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The Seeley Foundation

Name: The Seeley Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

97
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $18,000
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.

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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.

Kansas City Ballet Assoc4 grants · $400,000
Kansas City Symphony4 grants · $210,000
George Mason Univeristy Fdn2 grants · $210,000
Owen Cox Dance Group4 grants · $209,000
Weta Public Television and Radio4 grants · $160,000
George Mason Univeristy2 grants · $160,000
Friends of Bridger-Teton2 grants · $155,000
Nature Conservancy Virginia3 grants · $130,000
Community Fnd of Jackson Hole2 grants · $105,100
Chelsea'S Fund4 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

$674,100

2022

$703,740

2023

$633,800

2024

$740,706

2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$110,000
George Mason Univeristy Fdn · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General
$110,000
George Mason Univeristy · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General
$105,000
Friends of Bridger-Teton · Jackson, WY · 2025
General support
$100,000
George Mason Univeristy Fdn · Fairfax, VA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Kansas City Ballet Assoc · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$100,000
Kansas City Ballet Assoc · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$100,000
Kansas City Ballet Assoc · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$100,000
Kansas City Ballet Assoc · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$80,000
Nature Conservancy Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$71,100
Community Fnd of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2022
General
$62,000
Owen Cox Dance Group · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$60,000
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$55,000
Owen Cox Dance Group · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$52,000
Owen Cox Dance Group · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$51,500
Friends of Bridger Teton · Jackson, WY · 2022
General
$50,000
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$50,000
Friends of Bridger-Teton · Jackson, WY · 2024
General
$50,000
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$50,000
Weta Public Television and Radio · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
$50,000
Friends of Bridger Teton · Jackson, WY · 2023
General
$50,000
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$50,000
Weta Public Television and Radio · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$50,000
George Mason Univeristy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General
$45,000
Wellspring Health Access · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$45,000
Chelsea'S Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General
$45,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$40,000
Nature Conservancy Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
$40,000
Chelsea'S Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General
$40,000
Owen Cox Dance Group · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$35,000
Weta Public Television and Radio · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
$35,000
Wellspring Health Access · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$34,000
Community Fnd of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2023
General
$33,100
Community Fdn of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024
General
$30,100
Community Fdn of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2025
General support
$25,606
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithica, NY · 2025
General support
$25,500
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Greenwich, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Friends of Dragon Run · Gloucester, VA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Nature Collective · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Capital Region Land Conservancy · Richmond, VA · 2023
General
$25,000
Nature Collective · Solana Beach, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$25,000
Weta Public Television and Radio · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$24,640
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Greenwich, CT · 2023
General
$24,200
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithica, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$20,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$18,000
Bach Aria Soloists · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General support
$18,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$17,000
Bach Aria Soloists · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Grand Teton National Park Fdn · Moose, WY · 2024
General
$15,000
Bach Aria Soloists · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Se Hattiesburg · New York, NY · 2023
General
$15,000
Bach Aria Soloists · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$12,500
Grand Teton National Park · Jackson, WY · 2023
General
$12,500
Grand Teton National Park · Jackson, WY · 2022
General
$10,000
Chelsea'S Fund · Casper, WY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nature Collective · Encinitas, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wyoming Public Media · Laramie, WY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Chelsea'S Fund · Lander, WY · 2024
General
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$10,000
Scripps Institute of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Nature Conservancy Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$10,000
Scripps Institute of Oceanography · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2022
General
$10,000
Scripps Institute of Oceanography · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2022
General
$6,100
Jackson Hole Community Radio · Jackson, WY · 2023
General
$6,000
Planned Parenthood of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$6,000
Planned Parenthood San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Astoria Park Conservancy · Jackson, WY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Foundation 23 Race To Raise · Pinedale, WY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Jackson Hole Community Radio · Jackson, WY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Scripps Institute of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center · San Clemente, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Winter Wildlands Alliance · Boise, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Foundation 23 · Pinedale, WY · 2024
General
$5,000
Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center · San Clemente, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Surfing Heritage Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Surfing Heritage Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
General
$4,000
Naral Pro-Choice Education Project · Laramie, WY · 2024
General
$4,000
Naral Pro-Choice Education Project · Laramie, WY · 2023
General
$4,000
Naral Pro-Choice Education Project · Laramie, WY · 2022
General
$3,000
Kansas City Actors Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General
$2,000
Friends of Idaho Public Television · Boise, ID · 2025
General support
$2,000
Friends of Idaho Public Television · Boise, ID · 2024
General
$2,000
Jackson Hole Community Radio · Jackson, WY · 2022
General
$1,500
Quail Gardens Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Museum of Contemporary Art · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Quail Gardens Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Solana Center for Environmental · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Friends of Idaho Public Television · Boise, ID · 2023
General
$1,500
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
Teewinot Institute · Wilson, WY · 2024
General
$1,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$500
Oceanside Museum of Art · Oceanside, CA · 2025
General support

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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.