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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-4718771

Seeding the Future Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $1.9 million 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.

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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

    $1,941,241

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $40,685,345

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,823,513

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $41,521,355

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,933,936

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $40,861,333

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,219,934

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $42,484,906

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,852,950

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $43,768,556

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,260,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $44,894,707

  • Tax year 2019

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $24,632,810

  • Tax year 2018

    $18,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,145,999

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Institute of Food Technologists IncChicago, IL

    Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge Award Fund

    $761,741
  2. Institute of Food Technologists IncChicago, IL

    Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge - 8 Award Fund

    $200,000
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA

    Solve Challenge fund and general operating fund

    $200,000
  4. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvBonn, Germany

    Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

    $160,000
  5. Extreme Tech ChallengePalo Alto, CA

    World Food Forum Start up Innovation Award 2025 Sponsorship & Transformative Research Challenge

    $135,000
  6. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvBonn, Germany

    Support for Building 2 Baking Ovens locally and Nutrition Support Centers in Gaza

    $100,000
  7. Project DrawdownNew York, NY

    Drawdown Food Solution Solutions Project

    $100,000
  8. Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford, MA

    The Future Food System Innovation Lab

    $100,000
  9. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvBonn, Germany

    Seeding The Future INNOLAB Funding

    $75,000
  10. Potsdam-Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung E VPotsdam, Germany

    Nitrogen dynamics in global biogeochemical cycles and food system transformation pathways

    $58,000
  11. GDP Research AllianceRosemont, IL

    Accelerator Mentorship Program for Women-led SMEs in Africa - led by Robynne Anderson

    $30,000
  12. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvBonn, Germany

    Charitable Event

    $10,000
  13. International Center for Food Ontology OperabilityDavis, CA

    Research Fund to Create a Personalized Sustainable Nutrition Knowledge Graph

    $10,000
  14. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe EvBonn, Germany

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Science and technology2 grants $165,00062% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $100,00038% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $991,741
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $300,000
  3. California2 grants $145,000
  4. New York1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Annette van LengerichDir, VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Bernhard van LengerichPres, Dir, Sec, Treas Hours 35Pay $0

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