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Grants paid by Seeding the Future Foundation

EIN 47-4718771 · Wilmington, DE · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE P12

Seeding the Future Foundation of Wilmington, DE (EIN 47-4718771) reported 122 grants paid totaling $11,049,574 to 50 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

Grants paid

$11,049,574

122 grants

Recipients

50

distinct organizations

Tax years

2018–2025

7 filings in the corpus

By tax year

Grants by tax year, as the same figures
Tax yearGrants paidAmount paidApproved for future
20181$18,000
202011$1,260,000
202112$1,852,950
202234$2,219,934
202329$1,933,936
202421$1,823,513
202514$1,941,241

Top recipients

The 50 recipients receiving the most from Seeding the Future Foundation, by grants paid, out of 50 distinct recipients.

Recipients ranked by total grants paid
RecipientMatchLocationGrantsTotal paidLatest year
Institute of Food Technologists Inc 36-2136957CChicago, IL18$3,880,2082024
Second Harvest Heartland 23-7417654BBrooklyn Park, MN4$1,000,0002022
Institute of Food Technologists IncUChicago, IL2$961,7412025
Trustees of Tufts College 04-2103634BMedford, MA12$790,0002025
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvUBonn11$753,2502025
National Philanthropic Trust 23-7825575CJenkintown, PA3$620,0002024
University of Minnesota Foundation 41-6042488BMinneapolis, MN7$561,3502024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 04-2103594BCambridge, MA2$400,0002025
The UCLA Foundation 95-2250801CLos Angeles, CA4$320,0002024
Project DrawdownUNew York, NY2$200,0002025
Universitat HohenheimUStuttgart3$174,7582024
The Aspen Institute Inc 84-0399006BWashington, DC2$150,0002024
The U C Davis Foundation 94-6081352CDavis, CA1$150,0002021
Extreme Tech Challenge 84-1753912BPalo Alto, CA1$135,0002025
Food System 6 Accelerator Inc 81-1251197BRedwood City, CA3$130,0002022
Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape ResearchUMuncheberg1$90,0002024
Eit FoodUHeverlee1$81,8422023
Foodshot Global Inc 82-3018724BNew York, NY1$75,0002021
Bountifield International 41-1400421CSaint Paul, MN3$63,6002022
Potsdam-Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung E VUPotsdam, Brandenburg1$58,0002025
Association for the Advancement of the Global BioeUBerlin1$50,0002024
Leibniz Zentrum Fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung -ZalUMuncheberg1$50,0002022
4 Access Partners 88-0556095CEdina, MN1$50,0002022
Leibniz Zentrum Fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung-ZalfUMuncheberg1$50,0002021
University of British Columbia 98-6001255DVancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA1$35,0002022
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems 82-0613944CMinneapolis, MN1$30,0002020
International Center for Food Ontology Operability 85-0956761CDavis, CA3$30,0002025
Gdp Research Alliance 99-3911023BRosemont, IL1$30,0002025
Humane America Animal Foundation 95-4761276BClaremont, CA1$25,0002023
The Clear Fund 20-8625442BOakland, CA1$25,0002020
American Endowment Foundation 34-1747398BHudson, OH1$18,0002018
Inquiring Systems Inc 94-2524840BSanta Rosa, CA1$15,0002022
World Central Kitchen Incorporated 27-3521132CWashington, DC2$10,7502023
Refed IncULong Is City, NY1$10,0002022
Rural Health Care Initiative 45-0766007CSaint Paul, MN1$10,0002021
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors WithoutUHagerstown, MD1$1,6002022
Blythedale Children's Hospital 13-1739922BValhalla, NY1$1,5002023
Philabundance 23-2290505BPhiladelphia, PA2$1,5002023
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul & 41-1302487CMinneapolis, MN2$1,3502023
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Minnesota 41-1422893BSaint Paul, MN2$1,3502023
Can Do Canines 41-1594165BNew Hope, MN2$1,3502023
Samaritans Purse 58-1437002BBoone, NC2$1,3502023
Garden School Foundation Inc 20-3023426BPasadena, CA2$1,3502023
Wolfes Neck Farm Foundation Inc 22-2586116BFreeport, ME1$7502023
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncUHagerstown, MD1$7502023
Public-Private Alliance Foundation 71-1016293BHastings Hdsn, NY1$7502023
Elijahs Promise 22-3055539BNew Brunswick, NJ2$6752023
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc 62-0646012BMemphis, TN1$6002022
Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission 27-2053273CMission Hills, CA1$6002022
Fair Food Network 26-4143394CAnn Arbor, MI1$6002022

Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.

Every grant

All 122 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.

Grants reported by Seeding the Future Foundation
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2025Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILU$761,741paidSeeding The Future Global Food System Challenge Award Fund202611149349100806
2025Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILU$200,000paidSeeding The Future Global Food System Challenge - 8 Award Fund202611149349100806
2025Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MAC$200,000paidSolve Challenge fund and general operating fund202611149349100806
2025Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$160,000paidSeeding The Future Global Food System Challenge202611149349100806
2025Extreme Tech Challenge Palo Alto, CAB$135,000paidWorld Food Forum Start up Innovation Award 2025 Sponsorship & Transformative Research Challenge202611149349100806
2025Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidThe Future Food System Innovation Lab202611149349100806
2025Project Drawdown New York, NYU$100,000paidDrawdown Food Solution Solutions Project202611149349100806
2025Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$100,000paidSupport for Building 2 Baking Ovens locally and Nutrition Support Centers in Gaza202611149349100806
2025Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$75,000paidSeeding The Future INNOLAB Funding202611149349100806
2025Potsdam-Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung E V Potsdam, BrandenburgU$58,000paidNitrogen dynamics in global biogeochemical cycles and food system transformation pathways202611149349100806
2025Gdp Research Alliance Rosemont, ILB$30,000paidAccelerator Mentorship Program for Women-led SMEs in Africa - led by Robynne Anderson202611149349100806
2025Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$10,000paidCharitable Event202611149349100806
2025International Center for Food Ontology Operability Davis, CAC$10,000paidResearch Fund to Create a Personalized Sustainable Nutrition Knowledge Graph202611149349100806
2025Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$1,500paidGeneral & Unrestricted202611149349100806
2024National Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PAC$250,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202501299349100935
2024Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAB$200,000paidSolve Challenge AND General Operations202501299349100935
2024University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$200,000paidThe Sustainable Food Systems Forum202501299349100935
2024Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$185,000paidInnoLab, Liberia Project and Digital Literacy fund202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$150,000paidannual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge202501299349100935
2024Project Drawdown New York, NYU$100,000paidDrawdown Food Solution Solutions Project202501299349100935
2024Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge - Food as Medicine202501299349100935
2024Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidThe Future Food System Innovation Lab202501299349100935
2024Universitat Hohenheim StuttgartU$93,063paidStrengthening farmer cooperatives in Rwanda through participatory development of PV-powered postharvest processing of maize202501299349100935
2024Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research MunchebergU$90,000paidThe Effect of Liming on Crop Production - Phase 2202501299349100935
2024Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$75,000paidPromotion of Digital Innovations for Zero Hunger - Part II202501299349100935
2024The Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DCB$75,000paidTo support half the costs of four nonprofit Food Leaders Fellows from 2023-2025202501299349100935
2024The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CAC$60,000paidResnick Center for Food Law and Policy Endowment FUND202501299349100935
2024Association for the Advancement of the Global Bioe BerlinU$50,000paidSupport of the Global BioEconomy Summit 2024202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$25,200paidparticipation fund for of all winners from the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge at the IFT FIRST event in Chicago202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$25,000paidFIRST 2024 VIP Networking event202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$21,500paidSeeding The Future Global Food System Innovation Library Application202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$10,000paidSEEDING THE FUTURE fund FOR FUN RUN AT IFT FIRST 2024202501299349100935
2024International Center for Food Ontology Operability Davis, CAC$10,000paidSEEDING THE FUTURE FUND FOR FUN RUN AT IFT FIRST 2024202501299349100935
2024Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$3,000paidData Integration fund202501299349100935
2024Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202501299349100935
2023Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$1,131,999paidThe Global Food System Challenge FUND202401659349100620
2023University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$125,000paidthe seed research projects from the Salon202401659349100620
