Illinois · Private foundation
The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $173k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% 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 | $68k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $50k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $50k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $64k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $91k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $132k | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $87,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Mhub | $78,030 | 3 | 1% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Inscite Illinois | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilder World Trust NFP | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Service of Lake County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $87,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Mhub | $78,030 | 3 | 1% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Inscite Illinois | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilder World Trust NFP | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Service of Lake County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The H Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rebecca a Copeland Fund for Social Justice | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rory David Deutsch Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Scholars Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $640 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| K-9 Reading Buddies of the North Shore | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation
- How much does The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation give?
- The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $67,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Arts & Culture (19%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chai Lifeline Inc ($185k), The Adler Planetarium ($87k), Mhub ($78k).
- Does The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family 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 Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation based?
- The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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