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Seanchai Foundation

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.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$138kArts & Culture$20kInternational$17kHuman Services$6kEducation$6kAnimals$1kHousing & Shelter$715Civil Rights$550Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE OTHER INNOCENCE PROJECT$70,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS$2,550
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 (FY19–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $3k → 8%MAN UP AND GO: $550 → 11%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $10k → 8%TEAM SUCCESS ENTERPRISES: $165 → 12%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
MA
OH
CA
MO
TN
SC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 4 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +930% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
33

Total granted

$158k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+930%
+30%

Still filing today

50%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TO
    THE OTHER INNOCENCE PROJECT
    4× · 2018–2024 · $137k · revenue -57%
  • SA
    SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS
    2× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +930%
  • TA
    THE ART FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k

Funded once

  • HK
    HEIDI KRUEGER FOUNDATION FOR GIVING
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • AC
    AOYAMA CULTURAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • PT
    PACIFIC THEATER ENSEMBLE
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
2
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
3
California Film Institute

The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…

Arts & Culture
4
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
5
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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6
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
7
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

—
9
Moving Picture Institute

The moving picture institute is a nonprofit production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom.

Arts & Culture
10
American Museum of Ceramic Art

Amoca believes clay is magic. it is a simple yet extraordinary material from which artistic masterpieces are created and everyday products are made. from dinnerware to sculpture to cell phone chips and cosmetics, clay is a part of…

Arts & Culture
11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation

The charitable arm of the tv academy, the academy of television arts & sciences foundation, is dedicated to preserving television while educating and inspiring future leaders.

Arts & Culture
12
American Museum of the Moving Image

See schedule omuseum of the moving image (momi) is the only museum in the u.s. that explores the central technology of the present moment.screens are all around us. we use them to educate, entertain, and communicate. the moving…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Heidi Krueger Foundation for Giving. 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

18 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. 18 of the 38 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OTHER INNOCENCE PROJECT: $137,182 · Civil RightsTHE OTHER INNOCENCE PROJECTTHE ART FOUNDATION: $6,008 · OtherTHE ART FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…AOYAMA CULTURAL CENTER: $4,631 · OtherAOYAMA CULTURAL CENT…PACIFIC THEATER ENSEMBLE: $3,701 · OtherPACIFIC THEATER ENSE…PAYPAL: $3,000 · OtherPAYPALRIVERSIDE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $2,405 · OtherRIVERSIDE THEATRE FO…WA ORPHANAGE AND SCHOOL: $2,370 · OtherWA ORPHANAGE AND SCH…DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Other+15 more: $5,996 · Other+15 moreSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $12,105 · Human ServicesMAN UP AND GO: $550 · Human Services+1 more: $165 · Human ServicesHEIDI KRUEGER FOUNDATION FOR GIVING: $5,500 · EducationKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $750 · EducationSUNRISE THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $550 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE: $350 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $65 · Arts & CultureMILES OF FREEDOM: $600 · Crime & LegalVERO BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $300 · Crime & LegalSea Turtle Conservancy: $750 · InternationalJAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF SO CALIFORNIA: $75 · InternationalAppalachian Mountain Club: $50 · Environment
Civil Rights$137,182Other$34,861Human Services$12,820Education$6,250Arts & Culture$1,465Crime & Legal$900International$825Environment$50

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE OTHER INNOCENCE PROJECT: $137,182 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $12,105 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHEIDI KRUEGER FOUNDATION FOR GIVING: $5,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILES OF FREEDOM: $600 over 1y, 0.2% of budget2ND VOTE INC: $550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAN UP AND GO: $550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $335 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERO BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDASIE BRIDGEWATER HOPE CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF SO CALIFORNIA: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $50 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA6.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Seanchai Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seanchai Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to Seanchai Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Seanchai Foundation 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 38 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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