100KTax year 2024

Virgin unite was founded in 2004 as the non-profit foundation of the virgin group, to unite people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world. Since launch, together with some great partners, virgin unite has inspired and incubated a number of wonderful collaborations like the elders, ocean unite (now orraa), carbon war room (now merged with rmi), the b team, caribbean climate smart accelerator, unite bvi, 100% human at work and the branson centre for entrepreneurship which have spurred much-needed change in the world. We continue to catalyse radical collaboration to challenge the unacceptable as we work for a world where all the planet and all people thrive.

Center for Ecological Consciousness

Olympia, WA

$60KTax year 2024

The center for ecological consciousness (cec) is conceived to bring scientists, educators, artists, and students together from different disciplines whose intersections of skills and studies can help create new solutions to our agricultural and ecological challenges. The cec supports initiatives that help us become more civil, responsible citizens of earth, and create patterns that improve the quality of life for our descendants.

	Location	Purpose
The Game Changers Foundation	Sacramento, CA	Providing supportive services to individuals impacted by poverty. Our primary mission is to combat hunger, unemployment and the housing crisis for displaced women, children, men and retired veterans.	2024	$2.4M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Woods Hole, MA	To tackle critical questions about our ocean planet, with practical applications for human lives and livelihoods. Our innovations in science and engineering fuel sustainable economic growth, safeguard coastal communities and marine resources, and strengthen american leadership in ocean science.	2024	$410.5K
Support and Feed Inc	Los Angeles, CA	Support+feed combats the climate crisis and food insecurity by working toward a global shift to an equitable plant-based food system.	2024	$100K
Virgin Unite USA Inc	London	Virgin unite was founded in 2004 as the non-profit foundation of the virgin group, to unite people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world. Since launch, together with some great partners, virgin unite has inspired and incubated a number of wonderful collaborations like the elders, ocean unite (now orraa), carbon war room (now merged with rmi), the b team, caribbean climate smart accelerator, unite bvi, 100% human at work and the branson centre for entrepreneurship which have spurred much-needed change in the world. We continue to catalyse radical collaboration to challenge the unacceptable as we work for a world where all the planet and all people thrive.	2024	$100K
Center for Ecological Consciousness	Olympia, WA	The center for ecological consciousness (cec) is conceived to bring scientists, educators, artists, and students together from different disciplines whose intersections of skills and studies can help create new solutions to our agricultural and ecological challenges. The cec supports initiatives that help us become more civil, responsible citizens of earth, and create patterns that improve the quality of life for our descendants.	2024	$60K

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Avatar Alliance Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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