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The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation at a glance

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The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$229k
Granted FY2019
26
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Arts & Culture$119kHealth$64kEducation$31kInternational$20kHuman Services$17kHousing & Shelter$14kFood & Nutrition$13kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2019 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k6 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMPTON LIBRARY$10,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
EAST END HOSPICE INC$10,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN- KETTERING CANCER CENTER$10,000
SAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER$10,000
DOCTOR'S WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
LONGHOUSE RESERVE$10,000
AMAGANSETT LIBRARY$10,000
EASTHAMPTON LIBRARY$10,000
CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING OF THE EAST END$10,000
RETREAT FOR BATTERED WOMEN$10,000
PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC$10,000
NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY$10,000
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS$10,000
UNICEF USA$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%EAST END HOSPICE INC: $10k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE INC: $2k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE INC: $2k → 7%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $10k → 7%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 45 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2019, 31 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
12

Total granted

$214k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+40%

Still filing today

62%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • EE
    East End Hospice Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +38%
  • TP
    THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +185%
  • AR
    ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • CF
    Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • EH
    EAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • SH
    SAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC CO SUSAN MEAD
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -66%
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
Montauk Historical Society

The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…

Arts & Culture
2
Nassau County Museum of Art

The Museum's mission is to encourage and promote the appreciation of fine art to people in its surrounding communities and beyond. The Museum is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the arts, with particular emphasis on the…

Arts & Culture
3
Peconic Public Broadcasting

Peconic Public Broadcasting is a public FM radio station located in Southampton, New York. The station services Long Island and coastal Connecticut and offers listeners both national and local programs.

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4
East Village Community Coalition Inc

Promote and improve the health, safety, recreation and well being of the east village neighborhood to enhance and foster a sense of community, by conserving historic properties in the neighborhood, by controlling growth and development…

Community Improvement
5
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
6
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
7
North Shore Historical Museum Inc

Housing and exhibition of long island new york north shore historical significance

Arts & Culture
8
East Hampton Beach Preservation Society Inc

To research beach erosion in east hampton, new york

Environment
9
Newcomb Historical Museum

The organization was formed to safeguard and share existing and future collections related to the social, cultural, and economic history of the high peaks adirondack region in and around the township of newcomb in essex county, new york.

Arts & Culture
10
East End Food Institute

East End Food is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, promote and advocate for farmers and producers, while ensuring everyone in the community can enjoy and be nourished by local food. We envision the East End of Long…

Food & Nutrition
11
Bridge Hampton Historical Society Dba the Bridge Hampton Museum

The mission of the bridge hampton historical society is to inspire the documentation,preservation and interpretation of the history and cultural traditions of bridgehampton and its surrounding communities.

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12
Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society

Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Societys purpose is to 1 educate the public about this geographical area and 2 to preserve this area for future generations

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Hampton Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Neue Galerie New York. 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

35 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. 35 of the 57 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL SLOAN- KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $30,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN- KETTERING CANCER CENTERRETREAT FOR BATTERED WOMEN: $14,000 · OtherRETREAT FOR BATTERED WOMENMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART-FRIENDS OF THE AMATI: $13,500 · OtherMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART-FRIENDS OF THE AMATIMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART-PATRONS LOUNGE: $12,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART-PATRONS LOUNGEEAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $12,000 · OtherEAST HAMPTON LIBRARYAMAGANSETT LIBRARY: $11,000 · OtherAMAGANSETT LIBRARYTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY: $10,400 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 · OtherHAMPTON LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherEAST HAMPTON HISTORICAL FARM MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherSHARE THE HARVEST FARM INC FKA FOOD PANTRY FARM INCORPORATED: $11,000 · OtherSHARE THE HARVEST FARM INC FKA FOOD PANTRY FARM INCORPORATEDSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Other+25 more: $34,500 · Other+25 moreTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PERLMAN MU…GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $10,751 · Arts & CultureGUILD HALL OF …SAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC CO SUSAN MEAD: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSAG HARBOR CIN…THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PARRISH AR…+4 more: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreEast End Hospice Inc: $14,000 · Human ServicesELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCenter for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc: $10,000 · HealthEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $400 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,200 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · InternationalLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $12,000 · EducationThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $500 · Education+1 more: $400 · EducationANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $12,000 · Animals+1 more: $200 · Animals
Other$188,400Arts & Culture$41,751Human Services$24,000Health$20,400International$20,200Education$12,900Animals$12,200

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 budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSHARE THE HARVEST FARM INC FKA FOOD PANTRY FARM INCORPORATED: $11,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $10,751 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY: $10,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC CO SUSAN MEAD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROUP FOR THE EAST END INC: $5,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST HAMPTON MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEUE GALERIE NEW YORK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEECO FARM LTD EAST END COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM: $1,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROGERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON TOWN PBA: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAST HAMPTON VILLAGE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC: $400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 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.

The Jct FoundationThe Donald and Barbar…J & Ar FoundationThe Hilaria and Alec …Jewish Communal FundAlfred & Jane Ross Fo…The Robert and Joyce …Pilzer Foundation IncDaniel M Neidich & Br…Federated Foundations…The Thomas J Edelman …Peter & Susan Solomon…
The Jct FoundationFL24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jct Foundation · The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation · J & Ar Foundation · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Alfred & Jane Ross Foundation Inc · The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Fdn · Pilzer Foundation Inc · Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation · Federated Foundations Inc · The Thomas J Edelman Foundation · Peter & Susan Solomon Family 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 The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 The Maryam and Hervey Seley 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 57 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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