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Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc

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.

$126k
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

87% of Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to King Baudouin Foundation Us Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $126k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’19
5
’20
4
’21
3
’22
6
’23
4
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$364kEducation$261kReligion$79kEnvironment$72kYouth Development$35kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $123k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION$45,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
COALITION TO SAVE HEMPSTEAD HARBOR$18,000
NEST FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSAL KIDS FOUNDATION$10,000
PROJECT ZERO$1,000
CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING OF THE EAST END$1,000
FRIENDS OF SEA CLIFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATION CENTER: $3k → 7%MUTUAL CONCERN COMMITTEE: $1k → 6%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396k · 5 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
5

Total granted

$396k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+17%

Still filing today

80%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TB
    THE BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $261k · revenue +117%
  • CT
    COALITION TO SAVE HEMPSTEAD HARBOR INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $54k · revenue +59%
  • NC
    NORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $54k

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLE RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SF
    SOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +17%
  • NS
    NORTH SHORE SOUP KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +20%
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
Children in Conflict Inc

Vision: a world where no child's life is torn apart by war.children in conflict works tirelessly to restore hope, safety and childhoods to children whose lives are affected by war.

Human Services
2
New York City Bird Alliance Inc

Nyc bird alliance is a grassroots community that protects wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all new yorkers.

Environment
3
Group for the East End Inc

The group for the east end, inc. protects and restores the environment of eastern long island through environmental education, citizen action, and professional advocacy.

Environment
4
Long Island Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Please see attached report.

Community Improvement
5
Marine Mammal Stranding Center

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) was formed in 1978 for the purpose of rescue, rehabilitation and release of stranded, sick or injured marine mammals and sea turtles. MMSC is the only state and federally authorized facility in the…

Animals
6
Humane Society of Yates County

The humane society of yates county exists to promote the welfare of companion and domestic animals through educational programs and initiatives that reduce pet overpopulation, enrich adoptions, and encourage responsible pet ownership.

Animals
7
Friends of Rye Nature Center

Friends of rye nature center (frnc) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that offers programs to people of all ages and abilities. we encourage conservation, provide environmental education, and support our community's access to…

Environment
8
East End Food Institute

East End Food is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, promote and advocate for farmers and producers, while ensuring everyone in the community can enjoy and be nourished by local food. We envision the East End of Long…

Food & Nutrition
9
New York Animal Agriculture Coalition Inc

The new york animal agriculture coalition is designed to increase the public's understanding and to educate about the animal agriculture and current farming pratices.

Animals
10
Earth Day New York Inc

Promotion of environmental protection

Environment
11
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
12
Sparrow's Nest of the Hudson Valley

To provide meals for the families of men and women receiving treatment for cancer.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Shore Soup Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is South Fork Natural History Society. 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

14 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. 14 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION INC: $260,725 · OtherTHE BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION INCNORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLE: $54,000 · OtherNORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLEIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLE RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND: $25,000 · OtherNORTH COUNTRY REFORM TEMPLE RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUND+3 more: $21,000 · OtherMYRIAD USA INC: $353,707 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCGirl Rising: $25,000 · InternationalGirl RisingCOALITION TO SAVE HEMPSTEAD HARBOR INC: $54,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $7,500 · EnvironmentKISS THE GROUND: $10,000 · Food & NutritionNORTH SHORE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $3,800 · Food & NutritionBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesMUTUAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE: $1,000 · Human ServicesPULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION INC DBA PROJECT ZERO: $1,000 · Human ServicesHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $2,000 · HealthCenter for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc: $2,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF SEA CLIFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$400,725International$378,707Environment$61,500Food & Nutrition$13,800Human Services$5,000Health$4,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $353,707 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION INC: $260,725 over 6y, 16% of budgetCOALITION TO SAVE HEMPSTEAD HARBOR INC: $54,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetGirl Rising: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH SHORE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $3,800 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUTUAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION INC DBA PROJECT ZERO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEA CLIFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · 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 Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Pumpkin Seeds Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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