New York · Private foundation
The Seymour Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations The Seymour Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $1.9M | 62% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $910k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $1,325,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $410,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $205,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The People's Portfolio Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Luminary Impact Fund | $125,000 | 1 | 71% |
| Shining Hope for Communities Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $1,325,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $410,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $205,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The People's Portfolio Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Luminary Impact Fund | $125,000 | 1 | 71% |
| Shining Hope for Communities Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lsv Philanthropic Missions Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hark-Als Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bluedot Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Imetics Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Mad Foundation Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Documentary Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theatre Masters Hansen | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vallecitos Mountain Refuge | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Seymour Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Seymour Foundation Inc
- How much does The Seymour Foundation Inc give?
- The Seymour Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $1,852,713 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Seymour Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (14%), Civil Rights (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Seymour Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Friends of the High Line Inc ($1.3M), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($1.1M), Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc ($410k).
- Does The Seymour Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Seymour Foundation Inc 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 Seymour Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Seymour Foundation Inc based?
- The Seymour Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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