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Seedlings Foundation

Branford, CT  ·  EIN 043600502  ·  Website ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$215.4M

Total Giving

$72.6M

Grants on File

323

Average Grant

$225K

Giving Radius

Where Seedlings Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — no grants on file AR — no grants on file AZ — no grants on file CA — $3.0M across 13 grants CO — no grants on file CT — $39.6M across 173 grants DC — $9.2M across 19 grants DE — no grants on file FL — $190K across 8 grants GA — no grants on file HI — no grants on file IA — no grants on file ID — no grants on file IL — $660K across 11 grants IN — $1.2M across 7 grants KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $2.1M across 11 grants MD — $1.1M across 2 grants ME — $100K across 2 grants MI — no grants on file MN — $15K across 2 grants MO — no grants on file MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — no grants on file ND — no grants on file NE — no grants on file NH — no grants on file NJ — $705K across 8 grants NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $13.2M across 55 grants OH — $1.3M across 11 grants OK — no grants on file OR — no grants on file PA — no grants on file RI — no grants on file SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — no grants on file TX — no grants on file UT — no grants on file VA — $60K across 1 grant VT — no grants on file WA — no grants on file WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 143 recipients across 14 states. Top concentrations: NEW HAVEN ($19.8M, 102 grants), NEW YORK ($12.8M, 49 grants), BRANFORD ($9.3M, 26 grants), WASHINGTON ($9.2M, 19 grants), HAMDEN ($4.0M, 15 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Connecticut Voices for Children $125K 2020
Grameen America INC $600K 2020
Central Ct Coast YMCA $65K 2020
Connecticut Players Foundation (Long Wharf Theatre) $10K 2020
Foote School Association $210K 2020
Friends of Yale New Haven Children's Hospital $10K 2020
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven $50K 2020
Caridad Center $10K 2020
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven $250K 2020
Connecticut News Project INC $130K 2020
Fish of Greater New Haven $75K 2020
Focusing Philanthropy INC (Peer Health Exchange) $75K 2020
Foundation for the Arts & Trauma INC $300K 2020
Friends Center for Children $25K 2020
Amistad Academy INC $275K 2020
Anti Defamation League $50K 2020
Branford Food Pantry INC $10K 2020
Calvin Hill Day Care Center $25K 2020
Clifford Beers Clinic INC $508K 2020
Community Dining Room INC $25K 2020
Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology INC $215K 2020
Connecticut Collation Against Domestic Violence $150K 2020
District Innovation & Venture Center INC $250K 2020
Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics INC $50K 2020
Hamden Hall Country Day School $43K 2020

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Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $194.0M $17.3M $86.9M $23.7M
2022 $145.0M $18.6M $39.2M $27.8M
2021 $139.5M $17.6M $5.3M $15.0M
2020 $149.2M $13.0M $2.6M $14.5M
2019 $161.1M $4.2M $135.7M $20.2M
2015 $47.5M $4.2M $51.4M $31.8M
2014 $48.2M $3.8M $28.9M $32.3M
2013 $54.6M $3.1M $34.2M $27.4M
2012 $55.2M $3.0M $33.1M $21.6M
2011 $43.7M $2.2M $14.7M $18.6M

Section VII

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