· Public charity
Paperseed Foundation Inc
To provide grants to help education-focused organizations become self-sustaining.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NAMASTE DIRECT | $1,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 81% of grant dollars ($415k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($96k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($96k)
5 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of Paperseed Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 22% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 18%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACREATIVE ACTION INSTITUTE INC4× · 2017–2021 · $129k · revenue +612%
- FIFILLING IN THE BLANKS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $43k · revenue +57%
- TKTHE KILGORIS PROJECT2× · 2018–2020 · $42k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- MFMILAAN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $24k
CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +89%- VVVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATIONone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -18%
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.
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.
Gvi foundation aims to deliver global experiences promoting sustainable development, conservation, education and the development of purposeful careers for the common good. our mission is positively aligned with the united nations…
Together women rise champions gender equality because womens rights are human rights. when women and girls are treated equally, the world is healthier, safer, more peaceful, inclusive, and economically just for everyone.
Our mission is to equip underserved youthespecially women and girls with future-ready skills in technology Agile methodologies and entrepreneurship empowering them to access dignified work drive innovation and compete globally.
We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life…
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected and we experience an era of unprecedented world challenges, underserved communities need help overcoming steep barriers to enriching learning opportunities such as international educational…
Abundant village works at the intersection of social impact and conservation, with a primary focus on regenerating under-resourced communities living in or adjacent to critical biodiversity areas. abundant village co-creates community-led…
To strengthen young women's civic participation and leadership
Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…
Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.
GAIAs mission is to strengthen grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution, working towards a just, zero waste world where people are free from toxic pollution.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CREATIVE ACTION INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC ↗
- Who funds THE KILGORIS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP ↗
- Who funds Keep California Beautiful Inc ↗
- Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds GROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC ↗
- Who funds Girl Rising ↗
- Who funds NAMASTE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Youth in Arts ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paperseed Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paperseed Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
How this is measured
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