Murray and Agnes Seasongood
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-1220827. Reported 115 grants totalling $1,500,550 to 64 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. Murray and Agnes Seasongood 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $126,720 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area | Cincinnati, OH | $82,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| School Board School | Cincinnati, OH | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hamilton County Office of the County Administrator | Cincinnati, OH | $62,248 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornerstone Renter Equity | Cincinnati, OH | $58,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation | Highland Heights, KY | $57,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation (cet) | Cincinnati, OH | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Action Tank | Cincinnati, OH | $48,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Peaslee Neighborhood Center Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Invest in Neighborhoods | Cincinnati, OH | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ohio Voice | Columbus, OH | $39,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Green Umbrella | Cincinnati, OH | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ladd Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Signal Ohio | Columbus, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Library Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $27,831 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Cause Education Fund- Ohio | Washington, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Soapbox Cincinnati | Saginaw, MI | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters of the Education Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Matriots Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $17,350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund- Ohio | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immigrant and Refugee Law Center | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Civic League | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban League of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Xcellence Ignited | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth at the Center | Cincinnati, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Law Center Inc | Covington, KY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cet | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic Influencers | Granville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colerain Township | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities United for Action | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Groundwork Ohio River Valley | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanics Avanzando Hispanics | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Law and Leadership Institute | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Debate Commission Inc | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio Innocence Project | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Justice and Policy Center | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Civics Center Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH | $9,636 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Local Government | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Research Institute | Cincinnati, OH | $7,875 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ish Festival | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colerain Township | Covington, KY | $5,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planning and Development Services of Kenton County (pdskc) | Cincinnati, OH | $5,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planning and Development Services of Kenton County (pdskc) | Covington, KY | $5,760 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planning and Development Services of Kenton County | Covington, KY | $5,760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Silverton Ohio | Silverton, OH | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Suburbs Consortium of Southwest Ohio Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mill Creek Alliance | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rank the Vote Ohio | Stow, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norwood Together | Norwood, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri-State Trails | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Appalachian Community Coalition | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
23 of 64 (36%) 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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Cincinnati Public Radio Inc
RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION - Xcellence Ignited
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS - Action Tank
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN GOVERNMENT - Center for Local Government
Government Structure, Management, and Operations
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $403,161 | $11,260 |
| 2022 | 23 | $308,704 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $361,755 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $426,930 | $12,000 |
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. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $10,000. 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 Ohio.
- 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 Murray and Agnes Seasongood'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: 308 E 8TH Street 4TH Floor, Cincinnati, OH, 45202. 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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