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SEED YOUR FUTURE INC

SEED YOUR FUTURE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $915,000 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD GARDENS INC ($750,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$708k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$915k
Net assets
$1.0M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 38%
01What it does

What Seed Your Future Inc does

Mission

To promote horticulture and inspire people to pursue careers working with plants.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The seed to stem educator immersive program is a professional development initiative designed to equip high school educators with the knowledge, tools, and real-world experiences needed to integrate horticulture and plant science career pathways into their curricula. The program aligns with seed your future's mission to promote awareness and understanding of the diverse and rewarding careers within horticulture, plant sciences, and the broader green industry. Each cohort of educators participates in a hybrid model that combines virtual instruction with in-person immersive experiences at horticultural businesses, public gardens, nurseries, and academic institutions. Participants engage directly with industry professionals to explore the science, technology, and innovation driving modern horticulture.

    $215,000 spent
    47% of program spending
  2. Green career week is the national initative that encourages horticulture businesses twice a year to set up field trips, do school presentations and highlight staff via social media to ensure students in their local area 1. Know their company 2. Realize horticulture is a viable industry 3. Understand the variety of careers found in the horticulture industry. Syf also conducts radio interivews across the country promoting horticutlure careers for green career week.

    $144,540 spent
    31% of program spending
  3. Digital career exploration resources for educators, students and parents. These resources have to be maintained and expanded. 126 career profiles, a where to study map showing the horticulture 2 and 4 year higher education programs, a database of scholarships and internships, horticulture stem career videos, diy and plant power videos.

    $100,000 spent
    22% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $459,540.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($655k) Expenses 100 ($328k) Net assets 100 ($953k)2024 Revenue 108 ($708k) Expenses 193 ($632k) Net assets 108 ($1.0M)
20232024
Revenue (108)Expenses (193)Net assets (108)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $978k to $1.1M (+15%).

$978k
$1.1M
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of SEED YOUR FUTURE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$327k
’23
$76k
’24
21
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Jazmin Albarran

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20232024
Listed1313
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of SEED YOUR FUTURE 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

SEED YOUR FUTURE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

82%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

SEED YOUR FUTURE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.

IL
PA
CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SEED YOUR FUTURE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve20.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like SEED YOUR FUTURE INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 13%Fundraising 14%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 30 states

NH
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
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PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
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AR
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NC
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HI
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AL
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FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds SEED YOUR FUTURE INC?
SEED YOUR FUTURE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $915,000 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD GARDENS INC ($750,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SEED YOUR FUTURE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $915,000 in grants to SEED YOUR FUTURE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SEED YOUR FUTURE INC?
LONGWOOD GARDENS INC is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SEED YOUR FUTURE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 3 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