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Seda Vale Foundation Inc at a glance

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Seda Vale Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$170kEducation$128kReligion$45kPublic Benefit$36kRecreation & Sports$25kArts & Culture$14kPhilanthropy$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $81k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$970k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION$26,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$15,000
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
SKYLAND TRAIL ASSOCIATES$10,000
CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA$10,000
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$10,000
WESTMINISTER FUND$5,000
UGA FOUNDATION$5,000
SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TR$5,000
CAMP SUNSHINE$3,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$1,000
PACE ACADEMY$15
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 (FY21–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A BEACON OF HOPE: $2k → 13%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$410k · 21 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
14

Total granted

$410k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+37%

Still filing today

62%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropySocial ScienceHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +46%
  • CS
    CAMP SUNSHINE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +9%
  • PA
    PACE ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $23k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • PH
    Piedmont Hospital Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +41%
  • FJ
    FATHER JUAN ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PARENTS FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
2
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Piedmont Henry Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
8
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Farmington Historical Society Incorporated. 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

23 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. 23 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $51,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $23,500 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE INCSKYLAND TRAIL ASSOCIATES: $21,500 · OtherSKYLAND TRAIL ASSOCIATESWESTMINISTER FUND: $11,000 · OtherWESTMINISTER FUNDFATHER JUAN ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI: $10,000 · OtherFATHER JUAN ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI+13 more: $30,500 · Other+13 moreSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $114,500 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION IN…+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF …PACE ACADEMY INC: $22,515 · EducationPACE ACADEMY INCEmory University: $5,000 · EducationEmory UniversityGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERS…Southern Methodist University: $4,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist…GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Social ScienceGEORGIA P…AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $3,500 · Social ScienceAMERICAN …CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $17,500 · HealthPiedmont Hospital Inc: $10,000 · HealthATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,750 · Arts & CultureFernbank Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureA Beacon Of Hope Women's Center inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesBUCKHEAD LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $500 · Human Services
Other$183,000Philanthropy$117,500Education$71,515Social Science$38,500Health$27,500Arts & Culture$7,750Human Services$2,000

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 budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $114,500 over 5y, 52% of budgetGEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPACE ACADEMY INC: $22,515 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATHLETES FOR A BETTER WORLD INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Beacon Of Hope Women's Center inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFarmington Historical Society Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe South Fork Conservancy Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKHEAD LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.9% 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 Community Foundat…Shepherd Foundation I…The Frances and Bever…The Kelin FoundationCommunity Foundation …Community Foundation …Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Shepherd Foundation Inc · The Frances and Beverly Dubose Foundation Inc · The Kelin Foundation · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Seda Vale Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Seda Vale 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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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