Does Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati.

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Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$466k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 28
Grants FY2025: 28
Organizations funded FY2024: 21%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 22 to 30; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $7.0M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentArts & CultureOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	23	$466k	17%
FY2024	28	$427k	21%
FY2023	30	$362k	27%
FY2022	23	$309k	39%
FY2021	28	$403k	39%
FY2020	24	$253k	54%
FY2019	22	$212k	45%
FY2018	24	$193k	75%

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$942kHuman Services$293kArts & Culture$268kEducation$253kEnvironment$253kCommunity Improvement$252kCrime & Legal$232kScience & Tech$135kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
City of Cincinnati	$194,531	6	n/a
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc	$160,000	5	1%
Invest in Neighborhoods Inc	$140,000	7	23%
Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc	$128,000	5	1%
League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area	$117,000	6	26%
Peaslee Neighborhood Center Inc	$100,000	6	5%
School Board School	$100,000	5	10%
Fair Elections Center	$80,000	6	5%
The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation	$80,000	5	0%
Immigrant & Refugee Law Center	$75,000	3	4%

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All grantees of Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
City of Cincinnati	$194,531	6	n/a
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc	$160,000	5	1%
Invest in Neighborhoods Inc	$140,000	7	23%
Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc	$128,000	5	1%
League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area	$117,000	6	26%
Peaslee Neighborhood Center Inc	$100,000	6	5%
School Board School	$100,000	5	10%
Fair Elections Center	$80,000	6	5%
The Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation	$80,000	5	0%
Immigrant & Refugee Law Center	$75,000	3	4%
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc	$72,000	4	1%
League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund	$60,200	3	7%
Cornerstone Renter Equity Inc	$58,500	4	3%
Action Tank	$55,500	4	35%
Green Umbrella	$55,000	4	1%
Ohio Voice	$54,500	3	0%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc	$45,000	3	0%
Communities United for Action	$45,000	4	8%
Applied Information Resources	$42,000	3	n/a
Matriots Education Fund	$37,350	3	6%
National Civic League	$35,000	2	3%
Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition	$30,000	1	n/a
The University of Cincinnati Foundation	$28,400	3	0%
Northern Kentucky Childrens Law Center Inc	$27,000	2	1%
Ohio Justice and Policy Center	$25,000	2	1%
Hispanics Avanzando Hispanics -- DBA Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati Foundation	$20,960	2	11%
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio	$20,000	1	1%
Sierra Club Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Law and Leadership Institute LLC	$17,500	7	1%
Contact Center Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati	$15,000	2	0%
First Suburbs Consortium of Southwest Ohio Inc	$15,000	2	n/a
Xcellence Ignited	$15,000	1	n/a
The Center For Local Government	$13,500	5	1%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio	$13,000	3	0%
Youth at the Center	$12,500	1	3%
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition	$12,500	2	2%
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund	$12,500	1	n/a
Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County	$10,500	1	10%
Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless	$10,000	1	4%
Ohio Campus Compact	$10,000	1	0%
Ohio Debate Commission Inc	$10,000	1	8%
Cincinnati Nature Center	$10,000	1	0%
Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Cente	$10,000	1	2%
Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Leadership Council for Nonprofits	$10,000	1	2%
Xavier University	$9,636	1	0%
Cincinnati Research Institute	$7,875	1	n/a
Ish Festival	$7,500	1	1%
Rise Up News	$7,500	1	8%
Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Kids Voting Kentucky Inc	$6,000	2	n/a
The Buckeye Institute	$5,500	1	0%
Northern Kentucky Area Development District	$5,500	1	0%
Ohio Alliance of YMCA's Foundation	$5,000	1	1%
Rank the Vote Ohio	$5,000	1	n/a
Mill Creek Alliance	$5,000	2	0%
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Norwood Together	$3,500	1	n/a
Tri-State Trails dba CROWN Cincinnati	$3,000	1	0%
Women's City Club of Greater Cincinnati	$2,500	1	3%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati	$2,500	1	0%
Dohn Community High School	$2,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($668k), not named here.

Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 51.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH66.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Interact for Health · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Duke Energy Foundation · Ohio State Bar Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005

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 Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation

How much does Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation give?: Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $465,630 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (32%), Human Services (10%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Cincinnati ($195k), Cincinnati Public Radio Inc ($160k), Invest in Neighborhoods Inc ($140k).
Does Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
Where is Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation based?: Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation is based in OH.