Michigan · Private foundation
The Scott J Seligman 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.
- $318k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $163,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Scott J Seligman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 | 13 | $290k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $69k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $21k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Jewish Center - Chabad Inc | $163,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Chai | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $19,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Temple Beth El | $11,044 | 4 | n/a |
| Value Culture | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guardians of the City | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Jewish Center - Chabad Inc | $163,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Chai | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $19,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Temple Beth El | $11,044 | 4 | n/a |
| Value Culture | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guardians of the City | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Emanu-El | $6,386 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Mill Valley | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of College Hill Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Knoxville Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kol Shofar | $1,900 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco History Association | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), 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 Seligman Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Scott J Seligman Foundation
- How much does The Scott J Seligman Foundation give?
- The Scott J Seligman Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $317,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Scott J Seligman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (60%), Arts & Culture (12%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are The Scott J Seligman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Santa Fe Jewish Center - Chabad Inc ($164k), Temple Chai ($25k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($25k).
- Does The Scott J Seligman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Scott J Seligman 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 Scott J Seligman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Seligman Family Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation.
- Where is The Scott J Seligman Foundation based?
- The Scott J Seligman Foundation is based in MI.
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