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The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$196kArts & Culture$117kEducation$114kEnvironment$84kYouth Development$21kReligion$14kHuman Services$5kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$173k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHAI LIFELINE$40,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
B'NAI JEHOSHUA BETH ELOHIM$5,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL$5,000
FORGE CHARITABLE ADVISORS$5,000
ADLER PLANETARIUM$2,000
CYCLE FOR SURVIVAL$500
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 (FY23–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%REBECCA A COPLAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $500 → 8%REBECCA A COPLAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $500 → 8%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$542k · 17 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
17

Total granted

$542k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+27%

Still filing today

59%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CL
    CHAI LIFELINE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $185k · revenue +58%
  • TA
    THE ADLER PLANETARIUM
    5× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +8%
  • M
    MHUB
    3× · 2018–2020 · $78k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • II
    Illinois Institute of Technologygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +27%
  • FI
    FIRST ILLINOIS ROBOTICS
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • VC
    VARIETY CLUB
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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12
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Horticultural Society; the most unlike its peers is The Wilder World Trust Nfp. 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

19 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. 19 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IIT: $80,000 · OtherIITIndividual grant recipient: $34,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJDRF: $14,104 · OtherJDRFB'NAI JEHOSHUA BETH ELOHIM: $13,000 · OtherB'NAI JEHOSHUA BETH ELOHIMIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $43,635 · Other+15 moreCHAI LIFELINE INC: $185,000 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC+6 more: $8,400 · HealthTHE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $87,200 · Arts & CultureTHE ADLER PLANETARI…RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $14,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL AS…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMHUB: $78,030 · Community ImprovementMHUBIllinois Institute of Technology: $25,000 · EducationTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationINSCITE ILLINOIS: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Wilder World Trust NFP: $5,000 · Animals
Other$209,839Health$193,400Arts & Culture$106,200Community Improvement$78,030Education$26,000Youth Development$13,000Animals$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $185,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $87,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMHUB: $78,030 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINSCITE ILLINOIS: $13,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVARIETY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilder World Trust NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE H FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI National: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBECCA A COPELAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 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.

  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ADLER PLANETARIUM ↗
  • Who funds MHUB ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds INSCITE ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds The Wilder World Trust NFP ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE H FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds REBECCA A COPELAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds RORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗

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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael and Roberta Seedman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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