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Margaret R Seeley Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Margaret R Seeley Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$525kEnvironment$455kArts & Culture$120kHealth$105kHuman Services$45kFood & Nutrition$15k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$255k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$50,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$25,000
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
HELPING HOMELESS FELINES$15,000
LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE$15,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$10,000
ASPCA$10,000
OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN$10,000
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$10,000
CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 11%ASPCA: $10k → 17%HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS: $10k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $15k → 6%OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 11%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $10k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $15k → 6%OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $10k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $10k → 6%OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 11%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $10k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $10k → 6%OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 11%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $10k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $10k → 6%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $15k → 11%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%HELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $10k → 6%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $15k → 11%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $10k → 14%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%LIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $10k → 11%CAT ADOPTION SERVICES: $10k → 11%CAT ADOPTION SERVICES: $10k → 11%CAT ADOPTION SERVICES: $10k → 11%CAT ADOPTION SERVICES: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $25k → 11%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $25k → 11%SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN: $25k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN: $10k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 11%UCSD LIBRARY: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN: $10k → 11%UCSD LIBRARY: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN: $10k → 11%UCSD LIBRARY: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 17 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
3

Total granted

$1.2M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+42%

Still filing today

71%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $290k · revenue +95%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +48%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION LANDS INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +42%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
6
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
7
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
8
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
9
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
10
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
11
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
12
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cabrillo National Monument Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $290,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONLIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $90,000 · OtherLIONS TIGERS & BEARS BIG CAT AND EXOTIC ANIMAL R…CAT ADOPTION SERVICE: $40,000 · OtherCAT ADOPTION SERVICETHE SALVATION ARMY: $35,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYUCSD LIBRARY: $30,000 · OtherUCSD LIBRARYNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION LANDS INITIATIVE: $25,000 · OtherMINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM: $20,000 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $135,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCARANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $90,000 · AnimalsRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETYHELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $70,000 · AnimalsHELPING HOMELESS FELINESTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $65,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN…Humane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsQUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EnvironmentQUAIL BOTANI…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLI…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $105,000 · HealthPLANNED P…OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCabrillo National Monument Foundation: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$540,000Animals$395,000Environment$140,000Health$105,000Arts & Culture$70,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $290,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $135,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetQUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHELPING HOMELESS FELINES: $70,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCabrillo National Monument Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds QUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HOMELESS FELINES ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cabrillo National Monument Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Margaret R Seeley Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret R Seeley Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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