Florida · Private foundation
The Sear 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.
- $92k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $686k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Sear Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | $92k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $66k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $48k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $31k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $23k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $14k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $113,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dogs for Life Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alpha Project for the Homeless | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Doberman Rescue League Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of San Diego County | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sear Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sear Foundation
- How much does The Sear Foundation give?
- The Sear Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $91,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Sear Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Arts & Culture (11%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Sear Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gary Sinise Foundation ($114k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($34k), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($30k).
- Does The Sear Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sear 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 Sear Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sear Foundation based?
- The Sear Foundation is based in FL.
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