How much does The Seabury Foundation give?

The Seabury Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $993,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 87 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does The Seabury Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (23%), Youth Development (10%).

Who are The Seabury Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc ($155k), Cool Classics Inc ($130k), The Goldin Institute ($105k).

Does The Seabury Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Seabury 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 Seabury Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Field Foundation of Illinois.

Where is The Seabury Foundation based?

The Seabury Foundation is based in IL.

Foundation Dossiers

Illinois · Private foundation

The Seabury 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.

$993k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 70
Grants FY2024: 79
Organizations funded FY2023: 48%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $32,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 87; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 10
Total assets, FY2024: $24M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The Seabury Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $342k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	70	$993k	14%
FY2023	79	$848k	48%
FY2022	61	$978k	46%
FY2021	87	$941k	87%
FY2020	21	$355k	n/a

98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$945kYouth Development$393kHealth$242kHuman Services$189kFood & Nutrition$175kHousing & Shelter$161kRecreation & Sports$144kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc	$155,375	4	5%
Cool Classics Inc	$130,000	3	n/a
The Goldin Institute	$105,000	3	3%
Munson Healthcare Foundations	$100,000	2	1%
Target Hope	$75,000	2	18%
Family Matters Inc	$70,000	3	2%
Grow Benzie Inc	$68,875	3	8%
Reading in Motion	$65,000	3	2%
Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources	$60,000	3	1%
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc	$60,000	3	0%

