Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Appleseed Foundation Inc
The appleseed foundation supports the appleseed network, a collaboration of 20 nonprofit justice centers across the us and mexico working together to reduce poverty, combat discrimination, and invigorate democracy.
- $344k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $321k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $78,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Appleseed Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $321k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $307k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $188k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Appleseed Inc | $328,556 | 4 | 38% |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest | $235,435 | 3 | 4% |
| Missouri Appleseed | $116,750 | 4 | 27% |
| Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $87,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $84,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Appleseed | $44,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $38,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center | $33,575 | 2 | 19% |
| Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | $25,750 | 1 | 10% |
| Public Interest Law Center of Nj Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 15% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Appleseed Inc | $328,556 | 4 | 38% |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest | $235,435 | 3 | 4% |
| Missouri Appleseed | $116,750 | 4 | 27% |
| Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $87,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $84,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Appleseed | $44,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $38,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center | $33,575 | 2 | 19% |
| Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | $25,750 | 1 | 10% |
| Public Interest Law Center of Nj Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | $20,250 | 3 | 1% |
| South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center | $14,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Georgia Appleseed Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Justice | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Appleseed Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Shriver Center on Poverty Law · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Appleseed Foundation Inc
- How much does Appleseed Foundation Inc give?
- Appleseed Foundation Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $321,322, out of $344,414 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Appleseed Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (48%), Education (31%), Social Science (11%).
- Who are Appleseed Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: New York Appleseed Inc ($329k), Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest ($235k), Missouri Appleseed ($117k).
- Does Appleseed Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Appleseed Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Appleseed Foundation Inc based?
- Appleseed Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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