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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SEEDLING FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,738,619
Total expenses
$1,591,207
Contributions and grants received
$1,670,534
Grants paid
$41,077
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$135,692
Other revenue
-$67,607
Total assets, end of year
$3,571,484
Total liabilities, end of year
$301,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,269,968
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,113,657
Management and general expenses
$133,475
Fundraising expenses
$344,075
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,113,657

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $211,453

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $647,138

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $811,943

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,900

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,197 · excluded $73,197

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $62,495

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $62,495

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $62,495 · excluded $62,495

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $120,871

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $211,453

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $188,478

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$67,607 · excluded -$67,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $41,077 · program services $41,077

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,951 · program services $94,221 · management and general $6,148 · fundraising $32,582

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $960,923 · program services $681,002 · management and general $44,429 · fundraising $235,492

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,984 · program services $10,618 · management and general $694 · fundraising $3,672

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,651 · program services $40,143 · management and general $2,623 · fundraising $13,885

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,764 · program services $56,529 · management and general $3,685 · fundraising $19,550

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,745 · management and general $38,745

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $18,741 · management and general $18,741

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,400 · program services $55,365 · management and general $35

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,449 · program services $10,904 · fundraising $545

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,655 · program services $12,389 · management and general $1,474 · fundraising $7,792

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $41,732 · program services $28,201 · management and general $1,408 · fundraising $12,123

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $51,634 · program services $40,773 · management and general $5,841 · fundraising $5,020

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,352 · program services $8,219 · management and general $468 · fundraising $2,665

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $40,689 · program services $29,058 · management and general $3,833 · fundraising $7,798

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $419 · management and general $419

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,632 · program services $4,398 · management and general $2,853 · fundraising $1,381

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,690 · program services $760 · fundraising $930

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,479 · management and general $1,479

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $1,240 · management and general $600 · fundraising $640

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,802 · end of year $33,038

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,116,383 · end of year $1,213,352

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,759 · end of year $1,778

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,994 · end of year $16,603

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,543

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,681

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,281 · end of year $862

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,760,708 · end of year $1,969,061

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $267,520 · end of year $267,520

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $102,187 · end of year $69,270

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,854 · end of year $15,199

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $201,197 · end of year $217,047

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $102,187 · end of year $69,270

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,776,308 · end of year $2,964,937

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $221,088 · end of year $305,031

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INCARCERATION ON CHILDREN IN CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING.

  • SEEDLING'S MISSION IS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INCARCERATION ON CHILDREN IN CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING. IN 2005, CONCERNED AUSTIN ISD SCHOOL PRINCIPALS REQUESTED HELP FOR A GROWING POPULATION IN THEIR SCHOOLS OF CHILDREN WHO HAD AN INCARCERATED PARENT. THE VISION WAS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND A NONJUDGMENTAL ADULT ROLE MODEL FOR CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM ONE OR BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS AS A RESULT OF A PRISON OR JAIL SENTENCE. SEEDLING NOW MAKES NEW MATCHES OF STUDENTS IN 4 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HAS A PRESENCE IN 139 SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, SEEDLING SERVED 506 CHILDREN AND PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND SENIORS. SEEDLING'S AVERAGE MATCH LENGTH WAS 2 YEARS. 94% OF SEEDLING (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0)

    Expenses $1,113,657 · Grants $41,077

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAN LEAL

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $132,915
    From this org
    $126,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,915
    Hours/week
    40
  • GERALDINE TUCKER

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MICHAEL DOMINQUEZ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • REGGIE MAHADEO JR

    PRESIDENT EL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • SIRI CHAKKA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DANICA FERRELL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DARLENE OWENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DAN PICKETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MOLLY MACNEIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DUANE EWING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JAMIE AVILA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DAKOTA HAINES

    DIR. (1/25 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MARY HENDERSON

    DIR (8/24 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JAMES JONES

    DIR (1/25 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • VERONICA JORDAN-MATLOCK

    DIR (8/24 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MATTHEW MCMAHON

    DIR (2/25 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ERICKA TATE

    DIR (1/25 -

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202610869349300511

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