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The Seminar Network Inc

Stand together trust funds initiatives that support bottom-up solutions by empowering people through key institutions like business, communities, education, and government.

$132M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
186
Itemized grants FY2024
208
Organizations funded FY2023
85%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$113M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$169,375
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,940,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 208
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
36
Total assets, FY2024
$304M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 85% of the organizations The Seminar Network Inc 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; $49M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
EducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsOther
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
FY2024still arriving176$108M33%
FY2023208$120M85%
FY202140$57M45%
FY202030$26M53%
FY201924$29Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$146MPublic Benefit$68MPhilanthropy$40MCivil Rights$39MInternational$17MCrime & Legal$17MHuman Services$15MHealth$11MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
WI
MI
MA
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vela Education Fund$28,877,367467%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$25,620,015311%
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$19,355,9682n/a
Bill of Rights Institute$14,960,048543%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$14,698,918518%
Stand Together Foundation$12,621,696537%
Institute for Humane Studies$12,177,354428%
Center for Growth and Opportunity$9,368,018468%
Edward Charles Foundation$9,158,000314%
Khan Academy Inc$8,447,896221%
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All grantees of The Seminar Network Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vela Education Fund$28,877,367467%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$25,620,015311%
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$19,355,9682n/a
Bill of Rights Institute$14,960,048543%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$14,698,918518%
Stand Together Foundation$12,621,696537%
Institute for Humane Studies$12,177,354428%
Center for Growth and Opportunity$9,368,018468%
Edward Charles Foundation$9,158,000314%
Khan Academy Inc$8,447,896221%
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$8,258,004363%
Yes Every Kid Foundation$6,654,0283100%
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc$6,203,528544%
Populace Inc$6,000,000259%
Abundance Institute$5,720,600181%
Paragon Health Institute$5,620,2753100%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$5,600,00050%
Cause of Action Institute$5,475,0003100%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$5,425,00058%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$4,795,00051%
Defense Priorities Foundation$4,600,377295%
Cato Institute$4,271,10824%
The Catholic University of America$3,645,00050%
Schoolhouseworld Inc$3,621,137348%
Pacific Legal Foundation$3,591,09145%
Vine & Fig Tree Institute I Inc$3,000,0001100%
The Reason Foundation$2,646,258210%
The Global Orphan Project Inc$2,628,31627%
Recidiviz Inc$2,405,000110%
Economic Policy Innovation Center Inc$2,400,000281%
EdChoice Inc$2,396,000310%
New Civil Liberties Alliance$2,312,040217%
Recidiviz Inc$2,113,75021%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,080,00022%
The Henry L Stimson Center$2,059,30828%
Adams Valve Foundation$2,000,000194%
Charles Koch Foundation$1,999,98031%
Khan Schools Network$1,890,4341n/a
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft$1,867,625214%
Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc$1,664,702215%
Skillup Coalition$1,627,500217%
Greatschools Inc$1,500,000127%
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$1,410,00025%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$1,359,99222%
Young Americans for Liberty Foundation$1,287,246413%
William Marsh Rice University$1,251,66730%
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research$1,250,00027%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$1,155,00023%
Khan Lab School$1,153,651112%
National Taxpayers Union Foundation$1,140,538221%
Property and Environment Research Center$1,100,000210%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$1,075,00050%
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice$1,068,900235%
Silicon Schools Fund Inc$1,050,000114%
50can Inc$1,050,00021%
John Quincy Adams Society$1,030,442273%
University of Texas$1,005,7005n/a
Public Health Data Laboratory Institute$1,000,000250%
The Wildflower Foundation$1,000,00026%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$1,000,00015%
4point0 Schools$1,000,000316%
Alliance Defending Freedom$995,00021%
Reach University$987,50023%
Minerva University$975,00022%
The Rand Corporation$955,00020%
Cicero Research$945,000115%
The Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions$900,000228%
Khan Lab School$883,1741n/a
American Legislative Exchange Council$849,40025%
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc$825,000218%
Mackinac Center$821,40024%
The American Conservative$792,000216%
Home Builders Institute$780,00021%
Health Markets Policy Network$750,000177%
Reformers Academy$742,400255%
Institute for Global Affairs Inc$737,576262%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$690,00021%
Building 21$685,000129%
Adopt the Arts Foundation$670,000284%
Per Scholas Inc$650,00011%
The 74 Media Inc$645,400210%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$644,00024%
Techfreedom$629,600221%
University of Colorado Foundation$600,00010%
R Street Institute$597,55423%
Moral Courage Project F/K/A Project Ijtihad$585,000233%
Curriki$475,500435%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$465,27320%
Center for Democracy and Technology$440,00023%
End It for Good Inc$439,720233%
Wgu Corporation$421,59710%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$420,00025%
National Microschooling Center$416,500158%
The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation Inc$410,000112%
Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism$404,000162%
University Hospitals Health System Inc$400,00010%
Investor Choice Advocates Network$400,000275%
International Policy Network US Inc$400,00017%
Carrell Clinic Foundation$400,000177%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$400,00013%
Libertas Network$384,40022%
American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc$375,00022%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$375,00023%
The Niskanen Center Inc$370,00022%
Regents Univ of California$350,0001n/a
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget$350,00024%
Iovine and Young Foundation$330,00018%
Urban Justice Center$330,00021%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$326,27522%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$325,00012%
National Association of Manufacturers of the United States of America$325,00011%
Duke University$310,00040%
American Institute for Peace & Diplomacy Inc$300,0002100%
Narrative 4 Inc$300,00014%
Asu Prep Global Academy$300,00021%
San Juan Diego Institute Corp$300,000266%
National School Choice Awareness Foundation Inc$293,61022%
The Becket Fund$290,00012%
Institute for Reforming Government Inc$280,000212%
100 Roads Incorporated$280,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$271,76210%
