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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-2348802

The Dean Seeman Foundation

A private foundation in Gardnerville, NV. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $150,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,750,900

  • Tax year 2024

    $125,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,759,875

  • Tax year 2023

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,882,508

  • Tax year 2022

    $165,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,072,940

  • Tax year 2021

    $173,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,220,882

  • Tax year 2020

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,300,381

  • Tax year 2019

    $276,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $3,504,049

  • Tax year 2018

    $272,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,771,823

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Carson Valley Community Food ClosetGardnerville, NV

    General

    $25,000
  2. Friends in Service HelpingCarson City, NV

    Ross free clinic

    $25,000
  3. Austin Kirby FoundationMinden, NV

    General

    $25,000
  4. Reel RecoveryNeedham, MA

    General

    $20,000
  5. Carson Valley Kiwanis FoundationGardnerville, NV

    Aktion club

    $10,000
  6. Douglas Animal Welfare GroupGardnerville, NV

    General

    $10,000
  7. Family Support Council of DouglasGardnerville, NV

    General

    $10,000
  8. Canine Rehabilitation Center and SanctuaryWashoe Valley, NV

    General

    $10,000
  9. Project Prom of Northern NevadaMinden, NV

    General

    $10,000
  10. Suicide Prevention NetworkMinden, NV

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services3 grants $60,00063% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $20,00021% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00011% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $5,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nevada9 grants $130,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Judy S KeeleFOUNDER TRUS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael GilbertTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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