Ohio · Private foundation
The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $271k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $21k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $14k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $14k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $14k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $25k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $31k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Christian University | $53,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $29,985 | 6 | n/a |
| Love Has No Color | $3,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Michigan Jaycees Doing Business as Jci Michigan | $690 | 3 | 0% |
| Whitetails Unlimited Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $474 | 4 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Rochester-Avon Historical Society Inc | $375 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan United Conservation Clubs | $375 | 5 | 0% |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | $360 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Christian University | $53,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $29,985 | 6 | n/a |
| Love Has No Color | $3,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Michigan Jaycees Doing Business as Jci Michigan | $690 | 3 | 0% |
| Whitetails Unlimited Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $474 | 4 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Rochester-Avon Historical Society Inc | $375 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan United Conservation Clubs | $375 | 5 | 0% |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $209 | 3 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $125 | 4 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Historical Society of Michigan | $90 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Media | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation with peer funders
About The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation
- How much does The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation give?
- The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $20,775 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Religion (10%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Rochester Christian University ($54k), Oakland University ($30k), Love Has No Color ($3k).
- Does The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation based?
- The George and Elizabeth Seifert Foundation is based in OH.
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