New America Foundation$265,00011%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$253,58610%
The Trustees of Princeton University$250,00010%
The Nantucket Project Academy Inc$250,00017%
Center for Medicine in the Public Interest$250,000233%
Pelican Institute for Public Policy$250,00025%
The George W Bush Foundation$250,00010%
The Breakthrough Institute$250,00013%
Live the Solution Dba Earn to Learn$250,00017%
Loras College$250,00010%
Tax Foundation$245,00023%
Foundation for Government Accountability Inc$240,00012%
Mercatus Center Inc$230,23021%
Beacon Center of Tennessee$230,00019%
The Future of Free Speech$225,000123%
The Sixth Amendment Center Incorporated$220,00019%
Lucy Burns Institute Inc$219,50021%
Getting Smart Collective$214,00028%
The Human Potential LAB Inc$200,000127%
Jobs for the Future Inc$200,00010%
The Manufacturing Institute$200,00012%
Griptape Org Inc$200,000114%
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies Inc$200,000212%
Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc$200,00010%
West Virginia State University Foundation Inc$200,00015%
Fix the System - Wisconsin Inc$200,00015%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$200,00011%
Migration Policy Institute$200,00013%
Kind Academy Corporation$200,0001n/a
Center of the American Experiment$200,00014%
Dordt University$200,00010%
Democracy Works Inc$200,00015%
Judicial Education Institute INC$180,000136%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$175,0001n/a
National Sheriffs' Association$175,00012%
Love Your School$173,400216%
Frontier Institute Inc$173,200213%
University of Chicago$169,37510%
Trustees of Union College in the Town of Schenectady in the State of New York$160,00010%
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools$155,27014%
Trustees of Tufts College$153,45120%
Alternative Education Resource Organizat$150,000184%
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty$150,00014%
Lift Inc$150,00011%
Bbb National Programs Charitable Foundation (Cont'D on Schedule O)$150,000133%
Devoted Dreamers Foundation$150,000124%
Southern Methodist University$150,00030%
Hollow Reed Inc$150,000138%
KaiPod Foundation$150,0001100%
The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton$150,000110%
Clemson University Foundation$150,00010%
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives$150,00021%
Georgia Justice Project Inc$150,00015%
The Childrens Scholarship Fund$150,00020%
National Conference on Citizenship$150,00019%
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Inc$145,000114%
The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc$142,80024%
The Urban Institute$140,00010%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc$135,00016%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$130,00020%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$130,00021%
More Perfect Union$125,000110%
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands$125,00011%
Energy Innovation Reform Project$125,000115%
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity$125,00023%
The One America Movement$123,00023%
Parents for Educational Freedom in NC$110,00024%
Empower Evergreen Inc$110,00023%
Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc$105,00019%
Urban Specialists Enterprises Inc$100,00014%
Crosspurpose$100,00011%
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$100,00010%
Transcend Inc$100,00010%
Tel Foundation$100,00014%
The Reform Alliance$100,00021%
The George Washington University$100,00010%
Chapman University$100,00010%
Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures$100,00011%
Land Conservation Assistance Network$95,000112%
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc$95,00012%
The Forest School$95,00012%
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary$95,0001n/a
The Buckeye Institute$92,55821%
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc$89,80026%
Taking Action for Good$85,000238%
Phoenix Multisport Inc$82,00011%
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools$81,00010%
Technology Policy Institute$80,00014%
Foreign Policy For America Foundation$77,000111%
Engine Foundation$75,000116%
Love Thy Neighbor Community Development & Opportunity Corp$73,168116%
New York University$70,00020%
Harbor Fund$65,00014%
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc$65,000114%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$60,00011%
Empire Center for Public Policy Inc$59,60022%
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$57,68010%
University of Arizona$55,0002n/a
Alaska Policy Forum Inc$52,700115%
Cafe Momentum$52,50012%
Palmetto Promise Institute$50,00012%
Skills for Chicago$50,00010%
Mediators Foundation Inc$50,00012%
American Institute for Economic Research$50,00011%
Pepperdine University$50,00010%
Pa Families for Education Choice$50,000222%
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public P$50,000122%
The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth$50,0001n/a
Yes in My Back Yard$50,00012%
Microschool Solutions$50,0001n/a
Institute for Quality Education Inc$50,00010%
Mountain States Policy Center Inc$50,00015%
Kentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education$47,000132%
Institute for Energy Research$45,15021%
Fii - National$45,00010%
Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies Inc$41,50021%
Baltimore Beat Inc$41,12816%
Mississippi Center for Public Policy$40,00015%
Sword & Spoon Workshop Inc$40,000159%
American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research$40,00022%
Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education$40,000117%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$35,00011%
North Park University$35,00010%
Pacific Public Media$34,43210%
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc$34,00011%
Connecticut News Project Inc$32,23011%
Archbridge Institute$30,00012%
Unleash Prosperity Inc$30,00011%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$29,20010%
Nebraska Journalism Trust$29,20011%
Institute on Religion & Democracy Inc$29,15421%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$28,45010%
Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc$28,00011%
Underscore Media Collaboration$28,00014%
St Lawrence University$27,10010%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$25,11420%
Street Sense Inc$25,09013%
Freedom Forum Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
Local Media Foundation$25,00010%
The Ohio State University$25,0001n/a
Listen First Project Inc$25,00014%
Montana Chamber Foundation$25,00014%
Civicpulse Inc$25,00017%
The Cara Program$25,00010%
Educational Freedom Institute$25,000118%
Center for Open Science Inc$25,00010%
Chicago Public Media Inc$25,00010%
William & Mary$25,0001n/a
The Optima Foundation Dba Education Freedom Foundation$25,00012%
Deuce Community Inc$24,938211%
Moving Picture Institute$22,40020%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$22,00010%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$21,77020%
Nevada News Bureau Inc$19,00011%
America's Future Foundation$18,00020%
Accessos$17,50016%
Benevolence Farm$16,80021%
Reimagine Atl$14,47621%
Mastery Transcript Consortium$13,00011%
Center for Individual Rights$12,00011%
Thomas B Fordham Institute$11,98111%
Acton Academy DC Foundation$10,00014%
Friends of the Children$10,00010%
Illinois Policy Institute$9,90010%
Uncornered Inc$9,78810%
Institute for Free Speech$9,50010%
San Francisco Chr$9,0801n/a
Based Politics Inc$8,97313%
Lawfare Institute$8,75010%
Carnegie Mellon University$8,00010%
Healthcorps Inc$6,50010%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

