California · Private foundation
The Seaver Institute
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 79
- Grants FY2023
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 73 to 75
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 17
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Seaver Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 74 | $1.6M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 75 | $1.5M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 73 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
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, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $657,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sustainable Conservation | $600,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | $275,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marlborough School | $252,500 | 1 | 1% |
| California Native Plant Society | $220,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Island Conservation | $205,000 | 2 | 1% |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $112,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Scripps College | $82,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Southern California Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 87 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Seaver Institute 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.
Open a dossier: The Seaver Institute · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw · The Ahmanson Foundation · The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation · The Confidence Foundation
How this is measured
About The Seaver Institute
- How much does The Seaver Institute give?
- The Seaver Institute reported 79 grants totaling $1,721,700 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 75 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Seaver Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (32%), Environment (30%), Animals (16%).
- Who are The Seaver Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Zoological Society of San Diego ($657k), Sustainable Conservation ($600k), Mount Saint Mary's University ($275k).
- Does The Seaver Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Seaver Institute 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 Seaver Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Seaver Institute, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is The Seaver Institute based?
- The Seaver Institute is based in CA.
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