Colorado · Private foundation
The Seed 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $37k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Seed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $6k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Family Assistance Association | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Justice Foundation | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Citizen Inc | $2,150 | 3 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Cycles Co Boulder Community Cycles | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Community Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1k), not named here.
About The Seed Foundation
- How much does The Seed Foundation give?
- The Seed Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $6,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Seed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Philanthropy (24%), Crime & Legal (18%).
- Who are The Seed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Emergency Family Assistance Association ($6k), Public Justice Foundation ($2k), Public Citizen Inc ($2k).
- Does The Seed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Seed 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.
- Where is The Seed Foundation based?
- The Seed Foundation is based in CO.
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