The Seminar Network Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 46 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVela Education Fund: $28,877,367 over 4y, 67% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $25,620,015 over 3y, 11% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $14,960,048 over 5y, 43% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $14,698,918 over 5y, 18% of budgetStand Together Foundation: $12,621,696 over 5y, 37% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $12,177,354 over 4y, 28% of budgetCenter for Growth and Opportunity: $9,368,018 over 4y, 68% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $9,158,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $8,447,896 over 2y, 21% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $8,258,004 over 3y, 63% of budgetYes Every Kid Foundation: $6,654,028 over 3y, 100% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $6,203,528 over 5y, 44% of budgetPopulace Inc: $6,000,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetAbundance Institute: $5,720,600 over 1y, 81% of budgetParagon Health Institute: $5,620,275 over 3y, 100% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $5,600,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCause of Action Institute: $5,475,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetTexas Public Policy Foundation: $5,425,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $4,795,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDefense Priorities Foundation: $4,600,377 over 2y, 95% of budgetCato Institute: $4,271,108 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Catholic University of America: $3,645,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSchoolhouseworld Inc: $3,621,137 over 3y, 48% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $3,591,091 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetVine & Fig Tree Institute I Inc: $3,000,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $2,646,258 over 2y, 10% of budgetThe Global Orphan Project Inc: $2,628,316 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetRecidiviz Inc: $2,405,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetEconomic Policy Innovation Center Inc: $2,400,000 over 2y, 81% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $2,396,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetNew Civil Liberties Alliance: $2,312,040 over 2y, 17% of budgetRecidiviz Inc: $2,113,750 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $2,080,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetThe Henry L Stimson Center: $2,059,308 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetAdams Valve Foundation: $2,000,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetCharles Koch Foundation: $1,999,980 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: $1,867,625 over 2y, 14% of budgetFoundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $1,664,702 over 2y, 15% of budgetSkillup Coalition: $1,627,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetGreatschools Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetThe Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $1,410,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: $1,359,992 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetYoung Americans for Liberty Foundation: $1,287,246 over 4y, 13% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,251,667 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBarry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research: $1,250,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $1,155,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetKhan Lab School: $1,153,651 over 1y, 12% of budgetNational Taxpayers Union Foundation: $1,140,538 over 2y, 21% 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 200.

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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.

Charles Koch InstituteVA146× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles Koch Institute · Charles Koch Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · State Policy Network · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · John William Pope 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 Seminar Network Inc

How much does The Seminar Network Inc give?
The Seminar Network Inc reported 186 itemized grants totaling $113,153,888, out of $132,473,446 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 208 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Seminar Network Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Public Benefit (13%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are The Seminar Network Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Vela Education Fund ($29M), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($26M), Americans for Prosperity Foundation ($19M).
Does The Seminar Network Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Seminar Network Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles Koch Institute, Charles Koch Foundation, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc.
Where is The Seminar Network Inc based?
The Seminar Network Inc is based in VA.

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 306 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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