Funding search · EIN 352285618 · Pittsford, NY

The Seed Fund Grants

Name: The Seed Fund Grants grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

110
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

stipend congestion pricing climate gala report transit communities

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Transportation Alternatives9 grants · $110,500
Regional Plan Association7 grants · $110,000
Climate Ride5 grants · $85,326
Bronx River Alliance2 grants · $75,000
Island Press6 grants · $70,000
Open Plans4 grants · $61,000
Tri-State Transportation3 grants · $60,000
Shared-Use Mobility Center2 grants · $60,000
Riders Alliance2 grants · $55,000
American Forests4 grants · $51,000

Giving over time

$311,000

2022

$350,150

2023

$403,000

2024

$464,076

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 110 grants.

$50,000
Bronx River Alliance · Bronx, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$40,000
Shared-Use Mobility Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$36,000
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Riders Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025
Biking is not a crime
$25,000
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bronx River Alliance · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Great communities collaborative
$25,000
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2022
Cool corridors
$25,000
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Great communities collaborative
$25,000
Usdn · Port Washington, WI · 2022
Carbon neutral cities alliance / embodied energy
$23,000
Open Plans · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$22,326
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2025
Bbg gala
$20,000
El Puente · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2025
Built environment portfolio
$20,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2025
Cross bronx expansion report
$20,000
Riders Alliance · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Riders Alliance Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Street Lab · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Open street, brownsville, brooklyn
$20,000
Tri-State Transportation · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Trust for Public Land · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Queensway
$20,000
El Puente · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Open Plans · New York, NY · 2024
Congestion pricing
$20,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2024
Bqe report
$20,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2024
Congestion pricing
$20,000
Shared-Use Mobility Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Zero emission school buses
$20,000
The Trust for Public Land · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Work on community schoolyards in philadelphia
$20,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
Congestion pricing
$20,000
Tri-State Transportation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Tri-State Transportation · New York, NY · 2024
Congestion pricing
$20,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2023
Congestion pricing
$20,000
Shared Use Mobility Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Founders pot
$20,000
Spur · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Transit oriented communities
$20,000
Transform · Oakland, CA · 2023
Survive & thrive transit
$20,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023
25x25
$20,000
Greenbelt Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2022
Resilience hotspots
$20,000
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Climate lab
$20,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Green schoolyards oakland
$18,000
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2022
Climate one
$16,050
Climate Ride Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Brooklyn Greenway · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Sea level rise public education
$15,000
New York League of Conservation Voters · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Gowanus Canal Conservancy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
California Bicycle Coalition · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Climate action plan for transportation infrastructure
$15,000
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Research & conservation
$15,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Visionmaker
$15,000
Open Plans · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Seamless Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Integrated / affordable transit fares
$15,000
Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Zero emission school buses
$15,000
Transportation for America · Washington, DC · 2023
Reduce vmt/ zero emissions vehicles report
$15,000
Walk San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Climate justice in bayview
$15,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Urban fellow program
$15,000
Gowanus Lowlands · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Master plan
$15,000
Mycelium Youth Network · Oakland, CA · 2022
Youth council
$15,000
Point Blue Conservation Science · Bolinas, CA · 2022
Natural infrastructure
$15,000
San Francisco Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2022
Rewilding coasts
$12,000
Streets Blog · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
34th Open Street Alliance · Jackson Heights, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2025
Congestion pricing
$10,000
Southern Exposure · Mineral, VA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025
Congestion pricing
$10,000
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Urban Ocean Lab) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition · Queens, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2023
Founders pot
$10,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2023
General diversity & board inclusion
$10,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2023
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Spur · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Emergency funding transit fiscal cliff
$10,000
Billion Oyster Project Governors Island · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Stern School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Black box theater
$10,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Walk San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,500
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025
Streets for people event
$8,000
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Regional Plan Association · New York, NY · 2025
Bqe report
$5,000
Friends of the Urban Forest · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Annual conference
$3,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Bbg gala
$3,000
Liveable Street Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Stipend
$3,000
Open Plans · New York, NY · 2024
Public space awards
$3,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Speak for Trees · Boston, MA · 2024
Stipend
$1,000
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2024
Annual board support
$1,000
Main Street America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Stipend
$1,000
Marin County Bicycle Coalition · Fairfax, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$550
Natural Areas Conservation · New York, NY · 2025
Nyc gala
$500
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025
Tracey capers gala
$500
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2024
Stipend
$500
Boston Harbor Now · Boston, MA · 2024
Stipend

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.