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Seeding the Future Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 47-4718771 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
- Total grants paid
- $3.8M
- Grants reported
- 35
- Median grant
- $90K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | 21 | $1.8M |
Where Seeding the Future Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS INC | CHICAGO, IL | Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge Award Fund | 2025 | $761.7K |
| NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST | JENKINTOWN, PA | General & Unrestricted | 2024 | $250K |
| INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS INC | CHICAGO, IL | Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge - 8 Award Fund | 2025 | $200K |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | CAMBRIDGE, MA | Solve Challenge AND General Operations | 2024 | $200K |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | BOSTON, MA | Solve Challenge fund and general operating fund | 2025 | $200K |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | The Sustainable Food Systems Forum | 2024 | $200K |
| DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV | BONN | InnoLab, Liberia Project and Digital Literacy fund | 2024 | $185K |
| DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV | BONN | Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge | 2025 | $160K |
| INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS INC | CHICAGO, IL | annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge | 2024 | $150K |
| EXTREME TECH CHALLENGE | PALO ALTO, CA | World Food Forum Start up Innovation Award 2025 Sponsorship & Transformative Research Challenge | 2025 | $135K |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | MEDFORD, MA | The Future Food System Innovation Lab | 2025 | $100K |
| PROJECT DRAWDOWN | NEW YORK, NY | Drawdown Food Solution Solutions Project | 2024 | $100K |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | MEDFORD, MA | Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge - Food as Medicine | 2024 | $100K |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | MEDFORD, MA | The Future Food System Innovation Lab | 2024 | $100K |
| DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV | BONN | Support for Building 2 Baking Ovens locally and Nutrition Support Centers in Gaza | 2025 | $100K |
| PROJECT DRAWDOWN | NEW YORK, NY | Drawdown Food Solution Solutions Project | 2025 | $100K |
| UNIVERSITAT HOHENHEIM | STUTTGART | Strengthening farmer cooperatives in Rwanda through participatory development of PV-powered postharvest processing of maize | 2024 | $93.1K |
| LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH | MUNCHEBERG | The Effect of Liming on Crop Production - Phase 2 | 2024 | $90K |
| DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV | BONN | Seeding The Future INNOLAB Funding | 2025 | $75K |
| DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE EV | BONN | Promotion of Digital Innovations for Zero Hunger - Part II | 2024 | $75K |
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC | WASHINGTON, DC | To support half the costs of four nonprofit Food Leaders Fellows from 2023-2025 | 2024 | $75K |
| THE UCLA FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy Endowment FUND | 2024 | $60K |
| POTSDAM-INSTITUT FUR KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG E V | POTSDAM, Brandenburg | Nitrogen dynamics in global biogeochemical cycles and food system transformation pathways | 2025 | $58K |
| ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GLOBAL BIOE | BERLIN | Support of the Global BioEconomy Summit 2024 | 2024 | $50K |
| GDP RESEARCH ALLIANCE | ROSEMONT, IL | Accelerator Mentorship Program for Women-led SMEs in Africa - led by Robynne Anderson | 2025 | $30K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Seeding the Future Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.