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All grantees of The Seabury Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc	$155,375	4	5%
Cool Classics Inc	$130,000	3	n/a
The Goldin Institute	$105,000	3	3%
Munson Healthcare Foundations	$100,000	2	1%
Target Hope	$75,000	2	18%
Family Matters Inc	$70,000	3	2%
Grow Benzie Inc	$68,875	3	8%
Reading in Motion	$65,000	3	2%
Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources	$60,000	3	1%
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc	$60,000	3	0%
Mudlark Theater Company NFP	$60,000	3	4%
Piven Theatre Workshop	$57,500	3	9%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation	$55,000	3	1%
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago	$55,000	3	1%
Berea College	$54,000	4	0%
International Childrens Media Center	$53,500	3	16%
Facets Film Forum	$51,000	3	3%
First Descents	$50,000	2	1%
Friends of the Garden Theater	$50,000	3	3%
Chicago Zoological Society	$50,000	3	0%
Working in the Schools Inc	$47,500	3	1%
For Love of Water	$47,000	3	2%
Project Education Plus	$45,000	2	9%
Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc	$45,000	3	1%
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for	$45,000	4	1%
Reading Quest	$42,500	3	2%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society	$41,000	3	0%
The Musical Arts Institute	$40,250	4	2%
Literacy Works	$40,000	4	2%
South Chicago Dance Theatre	$40,000	4	3%
Girls in the Game Nfp	$40,000	3	1%
Tutoring Chicago	$35,250	2	2%
Austin Childcare Providers Network	$35,000	4	2%
Snow City Arts Foundation	$35,000	2	2%
The Bloc	$33,250	3	1%
Sit Stay Read Inc	$32,500	2	5%
Healing to Action	$30,000	3	1%
Children's Healing Center	$30,000	2	1%
Muntu Dance Theatre	$30,000	3	3%
Conner Prairie Museum Inc	$28,000	2	0%
Crystal Community Ski Club	$28,000	3	8%
Cognition	$27,500	3	5%
Red Line Service Institute	$26,000	3	6%
Pima Community College Foundation Inc	$25,250	4	0%
St Leonard's Ministries	$25,000	2	0%
West Town Bikes Nfp	$25,000	1	6%
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Cabinet of Curiosity Inc NFP	$25,000	2	7%
One on One	$25,000	2	1%
Santa Fe Playhouse	$25,000	1	2%
Benzie Senior Resources	$25,000	1	1%
Tellin Tales Theatre	$24,500	3	n/a
Companions Journeying Together Inc	$23,500	3	12%
Canine Therapy Corps Inc	$22,500	2	2%
Writers Theatre Inc	$22,500	3	0%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa	$22,000	4	0%
The Chicago Help Initiative	$20,000	2	3%
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Alverno College	$20,000	4	0%
Waves Project Inc	$20,000	1	5%
Safe Haven Ministries Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Nehemiah Group dba Chicago Eco House	$20,000	2	2%
New Mexico Highlands University Foundation Inc	$20,000	4	0%
Congo Square Theatre Company	$20,000	2	4%
Gardeneers	$20,000	2	2%
Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc	$20,000	1	1%
University of Chicago	$20,000	1	0%
Still Point Theatre Collective	$18,000	2	7%
18th Street Casa de Cultura Nfp	$17,500	2	4%
Howard Area Community Center	$15,839	3	0%
Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail	$15,500	2	7%
The Experimental Station	$15,250	2	0%
University of Arizona Foundation	$15,000	3	0%
Pullman Tech Workshop	$13,000	2	4%
Metrosquash Nfp	$12,750	2	0%
I Grow Chicago NFP	$12,500	2	1%
The People's Music School	$12,500	1	0%
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc	$12,000	2	0%
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic	$11,000	2	2%
Pegasus Theatre Chicago	$10,000	1	8%
Alternatives Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Living Works	$10,000	1	8%
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Bridge House	$10,000	1	0%
Sister Carmen Community Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Embarc Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse	$10,000	1	0%
Forward Momentum Chicago	$10,000	1	1%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Youth Guidance	$10,000	1	0%
Inspiration Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Seven Generations Ahead	$10,000	1	2%
Interaction Initiative Inc	$10,000	1	12%
Future Ties Inc Nfp	$10,000	1	1%
Victory Gardens Theater	$10,000	1	1%
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago	$10,000	1	0%
Benzie Central Schools Foundation Inc	$8,000	1	9%
Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra Inc	$8,000	1	n/a
Warren Billy Cherry Scholarship Fund	$8,000	2	1%
The Thresholds	$7,500	1	0%
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance	$7,500	1	0%
High Jump	$7,500	1	0%
Trinity Ucc Child Care Center	$7,500	1	0%
Code Platoon Nfp	$7,500	1	1%
Norte Youth Cycling	$7,500	1	1%
Newtons Road Northwest	$6,800	1	3%
Hope Ignites Chicago	$6,000	1	0%
Dine College	$6,000	1	n/a
Portland Community College Foundation Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Seneca Lake Guardian Inc	$5,000	1	3%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum	$5,000	1	0%
Thompsonville Area Revitalization Projec	$3,000	1	n/a
Gilloury Institute	$2,500	1	1%
Telpochcalli Community Education Project	$2,500	1	1%
Un Nuevo Despertar a New Awakening Nfp	$2,500	1	1%
West Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music	$2,500	1	0%
Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association Inc	$2,500	1	2%
Serendipity Theatre Company D/B/A 2nd Story	$1,000	1	0%
Chicago Blues Revival	$1,000	1	1%
The Tenant Education Network	$1,000	1	0%
Midwest Books to Prisoners	$1,000	1	n/a
Red Clay Dance Company Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Enrich Chicago	$1,000	1	0%
Wingspan Project	$1,000	1	1%
Ladies of Virtue	$1,000	1	0%
Chicago City Theatre Company dba Joel Hall Dancers & Center	$1,000	1	0%
The Simple Good	$1,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($829k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Seabury Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 120.

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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.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL67.2× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Field Foundation of Illinois · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Seabury Foundation · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

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.

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About The Seabury Foundation

How much does The Seabury Foundation give?: The Seabury Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $993,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 87 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Seabury Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (23%), Youth Development (10%).
Who are The Seabury Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc ($155k), Cool Classics Inc ($130k), The Goldin Institute ($105k).
Does The Seabury Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Seabury 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 Seabury Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Field Foundation of Illinois.
Where is The Seabury Foundation based?: The Seabury Foundation is based in IL.