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Seedlings Foundation

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.

$28M
Granted FY2025still arriving
96
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$2.0M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$36MArts & Culture$28MHuman Services$23MInternational$19MHealth$15MCommunity Improvement$11MPhilanthropy$9.6MReligion$5.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 96 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $252k
  • $50k–250k50 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+31 grants · $22M
$150,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$226M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC$1,980,000
FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN$1,701,000
TIDES FOUNDATION (INTERSECTIONAL FUND)$1,500,000
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION$1,500,000
GRAMEEN AMERICA INC$1,500,000
CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER$1,357,500
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC (MORE PERFECT)$1,250,000
LEAP (LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & ATHLETICS IN PARTNERSHIP)$1,000,000
SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERS$1,000,000
SERVICE YEAR EXCHANGE INC (ALLIANCE)$750,000
TEACH FOR ALL$639,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN$608,000
SYMPHONY SPACE INC$600,000
CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC$585,000
CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC (LONG WHARF THEATRE)$500,000
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 (FY17–25, $24.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PUBLIC ALLIES INC: $125k → 17%PUBLIC ALLIES INC: $125k → 17%SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERS: $1.0M → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT: $85k → 9%SIMA STUDIOS: $50k → 14%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT: $85k → 9%CHRISTIAN COMM ACTION INC: $35k → 12%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1.7M → 12%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1.7M → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $800k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $500k → 12%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $425k → 12%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $150k → 12%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $150k → 12%YOUTH CONTINUUM: $50k → 12%R KIDS INC: $200k → 12%R KIDS INC: $200k → 12%YOUTH CONTINUUM: $100k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $200k → 12%YOUTH CONTINUUM: $100k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $150k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $29k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $29k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $85k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $65k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $55k → 12%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $45k → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC: $2.0M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC: $1.7M → 12%CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1.7M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.6M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.4M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.3M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.1M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.1M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.0M → 12%TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: $1.0M → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $585k → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $210k → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $205k → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $80k → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $70k → 12%CENTRAL CT COAST YMCA: $65k → 12%CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $30k → 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

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
SC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177M · 145 repeat orgs$8.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

145 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2025, 66 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

145
70

Total granted

$177M
$6.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+24%

Still filing today

73%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TI
    TRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +80% · 100% of their budget
  • GA
    GRAMEEN AMERICA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9.4M · revenue +598%
  • CB
    CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8.4M · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY - CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA AND CREATIVITY
    one grant, 2017 · $1.3M
  • TS
    THE SHERWIN B NULAND FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $750k
  • YS
    YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
    one grant, 2023 · $350k
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
Boston Architectural College

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

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2
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
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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5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
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
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven; the most unlike its peers is Artyard (Formerly Sprocket Arts). 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