2023Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidthe Seeding The Future Food System Innovation Lab fund202401659349100620
2023Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge - Food as Medicine202401659349100620
2023University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$100,000paidREGENERATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS INITIATIVES - IONE 2023202401659349100620
2023Eit Food HeverleeU$81,842paidEIT "Food FutureFoodMakers" fund202401659349100620
2023The Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DCB$75,000paidFood Leaders Fellowship fund 2023-2025202401659349100620
2023Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$60,000paidPromotion of Digital Innovations for Zero Hunger - part II fund202401659349100620
2023The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CAC$60,000paidResnick Center for Food Law and Policy Endowment fund202401659349100620
2023Humane America Animal Foundation Claremont, CAB$25,000paidTailored Food PROJECT - support for the nutritious low-cost fooD in Liberia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Mozambique, AND nutritious food products FOR families suffering from malnutrition202401659349100620
2023Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$25,000paidImpact Innovator Network Design Phase FUND202401659349100620
2023Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$25,000paidFOR THE SEEDING THE FUTURE Global Food System Challenge operating funds202401659349100620
2023International Center for Food Ontology Operability Davis, CAC$10,000paidResearch FUND to Create A Personalized Sustainable Nutrition Knowledge Graph Outcome: A dynamic knowledge graph capable of quantifying how hundreds of individual- and food systems-level factors affect sustainable dietary patterns with the ultimate goal to affect conscious consumer choices leading to a better food system202401659349100620
2023Universitat Hohenheim StuttgartU$4,095paidsolar-biomass hybrid flatbed dryer202401659349100620
2023Blythedale Children's Hospital Valhalla, NYB$1,500paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul & Minneapolis, MNC$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Samaritans Purse Boone, NCB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Wolfes Neck Farm Foundation Inc Freeport, MEB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc Hagerstown, MDU$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Garden School Foundation Inc Pasadena, CAB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023World Central Kitchen Incorporated Washington, DCC$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Make-a-Wish Foundation of Minnesota Saint Paul, MNB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Public-Private Alliance Foundation Hastings Hdsn, NYB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Can Do Canines New Hope, MNB$750paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Philabundance Philadelphia, PAB$500paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2023Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$375paidFeeding Tomorrow fund202401659349100620
2023Elijahs Promise New Brunswick, NJB$375paidGeneral & Unrestricted202401659349100620
2022Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$1,157,334paidThe Global Food System Challenge202340949349101604
2022National Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PAC$170,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Second Harvest Heartland Brooklyn Park, MNB$125,000paidSecond Harvest Heartland's early efforts in their yet-to-be-disclosed Hunger Moonshot which works to cut food insecurity in half by 2030202340949349101604
2022University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$125,000paidthe seed research projects from the Salon202340949349101604
2022Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$100,000paidFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge - Food as Medicine program202340949349101604
2022Universitat Hohenheim StuttgartU$77,600paidModification of the EasyDry M500 dryer - Rwanda202340949349101604
2022Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$75,000paidTufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge Sprints Fund202340949349101604
2022Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$65,000paidPromotion of Digital Innovations for Zero Hunger - Part II Fund202340949349101604
2022Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$50,000paidThe Global Food System Challenge202340949349101604
20224 Access Partners Edina, MNC$50,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Leibniz Zentrum Fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung -Zal MunchebergU$50,000paidExpenditure Responsibility Grant202340949349101604
2022University of British Columbia Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIAD$35,000paidFaculty of Land and Food Systems - Deans Fund202340949349101604
2022Food System 6 Accelerator Inc Redwood City, CAB$30,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$25,000paidSeeding the Future Global Food System Challenge special seed fund for Nutri Posh initiative202340949349101604
2022Bountifield International Saint Paul, MNC$23,000paidCharitable Event202340949349101604
