V Kann Rasmussen Foundation
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation is a private family foundation (est. 1991) focused on environmental resilience and nature-centered grantmaking. The foundation is based in New York City and publishes program priorities, funding history, and grant guidance on its website.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations working on environmental resilience, ecological research, or nature-centered policy and systems work — often research institutions, international NGOs, or practitioner networks with capacity for project-scale grants.
Good Fit
- • Clear alignment with environmental resilience, polycrisis, or nature-centered research and policy.
- • Capacity to deliver multi-year, project-scale work (typical grants often exceed $100k).
- • Institutional profile similar to universities, international NGOs, research institutes, or coalition-based projects.
- • Willingness to engage through formal Calls for Proposals or via invited/prescreened processes.
- • Ability to partner with intermediaries or established networks that the foundation already funds.
Geography
In the latest year grants reached recipients across 17 states/territories and countries, with most dollars going outside the foundation’s home state but a notable concentration (about 30%) to organizations based in the DC area.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 21 distinct recipients including universities, international NGOs, foundations and research institutes; while the top five capture a sizable share (46%), the foundation funds a broad and diverse set of independent organizations.
New Applicants
Direct entry is constrained by a preselection/Call-for-Proposal model and the foundation says it does not accept unsolicited LOIs, but the observed giving includes a substantial number of new grantees in the latest year (10 new recipients), indicating that unfamiliar organizations can be added—likely via formal Calls or invitation rather than open, unsolicited applications.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
