Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation supports arts, education, housing, basic needs, environment, health care, and human and social services in New York City, Boston, Cape Cod, San Diego and Maine.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts, education, housing and basic needs, environment, health care, human and social services
IP TAKE: This is a low-key funder for Tri-State and New England nonprofits, but one accessible through the administrator, U.S. Trust. The foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, it does publish some grantseeker guidelines on its GuideStar page.
The foundation has been quiet lately, and its current status remains unclear.
PROFILE: Established in 1939, the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation is a private foundation with ties to New York City, San Diego and the New England states. Seth Sprague was the president of F.H. Foster and Company, a cotton-converting company based in Boston and founded by his uncle. The foundation seeks to advance “the public welfare and tend to assist, encourage and promote the well-doing or well-being of mankind, or of the inhabitants of any community.” Grantmaking includes arts, education, housing and basic needs, environment, healthcare, and human and social services.
Grants for Arts and Culture, Education, Housing and Homelessness, Environment, Public Health and Access, and Community Development
In New York City, the funder supports young adult audience engagement, and in education, it supports public school professional development and school-day enrichment programs. It also supports services to support homeless individuals and people at risk of losing their homes, food distribution, nutrition programs, and services for at-risk populations in New York City. In the Boston and Cape Cod areas, as well as in Maine and San Diego, the funder focuses on the issues of healthcare, education, human and social services, the arts and the environment.
Important Grant Details
In a recent year, the funder awarded $3.7 million in grants, gifts, and contributions. The foundation prioritizes New York City, but also funds Boston and Cape Cod, San Diego, and Maine.
The foundation accepts unsolicited proposals from public charities that operate in its geographic areas of interest. Proposals should be three to five pages and submitted by April 1 for a June decision or by September 1 by a December decision. It has trustees in each of its geographic areas of interest that review proposals from local groups. Nonprofits must mail proposals to U.S. Trust at the foundation administrator’s New York City location.
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Contact:
114 W 47th St
New York City, NY 10036-1510
(888) 866-3275