2022Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Ev BonnU$21,000paidSalary Support for the Prototyping Coordinator position for Welthungerhilfe's early-stage Innovations Project202340949349101604
2022Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CAB$15,000paidfunds to BUILD THE NATIONAL FOOD MUSEUM202340949349101604
2022Refed Inc Long Is City, NYU$10,000paidCharitable Event202340949349101604
2022Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$5,000paidTufts Industrial Collaborative Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy202340949349101604
2022Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without Hagerstown, MDU$1,600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$1,500paidFeeding Tomorrow program202340949349101604
2022Philabundance Philadelphia, PAB$1,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Make-a-Wish Foundation of Minnesota Saint Paul, MNB$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul & Minneapolis, MNC$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Can Do Canines New Hope, MNB$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$600paidFeeding Tomorrow PRogram202340949349101604
2022University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$600paidThe Institute on the Environment fund202340949349101604
2022Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission Mission Hills, CAC$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Bountifield International Saint Paul, MNC$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc Memphis, TNB$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Garden School Foundation Inc Pasadena, CAB$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MIC$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Samaritans Purse Boone, NCB$600paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2022Elijahs Promise New Brunswick, NJB$300paidGeneral & Unrestricted202340949349101604
2021Institute of Food Technologists Inc Chicago, ILC$1,187,950paidGlobal Food System Challenge202221099349101322
2021The U C Davis Foundation Davis, CAC$150,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021Second Harvest Heartland Brooklyn Park, MNB$125,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021The UCLA Foundation Pasadena, CAC$100,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021Foodshot Global Inc New York, NYB$75,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$50,000paidTufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge Sprints Fund202221099349101322
2021Leibniz Zentrum Fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung-Zalf MunchebergU$50,000paidExpenditure Responsibility Grant202221099349101322
2021Food System 6 Accelerator Inc Redwood City, CAB$50,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021Bountifield International Saint Paul, MNC$40,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$10,000paidPlanning for the regenerative food systems initiative led by Institute on the Environment202221099349101322
2021Rural Health Care Initiative Saint Paul, MNC$10,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202221099349101322
2021Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$5,000paidTufts Industrial Collaborative Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy202221099349101322
2020Second Harvest Heartland Minneapolis, MNB$500,000paidto support COVID-19 relief initiatives202141319349100329
2020Second Harvest Heartland Minneapolis, MNB$250,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020National Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PAC$200,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CAB$100,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$50,000paidTufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Challenge Sprints Fund202141319349100329
2020Food System 6 Accelerator Inc Redwood City, CAB$50,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020Institute of Food Techologists Inc Chicago, ILB$40,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems Minneapolis, MNC$30,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020The Clear Fund Oakland, CAB$25,000paidFlour Fortification Initiative (ffi)202141319349100329
2020World Central Kitchen Incorporated Washington, DCC$10,000paidGeneral & Unrestricted202141319349100329
2020Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MAB$5,000paidTufts Industrial Collaborative Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy202141319349100329
2018American Endowment Foundation Hudson, OHB$18,000paidAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOundation fbo bernhard & annette van lengerich foundation201902489349101000

Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.

Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.

Source filings

Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.

Returns this page is derived from
FormTax yearPeriod endFiledSchemaIRS OBJECT_ID
990PF20252025-12-31not stated2025v4.1202611149349100806
990PF20242024-12-31not stated2024v5.1202501299349100935
990PF20232023-12-31not stated2023v5.0202401659349100620
990PF20222022-12-31not stated2022v5.0202340949349101604
990PF20212021-12-31not stated2021v4.2202221099349101322
990PF20202020-12-31not stated2020v4.1202141319349100329
990PF20182018-12-31not stated2018v3.1201902489349101000

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