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SeldinHaring-Smith Foundation at a glance

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SeldinHaring-Smith 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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$214kPhilanthropy$85kSocial Science$30kCommunity Improvement$25kCivil Rights$20kPublic Benefit$13kHealth$10kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–22, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SERVICE INC: $2k → 7%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 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

NH
WA
WI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 22% of SeldinHaring-Smith Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

SeldinHaring-Smith Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$98k · 6 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
22

Total granted

$98k
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+25%

Still filing today

83%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCivil RightsArts & CultureSocial ScienceHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES
    3× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +52%
  • SI
    SUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • FO
    FEDERATION OF STATE MASSAGE THERAPY BOARDS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • GH
    GENERATION HOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $33k · revenue +456%
  • The Education Trust Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -57%
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
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
2
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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3
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
National Association of Colleges & Employers

The purposes for which the corporation was formed are: to provide for an exchange of information on policies; to assemble and disseminate information through appropriate media; to encourage and assist in the advancement of individuals in…

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7
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
8
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
9
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Achieving the Dream Inc; the most unlike its peers is Generation Hope. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENERATION HOPE: $32,598 · EducationGENERATION HOPEThe Education Trust Inc: $25,000 · EducationThe Education Trust IncUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $25,000 · EducationUS Chamber of Commerce FoundationACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $10,000 · EducationACHIEVING THE DREAM INCSUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationSUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INCTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $10,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE INCNATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK: $10,000 · EducationNATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORKEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE COMMON APPLICATION INC: $5,000 · EducationUASPIRE INC: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $3,500 · EducationASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $37,500 · OtherASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUS…INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH: $25,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCHNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMI: $22,500 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINAN…BELIEVE IN STUDENTS INC: $20,000 · OtherBELIEVE IN STUDENTS INCNATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · OtherNATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATIONCOLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $10,000 · OtherCOLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATI…HONEY BROWN HOPE FOUNDATION-FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherTIDES CENTER: $85,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER+1 more: $2,073 · Human ServicesOPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMCSWEENEY'S LITERARY ARTS FUND: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $10,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK: $2,500 · Civil RightsFEDERATION OF STATE MASSAGE THERAPY BOARDS: $10,000 · HealthTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $5,000 · Social Science
Education$146,098Other$135,000Human Services$87,073Arts & Culture$15,000Civil Rights$12,500Health$10,000Social Science$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIDES CENTER: $85,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $37,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGENERATION HOPE: $32,598 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVE IN STUDENTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERATION OF STATE MASSAGE THERAPY BOARDS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMCSWEENEY'S LITERARY ARTS FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMON APPLICATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUASPIRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetNATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SERVICES INC: $2,073 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.

Ecmc FoundationLumina Foundation for…Gates FoundationThe Kresge FoundationThe Michelson 20mm Fo…Annie E Casey Foundat…Carnegie Corporation …The Robert Wood Johns…Crimsonbridge Foundat…Ascendium Education S…The Joyce FoundationImaginable Futures Fo…
Ecmc FoundationMN25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ecmc Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Gates Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Michelson 20mm Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Imaginable Futures 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 SeldinHaring-Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SeldinHaring-Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Achieving the Dream Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–25%
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 29 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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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