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Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$563k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
60 to 90
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving62$563k16%
FY202360$518k15%
FY202267$676k19%
FY202163$566k59%
FY202071$588k25%
FY201990$788kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$866kHealth$644kArts & Culture$519kAnimals$231kFood & Nutrition$222kReligion$197kPhilanthropy$144kRecreation & Sports$141kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Coast Episcopal Schools Inc$145,65066%
The Hancock Health Foundation Inc$142,000694%
Mississippi Aquarium$105,00053%
Feeding the Gulf Coast$81,00060%
Champions for Literacy$80,00019%
United Way of South Mississippi$70,00041%
St Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy$65,00041%
Palmer Home for Children$60,00060%
Bethesda Free Health Clinic of D'Ibervil le Inc$60,000438%
Loaves and Fishes Inc$60,00048%
Home of Grace Corporation$60,00060%
The Please Foundation$60,00064%
Mental Health Association of South Mississippi$60,00062%
Special Olympics Mississippi Inc$60,00062%
Hogs for the Cause Inc$56,28651%
Clemson University Foundation$50,00050%
The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc$50,00015%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$47,00050%
The del Rendon Foundation$45,0004n/a
Humane Society of South Mississippi$40,50060%
Mississippi Children's Museum$40,00020%
The Lily Pad Foundation$40,00048%
International Medical Relief$40,00040%
Millies Movement$32,5005n/a
Friends of the Animal Shelter Hancock County$30,00047%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank$30,00030%
Logtown Cemetery Association Inc$29,5006n/a
Our Lady Academy$28,5004n/a
Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc$25,00041%
Jackson State University$25,0002n/a
Hancock Resource Center$25,00021%
Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia$22,50041%
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum$22,00015%
Metairie Park Country Day School$20,00020%
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc$20,00022%
Infinity Science Center Inc$20,00021%
United Msd Foundation Inc$20,00022%
Pneuma - Winds of Hope Inc$20,00028%
McLindon Family Foundation$19,00042%
Hancock County Historical Society and Museum Inc$17,50054%
Jenna Robinson Charities$16,000235%
The Waterwheel Foundation$11,00020%
Bring on the Music Inc$10,50020%
The Hyperbaric Institute Inc$10,000112%
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center$10,00060%
Map-Music Arts & Practicality$10,0004n/a
Prairie Belt Blues Foundation$10,0002n/a
University of Mississippi Foundation$10,00010%
Comeback Coolers$10,00017%
Bw Community Sailing Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Catch-A-Dream Foundation$10,00011%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation$10,00010%
Stuart Hall$10,00010%
St Joseph Catholic School$8,5002n/a
Pine Burr Area Council 304$7,50020%
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation$7,50030%
Western Carolina Youth Aviation Foundation$6,0002n/a
Coast Chorale Inc$6,0006n/a
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$5,75010%
Percussive Arts Society Inc$5,0001n/a
Magnolia Speech School$5,00010%
French Camp Academy$5,00010%
Byobikes$5,0002n/a
Special Forces Foundation$5,00011%
Bay Saint Louis Little Theater Inc$4,5002n/a
Music Maker Foundation Inc$4,00040%
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Inc$4,00040%
Our Artworks$3,00033%
Burger Animal Rescue$2,50016%
Friends of Wwoz Inc$2,50010%
Christian World Missions$2,50011%
Drumsforcures Inc$2,5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2,42920%
Hancock County Chamber of Commerce$2,00010%
Kiss the Ground$2,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50010%
Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi$1,00010%
Friends of Bayou St John$1,00010%
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum$1,0001n/a
Dockery Farms Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Mississippi Heritage Trust$1,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$1,00010%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$85010%
Cabrini High School$4001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCoast Episcopal Schools Inc: $145,650 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetThe Hancock Health Foundation Inc: $142,000 over 6y, 94% of budgetMississippi Aquarium: $105,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $81,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChampions for Literacy: $80,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetUnited Way of South Mississippi: $70,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy: $65,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPalmer Home for Children: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBethesda Free Health Clinic of D'Ibervil le Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetLoaves and Fishes Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetHome of Grace Corporation: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Please Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetMental Health Association of South Mississippi: $60,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSpecial Olympics Mississippi Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetHogs for the Cause Inc: $56,286 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetClemson University Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $47,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of South Mississippi: $40,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMississippi Children's Museum: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Lily Pad Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetInternational Medical Relief: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Animal Shelter Hancock County: $30,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetGreater Baton Rouge Food Bank: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHancock Resource Center: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLighthouse Academy for Dyslexia: $22,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMaritime & Seafood Industry Museum: $22,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMetairie Park Country Day School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHancock County Food Pantry Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetInfinity Science Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Msd Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPneuma - Winds of Hope Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMcLindon Family Foundation: $19,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHancock County Historical Society and Museum Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetJenna Robinson Charities: $16,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetThe Waterwheel Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBring on the Music Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hyperbaric Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLynn Meadows Discovery Center: $10,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Mississippi Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetComeback Coolers: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCatch-A-Dream Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOchsner Clinic Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStuart Hall: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPine Burr Area Council 304: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $5,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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.

Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncMS42.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Shell USA Company Foundation · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · Engelstad Family Foundation · Pinebelt Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Paul T Benton Charitable Trust · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation

How much does Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation give?
Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $562,774 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 90 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (17%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Coast Episcopal Schools Inc ($146k), The Hancock Health Foundation Inc ($142k), Mississippi Aquarium ($105k).
Does Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Mississippi Power Foundation Inc, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc.
Where is Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation based?
Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation is based in MS.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 178 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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