Minnesota · Private foundation
The Little Seed 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $480k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Little Seed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $35k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $30k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $116k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity First Lutheran Church | $76,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven | $36,000 | 3 | 51% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Together for Good | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Thresholds Community | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Freedom Farm | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Amnion Women's Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Heritage Academy | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
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: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Little Seed Foundation
- How much does The Little Seed Foundation give?
- The Little Seed Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Little Seed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Housing & Shelter (28%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Little Seed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trinity First Lutheran Church ($76k), The Haven ($36k), Housing in Action Inc ($36k).
- Does The Little Seed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Little Seed Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Little Seed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Little Seed Foundation based?
- The Little Seed Foundation is based in MN.
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