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Private foundation (trust)EIN 043600502Est. 2002-07

SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION

BRANFORD, CT 06405

Total Assets

$469.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$22.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

88

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$257K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$1.7M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$341K

Seedlings teacher collaborative a one week workshop offered in the summer whose goal is to (a)promote collaboration among public and private school teachers, (b)capture the creativity of project-based leaning, and (c) make available a broad and exciting array of resources in new haven, ct. The goal is to provide the theoretical framework and the practical know-how to design and implement curricular units using project-based learning. Each year between 25 - 30 pre-school to grade 5 teachers attend the workshop.

Program 2

$221K

Dyslexia program is to educate people about dyslexia. The goal is to make them aware of the signs of a dyslexic person and that there is help available.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$62.6M

Total Expenses

$25.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$23.4M

Distributable Amount

$20.0M

Min. Investment Return

$20.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

88 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $123K to maximum $1.7M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $25.9M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

419 grants

HOPKINS SCHOOL
$5.0M
3 grants
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
$4.9M
4 grants
GRAMEEN AMERICA INC
$4.2M
4 grants
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION
$3.4M
2 grants
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
$2.9M
5 grants
YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH
$2.6M
3 grants
CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER
$2.6M
2 grants
FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN
$2.3M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

419 grants

<$10K
32
grants
$10–50K
103
grants
$50–250K
179
grants
$250K–1M
83
grants
$1–5M
22
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

Connecticut
$55.6M
53% of total
New York
$21.6M
20% of total
District of Columbia
$12.7M
12% of total
California
$4.3M
4% of total
Illinois
$2.6M
2% of total
Ohio
$2.5M
2% of total
Massachusetts
$2.3M
2% of total
Indiana
$1.4M
1% of total
Maryland
$1.1M
1% of total
New Jersey
$975K
1% of total

+8 more states

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