The Seaman Foundation Inc
Seffner, FL · EIN 59-3631102. Reported 41 grants totalling $29.5M to 27 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Seaman Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $75,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $1,000,000; the smallest was $2,356 and the largest $4,240,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univeristy of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $6,320,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $6,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $5,430,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation | Rolling Meadows, IL | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Innocence Project | Atlanta, GA | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adl Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation | Tampa, FL | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prosocial World | Austin, TX | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti Defamation League | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orphan Disease Pathway Project | Hartford, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pace Academy Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bridge Golf Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evolution Institute Inc | San Antonio, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Hawks Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Georgia Holocaust Commission Inc | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emory University - Law School | Atlanta, GA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Historical Society | Savannah, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Educational Loan Fund | Sandy Springs, GA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Cure in Our Lifetime Inc | Marietta, GA | $2,356 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 27 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Univeristy of Pennsylvania
TO HELP PENN ADVANCE ITS POSITION AS A LEADING ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND SERVICE INSTITUTION - Piedmont Healthcare Foundation
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE SUBSPECIALTY OF NEUROSCIENCES. - Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation
TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND/OR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PIEDMONT HOSPITAL NEUROSCIENCE CENTER - Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HELP PEOPLE, MEET CRITICAL NEEDS, SECURE A STRONG FUTURE, AND RENEW HOPE FOR JEWS IN ATLANTA, IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc
SUPPORT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL. - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation Inc
TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PEDIATRIC CARE TO THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 20 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $4,220,000 | $40,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $7,282,356 | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 12 | $9,848,000 | $87,500 |
| 2024 | 11 | $8,145,000 | $75,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 61% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $75,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Seaman Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 11540 E US Hwy 92, Seffner, FL, 33584. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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