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The Seawell Elam Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$111k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$11,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 16
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$3.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Seawell Elam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$111k55%
FY202412$142k67%
FY202314$140k14%
FY202216$161k75%
FY202113$130k100%
FY202014$128kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$168kHuman Services$118kArts & Culture$95kEducation$95kEnvironment$73kFood & Nutrition$50kHousing & Shelter$50kHealth$30kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation$31,00031%
Youth and Family Alliance$30,00030%
Genaustin$30,00031%
Creative Action$30,00030%
Austin Youth River Watch$25,00024%
The Safe Alliance$25,00020%
Austin Classical Guitar Society$20,00021%
Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots$20,00021%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin and Travis County Inc$20,00020%
Jeremiah Program$20,00020%
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All grantees of The Seawell Elam Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation$31,00031%
Youth and Family Alliance$30,00030%
Genaustin$30,00031%
Creative Action$30,00030%
Austin Youth River Watch$25,00024%
The Safe Alliance$25,00020%
Austin Classical Guitar Society$20,00021%
Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots$20,00021%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin and Travis County Inc$20,00020%
Jeremiah Program$20,00020%
Austin Ymbl Sunshine Camp$20,00021%
Ballet Austin Incorporated$20,00020%
Open Door Preschool$20,00020%
Breakthrough$20,00020%
Austin Explore Inc$18,30021%
Keep Austin Beautiful Inc$17,50021%
Atx Chamber Music and Jazz$15,00013%
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc$12,00010%
Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc$10,00010%
Communities in Schools of Central Texas$10,00010%
Austin Theatre Alliance$10,00010%
Williamson County Crisis Center$10,00010%
Camp Fire Central Texas$10,00012%
Girl Scouts of Central Texas$10,00010%
Uprise Circus$10,0001n/a
Welcome Table Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Center for Child Protection$10,00010%
Austin Film Festival Inc$10,00010%
Interfaith Action of Central Texas$10,0001n/a
Families in Nature$10,00013%
Zachary Scott Theatre Center$10,00010%
Caritas of Austin$10,00010%
College Possible Inc$10,00010%
Girlstart$10,0001n/a
Pease Park Conservancy$10,00011%
Foundation Communities Inc$10,00010%
Seedling Foundation$10,00011%
Travis Audubon Society Inc$7,50012%
Austin Area Art From the Streets$5,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoster Angels of Central Texas Foundation: $31,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetYouth and Family Alliance: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGenaustin: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCreative Action: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAustin Youth River Watch: $25,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe Safe Alliance: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Classical Guitar Society: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAustin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Austin and Travis County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJeremiah Program: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Ymbl Sunshine Camp: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBallet Austin Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Door Preschool: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Explore Inc: $18,300 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKeep Austin Beautiful Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAtx Chamber Music and Jazz: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAny Baby Can of Austin Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Achieve Public Schools Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Central Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Theatre Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliamson County Crisis Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Fire Central Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Central Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Child Protection: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Film Festival Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFamilies in Nature: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetZachary Scott Theatre Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCaritas of Austin: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFoundation Communities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeedling Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTravis Audubon Society Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAustin Area Art From the Streets: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budget

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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 35.

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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.

Austin Community Foun…Better Business BureauShield-Ayres Foundati…Topfer Family Foundat…The Applied Materials…St David's FoundationThe Moody FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Powell FoundationThe Webber Family Fou…Impact Austin Foundat…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX51.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Better Business Bureau · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Powell Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · Impact Austin 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.

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About The Seawell Elam Foundation

How much does The Seawell Elam Foundation give?
The Seawell Elam Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $111,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Seawell Elam Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (21%), Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Seawell Elam Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation ($31k), Youth and Family Alliance ($30k), Genaustin ($30k).
Does The Seawell Elam Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Seawell Elam Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Seawell Elam Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Better Business Bureau, Shield-Ayres Foundation.
Where is The Seawell Elam Foundation based?
The Seawell Elam Foundation is based in TX.

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 55 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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