Thomas W Seger and Cynthia J Seger
Jasper, IN · EIN 47-5546893. Reported 116 grants totalling $1,502,926 to 50 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. Thomas W Seger and Cynthia J Seger 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools | Jasper, IN | $704,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ne Dubois School Corporation | Dubois, IN | $307,046 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Joseph's Church | Jasper, IN | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri County YMCA | Ferdinand, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Isidore Parish | Celestine, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Precious Blood Catholic Church | Jasper, IN | $33,268 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Green | Jasper, IN | $29,852 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dubois Community Foundation | Jasper, IN | $26,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Hospital Foundation | Jasper, IN | $24,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Church | Evansville, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Evansville, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Bloomingtion, IN | $8,280 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lost River Volunteer Fire Dept | Shoals, IN | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic School | Jasper, IN | $7,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dubois County Museum | Jasper, IN | $6,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Church of the Holy Commumion | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dubois County Leadership Acad | Jasper, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom Reins | Jasper, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Evansville | Evansville, IN | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Little Spruce Nature School | Jasper, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Museum of African American | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Humane Soceity | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ozanam Family Shelter | Evansville, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rojac | Jasper, IN | $4,680 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Meinrad Archabbey | St Meinrad, IN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Huntingburg, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vujc Foundation | Jasper, IN | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Trace Council | Evansville, IN | $2,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Evansville, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St John Bosco Youth Ministry | Jasper, IN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mentors for Youth | Jasper, IN | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crisis Connection | Jasper, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Arts | Jasper, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Sw Indiana | Evansville, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sirs | Jasper, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Next Act | Jasper, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tri Cap | Jasper, IN | $1,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Club of Dubois | Dubois, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Acheivement | Evansville, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart of Jasper | Jasper, IN | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dubois County Right to Life | Huntingburg, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Next Step Recovery Home | Jasper, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tee It Up for Tim Inc | Dubois, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Jasper, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Optimist Club of Jasper | Jasper, IN | $420 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jasper Knights of Columbus | Jasper, IN | $280 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Child Safety Council | Jackson, MI | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dubois County Humane Soceity | Jasper, IN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run of Sw Indiana | Jasper, IN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Child Safety | Jackson, MI | $225 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
26 of 50 (52%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $339,194 | $500 |
| 2022 | 29 | $409,191 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $566,224 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $188,317 | $1,000 |
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. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. 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 $1,000. 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 Indiana.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thomas W Seger and Cynthia J Seger'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: 1365 W 15TH St, Jasper, IN, 47546. 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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