Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Freed Seed Federation Inc
Freed Seed Federation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,955 to it, the largest being THE DAVID S HOWE FOUNDATION ($255,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $102k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $325k
- Net assets
- $44k
What Freed Seed Federation Inc does
Mission
To fortify regional food resilience from the level of the seed. With our focus on the Northeast US, we join a global network of local efforts to adapt seeds to changing climate and keep seeds in the public domain, free of private ownership
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
to fortify regional food resilience from the level of the seed. With our focus on the Northeast US, we join a global network of local efforts to adapt seeds to changing climate and keep seeds in the public domain, free of private ownership.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9k to $34k (+272%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Freed Seed Federation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of Freed Seed Federation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Freed Seed Federation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 61% · 2020 71% · 2021 75% · 2022 78% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Freed Seed Federation Inc draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Freed Seed Federation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Freed Seed Federation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $88k on record.
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$46k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$42k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Freed Seed Federation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Freed Seed Federation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Freed Seed Federation Inc?
- Freed Seed Federation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,955 to it, the largest being THE DAVID S HOWE FOUNDATION ($255,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Freed Seed Federation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $324,955 in grants to Freed Seed Federation Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Freed Seed Federation Inc?
- THE DAVID S HOWE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $255,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Freed Seed Federation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing