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Seagears Family Foundation at a glance

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Seagears Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$806k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$403k
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, FY2017 to 2021.

Philanthropy$1.4MHousing & Shelter$427kHealth$48kYouth Development$34kEnvironment$22kArts & Culture$9kPublic Benefit$4kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$402,923
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDEN WILLOW FUND$402,923
DREEBIN FAMILY FUND$402,922
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 10%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

IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$619k · 9 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +138% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
30

Total granted

$619k
$499k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+138%
+47%

Still filing today

33%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $806k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +53%
  • FU
    FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +138%
  • DF
    DETERMINED2HEAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +433%

Funded once

  • AH
    ACTION HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $425k
  • BH
    BRAVE HEART FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURG
    one grant, 2018 · $27k
  • NH
    NOVA HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
5
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
6
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 41 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)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND: $565,500 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUNDACTION HOUSE INC: $425,000 · OtherACTION HOUSE INCGOLDEN WILLOW FUND: $402,923 · OtherGOLDEN WILLOW FUNDDREEBIN FAMILY FUND: $402,922 · OtherDREEBIN FAMILY FUND+23 more: $88,600 · OtherFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthDETERMINED2HEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $3,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthLEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,000 · AnimalsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Public Benefit
Other$1,884,945Health$22,500Arts & Culture$8,000Environment$2,500Animals$2,000International$2,000Public Benefit$1,500

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 budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURKE VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Legion: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $500 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Seagears Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seagears Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–40%
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 41 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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