172 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 172 of the 238 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.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/172
Grantees still filing
112/172
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC: $8,407,500 · OtherCLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INCLEAP (LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & ATHLETICS IN PARTNERSHIP): $4,113,000 · OtherLEAP (LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & ATHLETICS IN P…THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $3,543,000 · OtherGRAMEEN PRIMACARE INC: $3,125,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE -CTR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: $3,050,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FUND FOR EXCELLENCE IN PEDIATRICS: $2,932,911 · OtherTHE SYMPHONY SPACE INC: $2,600,000 · OtherYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $2,890,000 · Other+99 more: $43,997,365 · Other+99 moreHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $9,615,000 · EducationHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORA…Teach for America Inc: $7,400,000 · EducationTeach for America IncTEACH FOR ALL INC: $4,939,000 · EducationTEACH FOR ALL INCTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $3,550,672 · EducationTHE MY HERO PROJECT INCCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $2,636,200 · EducationCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR A…Francis W Parker School: $2,250,000 · EducationFrancis W Parker SchoolREAD TO GROW INC: $1,956,500 · EducationTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $1,943,708 · Education+21 more: $7,870,434 · Education+21 moreNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $5,200,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ARCHI…CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC: $2,285,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT NE…American Museum of Natural History: $2,150,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museu…AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JOURN…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN IN…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $1,980,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOL…THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE: $1,875,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONNECTICU…NEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $1,264,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF YOGI INC: $905,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $901,366 · Arts & Culture+21 more: $4,501,130 · Arts & Culture+21 moreTRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC: $12,065,000 · Human ServicesTRUTH IN ADVER…FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,151,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS CENTER…NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC: $1,750,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL DIAPE…THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1,730,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONNECTICU…CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,245,000 · Human ServicesSocial Impact Partners Inc: $1,170,000 · Human Services+8 more: $1,946,175 · Human Services+8 moreGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $9,450,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $1,525,000 · Community ImprovementDAE INC: $750,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $400,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,325,000 · HealthOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $2,290,000 · HealthWHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $500,000 · HealthTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $289,531 · Health+1 more: $40,000 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $2,466,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $1,310,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $740,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $622,500 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $500,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $450,000 · PhilanthropyFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $425,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $360,000 · Philanthropy
Other$74,658,776Education$42,161,514Arts & Culture$25,061,496Human Services$24,057,175Community Improvement$12,125,000Health$7,444,531Philanthropy$6,873,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC: $12,065,000 over 9y, 100% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $9,615,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $9,450,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetCLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC: $8,407,500 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $7,400,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $5,200,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $4,939,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,325,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,151,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $3,550,672 over 7y, 96% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $3,543,000 over 9y, 39% of budgetGRAMEEN PRIMACARE INC: $3,125,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $2,890,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $2,636,200 over 6y, 46% of budgetTHE SYMPHONY SPACE INC: $2,600,000 over 9y, 29% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $2,466,000 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $2,290,000 over 9y, 39% of budgetCONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC: $2,285,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $2,250,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $2,150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $2,000,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $1,980,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetREAD TO GROW INC: $1,956,500 over 9y, 26% of budgetTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $1,943,708 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $1,925,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INC: $1,920,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE: $1,875,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC: $1,750,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $1,730,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $1,525,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSTATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER INC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,400,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RATNER SCHOOL: $1,357,500 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetAMISTAD ACADEMY INC: $1,330,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetPATHFINDERS INC: $1,310,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $1,310,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $1,264,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetSERVICE YEAR EXCHANGE INC: $1,250,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,245,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetSocial Impact Partners Inc: $1,170,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $932,000 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOGI INC: $905,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $901,366 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSING FOR HOPE INC: $770,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetEYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE: $768,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetCLIMATEHAVEN INC: $750,000 over 3y, 21% 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.

  • Who funds TRUTH IN ADVERTISING INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds GRAMEEN AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEACH FOR ALL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MY HERO PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAMEEN PRIMACARE INC ↗
  • Who funds YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE SYMPHONY SPACE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Online Journalism Project Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT NEWS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Francis W Parker School ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds STATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER INC ↗

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…Newalliance Foundatio…Yale UniversityEder Family Foundatio…William Caspar Graust…Roslyn Milstein Meyer…Ethel & Abe Lapides F…United Way of Greater…Liberty Bank Foundati…The Jane and William …Jms Foundation IncMFUND Inc
The Community Foundation for Greater New HavenCT79.6× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Yale University · Eder Family Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi · Jms Foundation Inc · MFUND Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • 'R Kids Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Youth Continuum Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Clifford Beers Community Care Center Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology: 47% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Climatehaven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Christian Community Action Inc: 29% of income from government
  • New Haven Preservation Trust Incorporated: 29% of income from government
  • Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Friends Center for Children Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Young Men's Institute Library: 21% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc: 14% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • New Haven Ecology Project Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sea Research Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated: 8% of income from government
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: 7% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/a Long Wharf Theatre: 1% of income from government
  • The Legacy Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Partnership for Strong Communities: 0% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
  • New Haven Promise Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Seedlings 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 238 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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More from the funding graph

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