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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-2283123

V Kann Rasmussen Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $8.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Contact
V Kann Rasmussen Foundation Inc
475 Riverside Drive No 900
New York, NY 10115
(212) 812-4271
Form and materials
See statement 13
Deadlines
See statement 13
Restrictions
See statement 13

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $8,105,392

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $85,269,622

  • Tax year 2023

    $7,461,013

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $88,235,809

  • Tax year 2022

    $7,595,423

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $94,569,167

  • Tax year 2021

    $7,713,112

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $97,895,330

  • Tax year 2020

    $5,535,745

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $114,406,258

  • Tax year 2019

    $5,489,188

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $90,058,142

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,252,074

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $89,949,457

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. United Nations FoundationWashington, DC

    In support of asra's operations and core activities

    $1,000,000
  2. United Nations Development ProgrammeNew York, NY

    In support of "advancing nature in undp development thinking and practice for human development" project

    $1,000,000
  3. University of CopenhagenDenmark

    In support of the center for applied ecology

    $809,532
  4. The University of Sydney - CamperdownSydney, Australia

    In support of the "including the more-than-human in decision making" project

    $620,268
  5. Transition NetworkOldbury, United Kingdom

    In support of the project "accelerating nature-centric decision-making and living systems through bioregional governance partnerships"

    $549,081
  6. Transition NetworkOldbury, United Kingdom

    In support of the project "field recordings from a thrutopian future"

    $530,845
  7. Urban Sustainability Directors NetworkSanford, NC

    In support of carbon neutral cities alliance's project "designing urban climate governance for regenerative futures"

    $500,000
  8. Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR

    In support of "aligning nature-centrism with organizational structure and purpose" project

    $496,883
  9. Het Nieuwe InstituutNetherlands

    In support of the "growing zoops" project

    $474,363
  10. Club of RomeSwitzerland

    In support of the "embedding a nature-centric systems approach in eu policymaking & governance" project

    $441,967
  11. Corporacion MovilizatorioColombia

    Educational programming for development assistance and local organizations in nature-centric planning

    $437,245
  12. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Support for a scientific conference on nature within the divinity school

    $370,810
  13. Anglia Ruskin UniversityChelmsford, United Kingdom

    In support of the project "shifting mindsets in the actuarial profession: from natural capital to nature-centrism"

    $300,008
  14. University of ReadingUnited Kingdom

    In support of the "cognitive foundations of multispecies organisations" project

    $244,540
  15. Ben-Gurion UniversityIsrael

    In support of the "collective behavior and decision making in plants" research project

    $242,650
  16. Confluence PhilanthropyNew York, NY

    Nature-based keynote conference speaker

    $80,000
  17. Confluence PhilanthropyNew York, NY

    Membership renewal 3/1/25-2/28/26

    $5,500
  18. Exponent PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    Membership renewal 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2027

    $1,700

Approved for future payment

2 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. University of CopenhagenDenmark

    In support of the center for applied ecology

    $2,257,066
  2. United Nations FoundationWashington, DC

    Core funding for the accelerator for systemic risk assessment

    $550,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid1 grant $1,000,00051% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $500,00026% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $370,81019% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $87,2004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $1,085,500
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $1,001,700
  3. North Carolina1 grant $500,000
  4. Oregon1 grant $496,883
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $370,810

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kristian Kann RasmussenDIRECTOR AND CHAIR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Astrid Kann-Rasmussen See STMT 14DIRECTOR AND VICE CHAIR Hours 1Pay $10,000
  • Andrew BowmanDIRECTOR AND TREASURER Hours 1.5Pay $20,000
  • Kristian Cedervall Lauta STMT 14DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $10,000
  • Diane IvesDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $10,000

The return

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