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SEED COMMONS

EIN 20-2264584 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$10,092,913
Expenses 2024
$10,405,291

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1200
Street
228 PARK AVENUE SOUTH 65768

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEED COMMONS IS AN APPLIED RESEARCH ORGANIZATION STUDYING, TESTING, ASSESSING AND IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF DEMOCRATIC ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED NON-EXTRACTIVE CAPITAL.

  • IN 2024, SEED COMMONS MADE 60 BELOW-MARKET RATE LOANS TO 46 DEMOCRATIC ENTERPRISES WHICH BENEFITED OVER 3,000 WORKER-OWNERS. OF THOSE 60 LOANS, 51 WERE MADE TO COOPERATIVE BUSINESSES IN THE US AND 9 WERE MADE IN NICARAGUA. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO FOCUS ITS WORK IN COMMUNITIES WHOSE POPULATIONS ARE LOW-INCOME, MARGINALIZED, AND AT-RISK. THE LOAN SELECTION PROCESS INVOLVES A DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE, WHEREIN WE ASSESS THE BUSINESS PLAN TO MEASURE THE PROJECTED YIELD IN FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THE COOPERATIVE AND ALSO MEASURE THE SOCIAL IMPACT, WHICH CAN INCLUDE SUCH QUANTIFIABLE PARAMETERS AS INCOME ENHANCEMENT (ESPECIALLY WHEN RISING ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE), INCREASED EMPLOYMENT, AND MORE ABSTRACT VARIABLES SUCH AS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED COMMUNITY STABILITY. OUR LOANS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED THE CAPITAL OF THE ENTERPRISE IN THREE CATEGORIES: FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL. THESE LOANS IMPROVED THE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AND, IN MOST CASES, ALSO RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT.

    Expenses $9,353,899 · Grants $3,162,845 · Revenue $1,799,049

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Edward Leroy Whitfield

    PRESIDENT, SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $47,795
    From this org
    $46,193
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,602
    Hours/week
    12

  • Margo Dalal

    SECRETARY, ASSOC DIR OF CAPITAL STRATEGIES

    Total calculated
    $118,078
    From this org
    $97,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,611
    Hours/week
    42

  • Andrew Delmonte

    DIRECTOR, EXEC DIR (COOP BUFFALO)

    Total calculated
    $75,834
    From this org
    $65,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,666
    Hours/week
    42

  • Emily Lerman

    DIRECTOR, PROJECT OFFICER (BRED)

    Total calculated
    $78,757
    From this org
    $76,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,507
    Hours/week
    34

  • Guadalupe Lupe Romero Elicea

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Barker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrea Golden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gilda Haas

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Briana Sidney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ghislain Guiebo

    DIRECTOR, CO-EXEC DIR (TWW)

    Total calculated
    $78,060
    From this org
    $63,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,267
    Hours/week
    42

  • Brendan Martin

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,564
    From this org
    $131,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,178
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,386
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,834
    Filer's total
    $160,564

  • Karen Haskins

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $126,058
    From this org
    $114,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,053
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kate Khatib

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,601
    From this org
    $132,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,071
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,186
    Filer's total
    $158,601

  • Maria Elena Del Valle

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,649
    From this org
    $112,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,029
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christyne Dillard

    DIRECTOR OF LENDING

    Total calculated
    $108,499
    From this org
    $105,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,347
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eden Schulz

    DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $113,344
    From this org
    $101,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,664
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,092,913
    Expenses
    $10,405,291
    Contributions
    $6,389,656
    Grants paid
    $3,162,845
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,581,365
    Expenses
    $10,946,830
    Contributions
    $7,174,471
    Grants paid
    $3,867,704
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,986,885
    Expenses
    $6,499,540
    Contributions
    $7,194,344
    Grants paid
    $1,840,484

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,372,091
    Expenses
    $3,772,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,837,325

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,362,169
    Expenses
    $3,093,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,442,034

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,890,758
    Expenses
    $2,625,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,917,862

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,163,950
    Expenses
    $2,215,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,019,879

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,160,778
    Expenses
    $1,553,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,528,740

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,004,068
    Expenses
    $1,300,276
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,915,673

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,469,433
    Expenses
    $688,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,207,933

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2022 return

  • SEED COMMONS PRODUCTIVE SUSTAINABILITY FUND INC

    PROVIDES INVESTMENT CAPITAL · NY

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • SEED COMMONS PRODUCTIVE SUSTAINABILITY FUND INC

    C · PROVIDES INVESTMENT CAPITAL · NY · 100% owned · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2012, reinstated 15 May 2012.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.