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SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC

SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $985,318 to it, the largest being SPARKYOUTH NYC INC ($235,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$753k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$985k
Net assets
$393k
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Seeds of Fortune Inc does

Mission

Seeds of Fortune Inc. Is a nonprofit edtech platform helping members on their first steps to economic security by finding affordable college options, building financial management, and career skills in a sisterly online network.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Seed of fortune inc. Program has five tiers: college prep leadership program, seed scholars in partnership with yale women in economics,innovation research summer program, girls start up, and seeds university. College prep leadership program - in this program, students learn about the college/scholarship application process as well as access to our college partners, learn : college essay, scholarship and college apps, picking the right school, saving for college, financial aid, college major, funding as undocumented students. Seeds scholars in partnership with yale women in economics - this is a college prep program that helps nyc high schools rising 11th grade minority girls apply for college scholorships and teach professional and finacial mamagement skills.

    $582,117 spent$753,203 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Innovation research summer program - hs students will learn what it means to run and lead a company by creatinf an executive team and dividing into groups to provide insights into how corporations can work with local communities more effectively, as well as advocate for local communities with our partners. Girls start up - online business plan accelerator to increase entrepreneurial and digital literacy skills sets in partnership with wix.com, bmo capital markets, and more. Compete for an all-expense paid trip trip to miami, fl. Where 3 lucky winners could receive up to $6,000 in capital funding.

  3. Seed university - a college program for the graduates of our high school scholars and members to further develop their financial and career skill sets.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $582,117.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($248k) Expenses 100 ($125k) Net assets 100 ($163k)2022 Revenue 145 ($359k) Expenses 263 ($328k) Net assets 119 ($193k)2024 Revenue 260 ($644k) Expenses 457 ($571k) Net assets 226 ($368k)2025 Revenue 304 ($753k) Expenses 583 ($728k) Net assets 242 ($393k)
2021202220242025
Revenue (304)Expenses (583)Net assets (242)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 2024 to 2025, from $412k to $510k (+24%).

$163k
$193k
$412k
$510k
2021202220242025
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.

2021
2022
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 95% · 2022 98% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,418 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$123k
’21
$31k
’22
$74k
’24
$26k
’25
8.4
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

Nitiya Walker

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2021202220242025
Listed10101212
Joined·+1·+0
No longer listed·1·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $15k → $422k.

7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of SEEDS OF FORTUNE 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

SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

78% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC.

24%
largest funder
52%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 51% · 2021 30% · 2022 37% · 2023 40% — 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

88% of SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

ME
NY
CA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $467k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve8.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)32% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 19%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC?
SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $985,318 to it, the largest being SPARKYOUTH NYC INC ($235,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $985,318 in grants to SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC?
SPARKYOUTH NYC INC is the largest funder on record, with $235,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SEEDS OF FORTUNE INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing