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Joseph and Karen Seta Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$162k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What you fund
0180% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212024.

Human Services$143kYouth Development$73kEducation$52kRecreation & Sports$33kPhilanthropy$30kReligion$29kEmployment$10kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $132k
$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLACE OF HOPE$36,500
STUDENT ACES$20,000
EMANUAL JACKSON SR PROJECT$15,000
CONNECT TO GREATNESS INC$10,000
FL VIRTUAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
HER 2ND CHANCE$10,000
MISSION TEEN$10,000
PRAGERU$10,000
COMING BACK TO GIVE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ABIDE MINISTRIES$3,000
SWIM FOR ALIGATOR LIGHTHOUSE$2,581
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,500
ROGER BACON HIGHSCHOOL$2,499
4KIDS FORT LAUDERDALE$1,100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PLACE OF HOPE: $21k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%PLACE OF HOPE: $46k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $40k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $37k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$325k · 21 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
15

Total granted

$325k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
-4%

Still filing today

48%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PO
    PLACE OF HOPE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $143k · revenue +73%
  • CT
    CONNECT TO GREATNESS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +61%
  • EJ
    EMANUEL JACKSON SENIOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • R
    RHEMI
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • FH
    FOREST HILLS TRACK & FIELD
    one grant, 2023 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

5
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
6
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

7
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
8
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
9
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

12
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Her 2ND Chance Inc and the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr16%14%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr15%29%20–35yr9%19%35–55yr12%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%14%5–10yr20%27%10–20yr15%53%20–35yr9%3%35–55yr12%4%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
17%
17,089/103,020

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $25,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRHEMI — $25,000 · OtherRHEMICOMING BACK TO GIVE — $20,000 · OtherCOMING BACK TO GIVEMISSION TEEN — $10,000 · OtherMISSION TEENFL VIRTUAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherFL VIRTUAL SCHOOL FOUNDATIONROGER BACON HIGH SCHOOL — $5,498 · Other+32 more — $38,265 · Other+32 morePLACE OF HOPE INC — $143,121 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INC+1 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesCONNECT TO GREATNESS INC — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONNECT TO GREA…EMANUEL JACKSON SENIOR PROJECT INC — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMANUEL JACKSON…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $25,500 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERS…Student Aces Inc — $20,000 · EducationStudent Aces I…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $9,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER…FRIENDS OF THE POOL INC — $3,530 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE…+2 more — $1,250 · EducationHER 2ND CHANCE INC — $10,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute — $2,000 · Public BenefitORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION — $500 · Public BenefitABIDE MINISTRIES INC — $3,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $2,500 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC — $2,000 · ReligionSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $3,725 · Recreation & Sports
Other$163,863Human Services$145,621Youth Development$60,000Education$59,280Public Benefit$12,500Religion$7,500Recreation & Sports$3,725

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC — $143,121 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCONNECT TO GREATNESS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetEMANUEL JACKSON SENIOR PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $25,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStudent Aces Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHER 2ND CHANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $3,725 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE POOL INC — $3,530 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetABIDE MINISTRIES INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNTAINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $2,971 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTARSTRUCK THEATRE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC
  • Who funds CONNECT TO GREATNESS INC
  • Who funds EMANUEL JACKSON SENIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Student Aces Inc
  • Who funds HER 2ND CHANCE INC
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE POOL INC
  • Who funds ABIDE MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds FOUNTAINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds Leadership Institute
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC
  • Who funds STARSTRUCK THEATRE INC
  • Who funds University of Miami
  • Who funds NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER
  • Who funds GEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Joseph and Karen Seta Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 5%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc5% of income from government
  • University of Miami5% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Joseph and Karen Seta Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Joseph and Karen Seta Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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