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Seadream Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Seadream Family 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.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Animals$13MInternational$13MEnvironment$11MHealth$3.6MFood & Nutrition$3.2MPublic Benefit$3.2MYouth Development$2.6MEducation$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+10 grants · $5.3M
$200,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE$1,500,000
Individual grant recipient$600,000
MYAGRO FARMS$600,000
HEADCOUNT INC$500,000
WORKING DOGS FOR CONVERVATION FOUND$450,000
CODE FOR AMERICA$400,000
DREAMHARLEM RBI INC$400,000
Individual grant recipient$333,333
MERCY FOR ANIMALS$250,000
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$250,000
AMAZON CONVERVATION ASSOCIATION$235,069
CITTA$225,000
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIF$200,000
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER$166,667
FLATBUSH CATS INC$150,000
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 (FY18–23, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $5k → 9%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $170k → 7%OASIS: $100k → 12%LA CASA DE DON PEDRO: $500k → 16%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $50k → 7%OASIS: $100k → 12%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $8k → 7%OASIS: $67k → 12%THE CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%OASIS: $40k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $40k → 10%OASIS: $10k → 12%PEOPLES COURAGE INTERNATIONAL: $400k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $150k → 14%HOPELAND: $150k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46M · 48 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
65

Total granted

$46M
$9.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $217k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • GP
    GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $7.6M · revenue +34%
  • JG
    JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +59%
  • HR
    HARLEM RBI INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • GA
    GAVI ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -84%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +21%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDA
    one grant, 2021 · $525k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
4
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
5
Wildlife Conservation Global Inc

Wildlife conservation global, inc. operates the okapi conservation project (ocp) which works in the democratic republic of the congo with the institute in congo for the conservation of nature (iccn) and local communities throughout the…

Animals
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mongabay Org Corp; the most unlike its peers is The Sheth Sangreal 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

91 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. 91 of the 121 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/91
Grantees still filing
57/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $2,400,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMYAGRO FARMS: $2,400,000 · OtherMYAGRO FARMSWORKING DOGS FOR CONVERVATION FOUND: $1,350,000 · OtherWORKING DOGS FOR CONVERVATION FOUNDUNDERCURRENT INC: $1,086,237 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,025,000 · OtherHEAD COUNT INC: $750,000 · OtherEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $860,000 · Other+63 more: $11,030,173 · Other+63 moreJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $6,440,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUT…Wildlife Conservation Society: $1,125,800 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $918,333 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCHumane World for Animals Inc: $457,050 · AnimalsTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $395,000 · Animals+16 more: $1,552,750 · Animals+16 moreGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $7,600,000 · Social ScienceGLOBAL POVERTY …UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,025,000 · InternationalUNITED NAT…GAVI ALLIANCE: $1,000,000 · InternationalGAVI ALLIA…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…Citta Inc: $775,000 · InternationalCitta IncWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $500,000 · InternationalWORLD RESO…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVI…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $333,333 · InternationalCAMFED USA…International Rescue Committee INC: $250,000 · International+2 more: $80,000 · InternationalHARLEM RBI INC: $2,550,000 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI…THE CLARA LIONEL FOUNDATION: $2,150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLARA …PETCO LOVE: $500,000 · PhilanthropyPETCO LOVE+4 more: $251,000 · PhilanthropyEARTHJUSTICE: $1,500,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $898,336 · EnvironmentAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $390,850 · EnvironmentWild Earth Allies Inc: $257,000 · EnvironmentOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $250,000 · Environment+4 more: $197,500 · EnvironmentCODE FOR AMERICA LABS INC: $1,600,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIFE: $800,000 · Public Benefit
Other$20,901,410Animals$10,888,933Social Science$7,600,000International$5,463,333Philanthropy$5,451,000Environment$4,493,686Public Benefit$2,400,000

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 budgetGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $7,600,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $6,440,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $2,550,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetMYAGRO FARMS: $2,400,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetTHE CLARA LIONEL FOUNDATION: $2,150,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetCODE FOR AMERICA LABS INC: $1,600,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,125,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNDERCURRENT INC: $1,086,237 over 7y, 24% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,025,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,025,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGAVI ALLIANCE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $918,333 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $898,336 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $860,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIFE: $800,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCitta Inc: $775,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetHEAD COUNT INC: $750,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $666,668 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Casa De Don Pedro Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPOLICING EQUITY: $500,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $457,050 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $400,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetIronbound Community Corporation: $400,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $395,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $390,850 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $350,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWILDLIFE GUARDIANS: $350,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $333,333 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $317,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetTuxedo Park School: $280,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRESOLVE INC: $274,750 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetWild Earth Allies Inc: $257,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $250,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPONY POWER THERAPIES INC: $227,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC: $215,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $165,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFLATBUSH CATS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHOPELAND: $150,000 over 1y, 44% 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.

The Woodtiger FundSilicon Valley Commun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ford FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Tides FoundationNew Venture FundGive Lively Foundatio…Jewish Communal FundImpactassetsincThe Rockefeller Found…
The Woodtiger FundPA26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Woodtiger Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Impactassetsinc · The Rockefeller 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 Seadream Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seadream Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Ironbound Community Corporation: 100% of income from government
  • La Casa De Don Pedro Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Marine Mammal Stranding Center: 10% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Montclair Film Festival Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lead Inc: 2% of income from government
  • People for Animals Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 121 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home